1So, in the seventh year, fifth month, tenth day, some of the Israel squad came to vibe with the Lord and chilled in front of me.

2Then the Lord slid into my DMs, saying,

3Yo, son of man, talk to the Israel elders and let them know, "The Lord God says: You here to ask me stuff? No cap, I ain't answering you."

4Are you gonna judge them, son of man? Like, make them realize the savage stuff their dads did?

5And tell them, "The Lord God says: Back when I picked Israel and was like, 'Yo, I got your back,' I showed myself in Egypt, saying, 'I’m your God.'"

6When I was like, "Let’s bounce from Egypt to this lit land I scoped out for you, it's got milk and honey, straight up the best land."

7Then I told them, "Yo, ditch all those sus things you’re obsessed with and don’t mess with Egypt’s idols: I’m your God."

8But they were straight-up rebellious and wouldn't listen: they didn’t ditch their sus vibes or the idols from Egypt. So I was like, "I’m about to unleash my fury on them in Egypt."

9But I did it for my name’s rep, so it wouldn’t get messed up in front of the non-believers, who saw me when I brought them out of Egypt.

10So, I made them leave Egypt and took them into the wilderness.

11I dropped my rules on them, showed them my vibes; if you live by these, you’ll be straight, no cap.

12I also gave them my chill days, a sign that I’m the Lord who keeps them lit.

13But Israel was acting sus in the wild; they ignored my vibes and dissed my rules, polluting my chill days. I was ready to unleash my fury on them out there.

14Still, I did it for my name’s sake, so it wouldn’t get messed up in front of the outsiders when I brought them out.

15I raised my hand in the wild, saying I wouldn’t take them to the dope land I had for them, flowing with milk and honey, the GOAT of all lands.

16They dissed my rules and my chill days, chasing after their idols instead.

17But I held back from wiping them out; I didn’t end them in the wild.

18I told their kids in the wild, “Don’t follow your parents’ vibes, ignore their rules, and don’t mess with their idols.”

19I’m the Lord your God; keep my vibes and rules, and live by them.

20Keep my chill days holy; they’ll be a sign between us, so you know I’m the Lord your God.

21But for real, the kids were wildin' and didn't follow my rules, like, they totally ignored my vibes and dissed my sabbaths. I was ready to unleash my anger on them in the desert, no cap.

22Still, I pulled back my hand for my name’s sake, so it wouldn't get dissed in front of the non-believers when I brought them out.

23I raised my hand to them in the desert, saying I’d scatter them among the non-believers and send them all over the place.

24'Cause they weren’t following my rules, dissed my vibes, and were all about their dads' idols instead of me.

25So, I gave them some sus rules that didn’t even slap and judgments that were a total no-go.

26And I let them mess up their own gifts, making them pass through the fire, so they’d know I’m the real one, the Lord.

27So, yo, son of man, tell the house of Israel that the Lord God is saying, “Your fam has totally dissed me by messing up.”

28When I brought them to the land I promised, they saw all the high hills and thick trees, and they were out here making sacrifices and trying to vibe with their offerings.

29Then I asked them, “What’s up with that high place you’re going to?” It’s still called Bamah to this day, fr.

30So tell the house of Israel, the Lord God is asking, “Are you still sus like your fathers? Are you still getting down with their abominations?”

31When you drop your gifts and make your kids walk through the fire, you’re just vibing with your idols, no cap. And you wanna hit me up, Israel? As I live, says the Lord God, I’m not about to be bothered by you.

32What’s on your mind is sus, thinking you can be like the heathens, serving wood and stone.

33As I live, says the Lord God, I’m coming in hot with a mighty hand and stretched-out arm to rule over you, fr.

34I’ll pull you out from the crowds and gather you from all over, flexing with a mighty hand and mad fury.

35I’m taking you to the wilderness, and we’ll have a heart-to-heart, face to face.

36Just like I had that convo with your ancestors in Egypt’s wilderness, I’m ready to chat, says the Lord God.

37I’ll make you pass under the rod, bringing you into the covenant squad.

38I’m gonna kick out the rebels and those who act up against me. They won’t step into Israel’s land, and you’ll know I’m the Lord.

39Listen up, Israel, says the Lord God; go ahead, serve your idols if you want, but don’t mess up my holy name with your gifts and idols anymore, periodt.

40On my holy mountain, the peak of Israel, says the Lord God, all of Israel will serve me there. I’ll accept them and want your offerings and firstfruits, all your holy stuff.

41I'm gonna vibe with you when I bring you out from the crowd, scoop you up from all the places you've been scattered; I'ma show my glow-up in front of the haters.

42And you'll know I’m the Lord when I take you to Israel, the land I promised your fam, no cap.

43You'll remember your past moves and all the sus stuff you've done; you'll feel some type of way about your wrongs, fr.

44You'll know I’m the Lord when I pull through for my name’s sake, not based on your savage ways or shady actions, O house of Israel, says the Lord God.

45And then the Lord hit me up, saying,

46Yo, son of man, face south and drop your words there, and prophesy against the southern forest;

47And tell the southern forest, "Listen up! The Lord's got a message: I'm about to light a fire in you, and it’s gonna eat up every green and dry tree; the flames ain't getting put out, and everything from south to north’s gonna feel the heat."

48And all the people will see that I, the Lord, lit it; it ain't getting put out.

49Then I was like, "Yo, Lord God! They say I just drop riddles?"

1And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the Lord, and sat before me.

2Then came the word of the Lord unto me, saying,

3Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord God, I will not be enquired of by you.

4Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:

5And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the Lord your God;

6In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:

7Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

8But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

9But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.

10Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.

11And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.

12Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.

13But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

14But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

15Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;

16Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

17Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.

18But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:

19I am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;

20And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.

21Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

22Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.

23I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;

24Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.

25Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;

26And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the Lord.

27Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.

28For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.

29Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.

30Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations?

31For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord God, I will not be enquired of by you.

32And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.

33As I live, saith the Lord God, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:

34And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.

35And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.

36Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord God.

37And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:

38And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

39As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.

40For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord God, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.

41I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.

42And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers.

43And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.

44And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have wrought with you for my name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord God.

45Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

46Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;

47And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.

48And all flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

49Then said I, Ah Lord God! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?