The Books of the Prophets Ezekiel and Daniel. Scientific line-by-line explanation of the Bible

62 I will restore my union with you, and you will know that I am the Lord (the Lord is the master slaveholder, hypnotist and schemer).

63 in order for you to remember and be ashamed, and so that you cannot open your mouth in shame when I forgive you everything you have done, says the Lord God. (Priests need constant offerings and sacrifices, and this is possible only from people who are besotted with religious nonsense).

Chapter 17

1 And the word of the LORD came to me: (Hypnotist’s voice).

2 son of man! Offer a riddle and tell a parable to the house of Israel. (Secret priests will not calm down in any way, coming up with all sorts of options for seducing the «chosen ones»).

3 Say: Thus saith the LORD God: a great eagle with great wings, with long feathers, fluffy, mottled, flew to Lebanon and took off the top of the cedar, (A parable-riddle).

4 He plucked the topmost of its young shoots and brought it to the land of Canaan, and laid it in the city of merchants; (A parable-riddle).

5 and he took of the seed of the land, and planted the seed on the land, and placed it by the great waters, as they plant a willow tree. (A parable-riddle).

6 And it grew, and became a vine, wide, low in stature, whose branches bent towards it, and its roots were under it, and became a vine, and gave branches, and put forth branches. (A parable-riddle).

7 And there was also an eagle with large wings and fluffy; and, behold, this vine reached out to him with its roots and stretched out its branches to him, so that he watered it from the furrows of his seedling. (A parable-riddle).

8 She was planted in a good field, by great waters, so that she could put out branches and bear fruit, and become a magnificent vine. (A parable-riddle).

9 Say, Thus saith the LORD God, Will she succeed? Will not its roots be torn out, and will not its fruits be torn off, so that it withers? all the young branches that have grown from it will wither. And not with great force and not with many people will they pluck it from its roots. (A parable-riddle).

10 And behold, though she is planted, will there be success? Will it dry up as soon as the east wind touches it? it will dry up on the ridges where it grew up. (A parable-riddle).

11 And the word of the LORD came to me: (Suggestion by words).

12 Tell the rebellious house: Don’t you know what this means?«Say, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took his king and his princes, and brought them to him to Babylon. (The Babylonian invasion of Jerusalem, the capture of the Jewish king and his entourage).

13 And he took [another] from the royal family, and made an alliance with him, and bound him by an oath, and took the strong of that land with him, (The Babylonian king planted his puppet in Jerusalem, the nobility was taken to Babylonia-Chaldea. The 4th Book of Kings, 24:17 «And the king of Babylon reigned Matthias, the uncle of [Jehonia], instead of him, and changed his name to Zedekiah,» the new king of Judea is a protege of Babylon, the change of the king’s name meant a change of cult, ideology).

14 that the kingdom may be submissive, that it may not rise, that we may keep the union and stand firm. (The main thing for the Babylonians is that Judea should be a submissive country).

15 But he rebelled against him, sending his messengers to Egypt to give him horses and many men. Will he succeed? Will the one who does it survive? Has he broken the alliance and will he survive? (King Zedekiah of Judah contacted the king of Egypt. The 4th Book of Kings, chapter 24, «19 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD in all things as Joachim did.» The king did not support Yahweh’s priests. «20 The wrath of the LORD was upon Jerusalem and upon Judah, to the extent that he rejected them from his presence. And Zedekiah was rebelled against the king of Babylon.» The king of Judah ceased to obey Babylon).

16 I live, says the LORD God, in the abode of the king who made him king, and to whom he has despised his oath, and has broken his covenant with him, he will die with him in Babylon. (God lives in Jerusalem, on Mount Zion).

17 With great power and with a large people, Pharaoh will do nothing for him in this war, when the rampart will be built and siege towers will be built for the destruction of many souls. (The Egyptians did not support the Jews, Jerusalem was under siege).

18 He despised the oath to break the covenant, and behold, he gave his hand and did all these things; he will not survive. (Zedekiah found himself in a difficult position.)

19 Therefore thus saith the LORD God: I live! My oath, which he has despised, and My union, which he has broken, I will turn on his head. (Due to the fact that Zedekiah did not support the priests of Judaism, he lost).

20 And I will cast my net upon him, and he will be caught in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon, and there I will sue him for his treachery against me. (4 Kings, chapter 25, «5 And the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army fled from him.» Arrest of the tsar. «6 And they took the king, and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and judged him, «The judgment of Zedekiah. «7 And the sons of Zedekiah were slaughtered before his eyes, but [himself] Zedekiah blinded his eyes and bound him with fetters, and took him to Babylon.» The «princes of the blood» were killed, the king himself was blinded and taken to Babylon in chains).

21 But all his fugitives from all his regiments will fall by the sword, and the rest will be scattered to all winds; and you will know that I, the LORD, have said this. (And all, they say, because they stopped honoring the «right» god).

22 Thus saith the LORD God: And I will take from the top of a tall cedar, and plant it; from its upper shoots I will tear off a tender branch, and plant it on a high and majestic mountain. (Analogy with the eagle and cedar from Lebanon).

23 I will plant it on the high mountain of Israel, and it will put forth branches, and bring forth fruit, and it will become a majestic cedar, and all kinds of birds will dwell under it, all kinds of birds will dwell in the shade of its branches. (Analogy with the eagle and cedar from Lebanon).

24 And all the trees of the field will know that I, the LORD, am lowering a tall tree, raising a low tree, drying up a green tree, and making a dry tree flourish: I, the LORD, have said, and I will do it. (Analogy with the eagle and cedar from Lebanon).

Chapter 18

1 And the word of the LORD came to me: (Hypnotist’s voice).

2 Why do you use this proverb in the land of Israel, saying, «The fathers ate sour grapes, but the children’s teeth are set on edge»? (Using a quote from Jeremiah: 31:29 In those days, it will no longer be said: «the fathers ate sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge»; a happy life for the people as a whole in the indefinite distant future was little consolation for an individual Jew, a contemporary of Ezekiel).

3 I Live! Says the Lord God, – they will not speak this proverb in Israel. (The Jewish priesthood does not benefit from this proverb, since it rejects «sinful» Jews, since, they say, they bear the constant «seal of sin»).

4 For behold, all souls are mine: both the soul of the father and the soul of the son are Mine: the soul that sins will die. (Everything, they say, depends on Yahweh).

5 If anyone is righteous and does justice and righteousness, (the righteous who observe all the ordinances of the priesthood).

6 He does not eat on the mountains of sacrifice, and does not turn his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, and does not approach his wife during the purification of her uncleanness (the righteous who observe all the ordinances of the priesthood).

7 he oppresses no one, returns his pledge to the debtor, does not commit embezzlement, gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing, (The righteous who observe all the ordinances of the priesthood).

8 he does not give up and does not take interest, he keeps his hand from unrighteousness, he makes a right judgment to man with man, (The righteous who observe all the ordinances of the priesthood).

9 He acts according to my commandments and keeps my ordinances sincerely: then he is a righteous man, he will surely live, says the Lord God. (The righteous who keep all the ordinances of the priesthood are alive!).

10 But if a robber son is born to him, shedding blood, and doing any of these things, (Definition of iniquity).

11 Which he himself did not do at all, and eats sacrificial food on the mountains, and defiles his neighbor’s wife, (Definition of iniquity).

12 He oppresses the poor and the needy, forcibly takes away, does not return the pledge, and turns his eyes to idols, does an abomination (Definition of iniquity).

13 He gives in increase, and takes in excess; then will he live? [No], he won’t be alive. Whoever does all such abominations will surely die, his blood will be on him. (The wrongdoers will be put to death).

14 But if a son is born to someone who, seeing all the sins of his father, which he does, sees and does not do like them: (Definition of the righteous).

15 He does not eat on the mountains of sacrifice, does not turn his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, (Definition of the righteous).

16 and he does not oppress a man, does not take a pledge, and does not forcibly take away, he gives his bread to the hungry, and covers the naked with clothes, (Definition of the righteous).

17 He withholds his hand from [offending] the poor, he does not take any increase or interest, he fulfills my commands and acts according to my commandments, then this one will not die for the iniquity of his father; he will live. (The righteous one remains alive!).

18 But his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did evil among his people, behold, he will die for his iniquity. (The wrongdoers will be put to death).

19 You say, «Why does the son not bear the guilt of his father?» Because the son acts lawfully and justly, keeps all my statutes and fulfills them; he will live. (The righteous one remains alive!).

20 The soul that sins, it will die; the son will not bear the guilt of the father, and the father will not bear the guilt of the son, the righteousness of the righteous remains with him, and the iniquity of the lawless remains with him. (To the wrongdoer – death, to the righteous – life!).

21 And the wicked, if he turns from all his sins, which he has done, and keeps all my statutes, and acts lawfully and justly, he will live, he will not die. (The wrongdoer can correct himself, then he will be alive).

22 All his transgressions that he has done will not be remembered to him; in his righteousness that he will do, he will live. (The wrongdoer can correct himself, then he will be alive).

23 Do I want the death of the wrongdoer? Says the Lord God. Is it not that he should turn from his ways and be alive? (It is advantageous for manipulative priests not to kill the sinner, but to force him again, with the help of religious tricks, to work for them).

24 And the righteous man, if he turns away from his righteousness and acts unrighteously, will do all the abominations that the wrongdoer does, will he live? all his good deeds, which he did, will not be remembered; for his iniquity, which he does, and for his sins, in which he has sinned, he will die. (Ezekiel introduced a substantially new word in defense of Yahweh. God does not want the sinner to die, he wants him to repent and live, that is, to feed the priests-schemers).

25 But you say, «The way of the LORD is wrong!» Listen, House of Israel! Is my path wrong? aren’t your ways wrong? (A dispute between Jewish priests and ordinary Israelis).

26 If a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and does iniquity and dies for it, then he dies for his iniquity that he has done. (Iniquity is a deviation from the statutes of Moses, which is unprofitable for the Jewish priesthood).

27 And the wicked, if he turns from his iniquity, which he has done, and does justice and righteousness, he will restore his soul to life. (The main thing for the Jewish priesthood is to inspire the «chosen ones» that, they say, all their sins are from the fact that they stopped feeding Yahweh, in fact, hiding behind the name of God, the Jewish priesthood sought to establish its theocratic power over the Jews).

28 For he has seen and turned from all his transgressions that he has done; he will live, he will not die. (This is beneficial to the Jewish priesthood, the wrongdoer became a lawyer – he began to feed the scheming priests again).

29 But the house of Israel says, «The way of the LORD is wrong!» Are my ways wrong, house of Israel? aren’t your ways wrong? (Ordinary Israelis opposed the theocracy).

30 Therefore, I will judge you, the house of Israel, every one according to his ways, says the LORD God; repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that wickedness will not be a stumbling block to you. (This is beneficial to the Jewish priesthood, the wrongdoer became a lawyer – he began to feed the scheming priests again).

31 Cast away from you all your sins with which you have sinned, and create for yourself a new heart and a new spirit; and why should you die, house of Israel? (The vengeful Jewish priesthood put to death its opponents).

32 For I do not want the death of a dying man, says the LORD God; but turn and live! (This is beneficial to the Jewish priesthood, the wrongdoer became a lawyer – he began to feed the scheming priests again).

Chapter 19

1 And you raise a lament about the princes of Israel (If in his early speeches Ezekiel predicted that the new Israel would have a king from the descendants of David, then in these chapters it is no longer said about the king, it is only about the «prince» (Heb. «nasi»). The prince must make sacrifices for the people, take care of the temple and worship, and only for this purpose collect taxes from the people in favor of the temple with animals and other products for sacrifices. So that the «prince» does not crowd the people, he is given his domain in hereditary possession, the income from which he will use).

2 And say, What kind of lioness is your mother? she settled down among the lions, raised her cubs between the young lions. (Comparison with lions).

3 And she nursed one of her cubs; he became a young lion and learned to catch prey, ate people. (Comparison with lions).

4 And the nations heard of him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him in chains to the land of Egypt. (Comparison with lions).

5 And when, after waiting, she saw that her hope was gone, then she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion. (Comparison with lions).

6 And when he became a young lion, he began to walk among the lions and learned to catch prey, ate people (Comparison with lions).

7 And he defiled their widows, and laid waste their cities; and the land and all its villages were desolate because of his roaring. (Comparison with lions).

8 Then the nations of the surrounding regions rose up against him and spread their net over him; he was caught in their pit. (Comparison with lions).

9 And they put him in a cage with chains, and took him to the king of Babylon; they took him to a fortress, so that his voice would no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel. (The lion symbolizes the «infidel» people of the Jews).

10 Your mother was like a vine planted by the water; she was fruitful and branched from the abundance of water. (Comparison with a vine).

11 And she had strong branches for the sceptres of the rulers, and her trunk rose high among the thick branches; and she stood out her height with her many branches. (Comparison with a vine).

12 But in anger she was plucked out, thrown to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit; her strong branches were torn off and dried up, the fire devoured them. (Comparison with a vine).

13 And now she is transplanted into the wilderness, into a dry and thirsty land. (Comparison with a vine).

14 And fire came out of the trunk of her branches, devoured her fruits, and there were no strong branches left on her for the ruler’s sceptre. This is a lamentable song, and will remain for crying. (The vine symbolizes the «infidel» people of the Jews).

Chapter 20

1 In the seventh year, in the fifth [month], on the tenth day of the month, men from the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD and sat down before me. (The elders of Israel at the prophet’s «reception»).

2 And the word of the LORD came to me: (Suggestion by words).

3 son of man! Speak to the elders of Israel and say to them: Thus saith the LORD God: Have you come to inquire of me? I live, I will not give you an answer, says the Lord God. (Interested persons – secret Jewish priests «broadcast» through the prophet).

4 Do you want to sue them, do you want to sue, son of man? express to them the abominations of their fathers (The judgment, beneficial to the Jewish priesthood, consisted in declaring that earlier the Israelites and Jews worshipped «abominations», that is, idols of foreign gods).

5 And say to them, Thus saith the LORD God: On the day that I chose Israel, and lifted up my hand, and swore to the tribe of the house of Jacob, and revealed myself to them in the land of Egypt, and lifted up my hand, and said to them, «I am the LORD your God!» – (Endless references to the Egyptian captivity. God has a hand, he can swear, choose, claim that he is supposedly God. All this, of course, has been done for many centuries by interested persons – secret Jewish priests).

6 On that day, lifting up my hand, I swore to them to bring them out of the land of Egypt into the land that I had provided for them, flowing with milk and honey, the beauty of all lands, (God has a hand that he raises, this is the pass of a hypnotist, swears, brings Jewish vagabonds out of Egypt and leads them for decades in the Sinai desert, and «sees» for the «chosen ones» the land supposedly «flowing with milk and honey, the beauty of all lands», which is little true, Canaan-Israel is an unproductive land. In fact, the top of the Jewish priesthood «liked» the profitable trade routes of Canaan, which can be controlled and get huge profits from this).

7 And he said to them, «Cast away every abomination from your eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. (The main task of the prophets is to attract to the side of Yahweh, that is, the Jewish priesthood, as many supporters as possible, especially the nobility of the Jewish tribes, in particular the elders, who, in turn, would help attract to the «true» god as many «chosen ones» as possible).

8 But they rebelled against me and would not listen to me; no one rejected abominations from their eyes, nor forsook the idols of Egypt. And I said, I will pour out my wrath upon them, I will exhaust my wrath upon them in the midst of the land of Egypt. (The «chosen ones», that is, those whom the god Yahweh himself «chose» for himself as a «chosen people», based on Jewish statements, were constantly indignant against their god, did not obey, did not obey, did not abandon the idols of other gods. And as an ordinary man – god, that is, interested persons – the Jewish priesthood, expressed his discontent: anger and rage. And that he did not know in advance that this would happen? Why should God express human emotions? There is only one answer: only vengeful Jewish priests who were left without a flock, that is, hungry and cold, could do this).

9 But I have acted for my name’s sake, that it should not be blasphemed before the nations among whom they were, and before whose eyes I revealed myself to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. (God acted in such a way that his name was not blasphemed by the peoples among whom he «led» the «chosen ones», «before whose eyes I revealed Myself to them in order to bring them out of the land of Egypt» – demonstrating to the naive public of vagabonds his hocus—pocus and «miracles», which turned out to be ordinary trickery and knowledge of desert life).

10 And I brought them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness, (A constant reference to the withdrawal from Egypt and «driving» through the Sinai desert).

11 and I gave them my commandments, and announced to them my ordinances, by fulfilling which a person would live through them; (All these commandments, ordinances were beneficial to the slave—owning system of the power of the priests – hierocracy).

12 I also gave them my sabbaths, that they might be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. (The Sabbaths serve as a kind of omen-foreshadowing).

13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they did not act according to my commandments, and rejected my ordinances, which a man would live by them, and they violated my sabbaths, and I said, I will pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness to destroy them. (The «chosen ones» behaved badly. God, that is, the priest expresses very human qualities, like rage and is ready to kill the «chosen» Jews by him).

14 But I did it for my name’s sake, so that it would not be blasphemed before the nations in whose eyes I brought them out. (So would the priests, who did not want to hear condemnation and blasphemy from various nations).

15 Even when I raised my hand against them in the wilderness, I swore that I would not bring them into the land that I had appointed, flowing with milk and honey, the beauty of all lands (God has a hand!).

16 Because they rejected my ordinances, and did not walk according to my commandments, and broke my sabbaths; for their heart longed for their idols. (The «Chosen ones» constantly violated their obligations).

17 But my eye was sorry to destroy them, and I did not destroy them in the wilderness. (God has an eye-eye!).

18 And I said to their sons in the wilderness, Do not walk according to the rules of your fathers, and do not keep their statutes, and do not defile yourself with their idols. (God spoke!).

19 I am the LORD your God: do according to my commandments, and keep my statutes, and do them. (The statement that the priest is the master-slaveholder over his slaves).

20 And hallow my sabbaths, that they may be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God. (The Sabbaths serve as a kind of omen-foreshadowing).

21 But my sons also rebelled against me: they did not act according to my commandments and did not keep my statutes, they did not do what a person would live if they did, they violated my sabbaths, and I said: I will pour out my anger on them, I will exhaust my fury over them in the wilderness; (The «chosen ones» constantly violated their obligations).

22 But I turned away my hand and acted for my name’s sake, so that it would not be blasphemed before the nations, before whose eyes I brought them out. (God has a hand!).

23 Also, having lifted up my hand in the wilderness, I [swore] to scatter them among the nations and scatter them over the lands (God has a hand!).

24 Because they did not fulfill my decrees and rejected my commandments, and violated my Sabbaths, and their eyes turned to the idols of their fathers. (For the zealots of Yahweh, that is, the Jewish priests, it was important not to lose their flock. In Babylonia, the Jews did not have such a unifying religious center as the Jerusalem temple was, the more important the rite had to play. That is why for Ezekiel, unlike the ancient prophets, religious duties are no less important than moral ones; circumcision for him is a symbol of holiness, and the Sabbath is a sign between Yahweh and the «chosen people»).

25 And he permitted them unkind institutions and ordinances, from which they could not be alive, (God is taking revenge).

26 And he permitted them to be defiled by their sacrifices, when they began to pass through the fire every first fruit of the womb, to destroy them, so that they might know that I am the LORD. (God is taking revenge).

27 Therefore speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and say to them: Thus saith the LORD God: this is what your fathers blasphemed me with, treacherously acting against me: (These maxims are beneficial to the Jewish priestly elite, which acts through its prophet, instilling in the elders what is important for the Jewish priestly elite).

28 I brought them to the land that I had sworn to give them, lifting up my hand, and they, having looked for every high hill and every branching tree, began to kill their sacrifices there, and set up their offending offerings and their fragrant incense there, and poured out their libations there. (The ancient Jews, like other peoples, worshipped heights and trees, offering sacrifices there).

29 And I said to them, What is this height, where do you go? therefore, it is called by the name of Bam to this day. (Worship of the heights).

30 Therefore tell the house of Israel: Thus saith the LORD God: Do you not defile yourselves after the example of your fathers, and commit fornication after their abominations? (The trick of Judaism was that God is invisible, but he speaks through his prophets, that is, people who are under the hypnotic influence of the top of the Jewish priesthood).

31 When you bring your gifts and lead your sons through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day, and you want to question me, house of Israel? I live, says the Lord God, I will not give you an answer. (The passage through fire existed among many peoples, this supposedly «cleansed» the wiring objects, goes back to the ancient worship of fire, as well as the use of fire as a wound healer).

32 And what comes to your mind will not come true at all. You say: «Let us, like pagans, like foreign tribes, serve wood and stone.» (As a prophet, Ezekiel, who himself was captured in Babylon, had to consider it his direct duty to maintain faith in Yahweh in his countrymen and hope for an improvement in their lot, if God wanted it. He also made prophecies about other peoples: Ammon and Moab, Edom, Tyre and Egypt, predicting them revenge from Yahweh for having treated Israel and Judah badly in the past and gloating about his disasters in the present – for this they will perish, and Israel will be reborn).

33 As I live, saith the LORD God, with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with an outpouring of wrath, I will rule over you. (But when, after the fall of Jerusalem, the second and third parties of exiles appeared in Babylon, the prophets of Yahweh obviously had to face new tasks. During these years, among the captive Jews in Babylon, there were many who, losing faith not only in the power of Yahweh, but also in the immutability of his love for Israel, began to worship the gods of the land on which they found themselves settled. Ezekiel meant exactly that when he put a stern warning into Yahweh’s mouth to these faint-hearted).

34 And I will bring you out of the nations and out of the countries where you are scattered, and I will gather you with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with an outpouring of wrath. (Yahweh can do anything).

35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, and there I will judge you face to face. (God will judge, that is, the Jewish priests performed judicial functions).

36 As I judged your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I judge you, says the LORD God. (God will judge, that is, the Jewish priests performed judicial functions).

37 And I will lead you under the rod and bring you into the bonds of the covenant. (A covenant, that is, an agreement, an alliance, is beneficial to the priesthood in order to influence it in the same way in the right relation to the priesthood).

38 And I will single out from among you those who are rebellious and disobedient to me. I will bring them out of the land of their sojourn, but they will not enter the land of Israel, and you will know that I am the Lord. (All rebels will be destroyed, because only submissive and obedient slaves are needed).

39 But you, house of Israel, – thus saith the LORD God, – go each to your idols and serve them, if you do not listen to me, but do not defile my holy name with your gifts and your idols, (Like an offended child, an outcast God refuses to «play» with his «chosen ones», sending them away to other people’s «toys» – idols).

40 For on my holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel,“ says the LORD God, „all the house of Israel will serve me there, as many as there are on earth; there I will receive them with pleasure, and there I will demand your offerings and your firstfruits with all your holy things. (It is possible to serve «My holy mountain» – Zion, although the so-called god himself forbade worshipping heights, but this is the «right» height, the main thing is to drag offerings and rudiments more often, and that would be without a flaw!).

41 I will receive you as a fragrant incense when I bring you out of the nations and gather you from the countries where you are scattered, and I will be hallowed in you before the eyes of the nations. (Smoking is also allowed, but smoking is forbidden to other gods-idols, the main thing is to drag more and more often offerings and rudiments, and that would be without a flaw!).

42 And you will know that I am the LORD when I bring you into the land of Israel, the land that I swore to give to your fathers by lifting up my hand. (God swears, promises, has a hand, and the stupid naive people believe!).

43 And there you will remember your ways and all your deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you will be disgusted with yourselves for all your evil deeds that you have done. (It is important for the Jewish priesthood to inspire its flock that it is sinful in order to «milk» it forever).

44 And you will know that I am the LORD when I deal with you for my name’s sake, not according to your evil ways and your depraved deeds, the house of Israel, says the Lord God. (It is important for the Jewish priesthood to inspire its flock that it is sinful, in order to «milk» it forever).