225Babel
Tow’ebah ~ Abominable
…God Hates Religion
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Ha Taznuwth | Who’s the Whore
Sadism…
At some point, we are going to skip ahead and just deal with the most problematic portions of this dreary and demonic document. There is only so much we can be asked to endure. But between now and that time, let’s proceed as we have done, excoriating every moronic word, one after another, as they were written using the primary definition of each term.
And while that is the path we will follow, I must offer yet another warning: as bad as it has been, it is going to get much worse. It isn’t just that the jumble of words is becoming more disorienting, causing our heads and eyeballs to spin, it is that Satan’s story is about to descend from nauseating to demonic. The 16th chapter of Ezekiel is devoted to rape, the sexual exploitation of a minor, and of her life as a prostitute. The language is exceedingly graphic and seldom symbolic. The parts which are not twisted beyond comprehension are gross beyond belief. Worse even than the New Testament, Zohar, or Quran, what lies before us is appalling, shocking, and vulgar.
Prior to translating Ezekiel 16, I could not have foreseen warning readers that the content of a book which was inserted into the midst of the very prophets I have come to love would be so repulsive, scandalous, and dehumanizing, so degrading, misogynous, and anti-Semitic, that it would necessitate a rating of No, but Go. The Lord’s intended abuse of women and children is disgusting, earning Ezekiel 16 a rating of “No.” However, 226to hold the religious, particularly Christians, Muslims, and Jews, accountable for demonizing God’s people, damning women, and debasing sexuality by incorporating Satan’s sadistic desires into their beliefs, we must “Go.” It is time to pull off the yokes and blinders of religion and liberate the victims.
And is the word (wa hayah dabar) of This Is Not Him (#^^#!) to me (‘el ‘any) to say (la ‘amar), (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 15:1) son of man (ben ‘adam), how is (mah hayah) tree (‘ets) the vine (ha gephen) from all tree (min ‘any ‘ets), the vine branch (ha zamowrah) which was (‘asher hayah) in trees (ba ‘etsy) of the forest (ha ya’ar)? (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 15:2)
There were no quotation marks in the original text, and they remain superfluous here. These conversations never occurred. They are presented as a literary device to create the false impression that a divine being was addressing his associate, the son of man, when the entire text is nothing more than the voice of its author. And in this regard, might I suggest a different profession? Since he cannot write, he should not have tried.
Word salads are not part of my diet, so I’m not going to dignify the preceding “question” with an answer. But should you wish to venture one, please email me at email@YadaYah.com and I’ll award a prize for the most entertaining response.
For consistency, I will continue to render the completed action of the perfect conjugation in the past and the ongoing nature of the imperfect conjugation in the present tense. Similarly, I am intensifying the current action of the infinitive while the participle conveys descriptive acts in whatever tense seems the most appropriate.
Posing this as a question, is (ha) he grasping from him (laqach min huw’) a tree (‘eth – a wooden plank or 227pole) to make (la ‘asah) work (la mala’kah) as if (‘im) they are grasping (laqach) from it (min huw’) a peg (yathed) to hang (la talah) any object (kol kaly) on it (‘al huw’)? (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 15:3)
While I don’t much like crawling into Satan’s mind to ascertain his thinking, do you suppose the Devil is trying to eliminate Passover, removing Dowd’s Branch from the “tree” so as to hang Jews from any other object? Or is he not that clever and only diabolical – instead wanting to peg Jews to the wall so that there is no means to escape the fire?
Behold (hineh), to the fire (la ha ‘ets), it was given (nathan) for food (la ‘aklah) with two ends of it (‘eth shanaym qatsuwah huw’) the fire (ha ‘ets) was eaten (‘akal). And (wa) in the middle of it (tawek huw’), it was burned (charar). So, question if it is successful (ha tsalach – or is it powerful and prosperous) for work (la mala’kah)? (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 15:4)
Are you ready to solve the puzzle, or do you need additional clues? If so, please consider these…
Behold (hineh), by intensely being (ba hayah), it (huw’) unblemished (tamym) not doing (lo’ ‘asah) for work (la mala’kah), even more angry nostrils (‘aph), indeed (ky), fire has eaten it (‘ets ‘akal huw’) and it is burning (wa charar), it having done (wa ‘asah) longer still (‘owd) for work (la mala’kah). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 15:5)
Therefore, it stands to reason (la ken), thus said (koh ‘amar) my owner, lord, and master (‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!), accordingly, like (ka ‘asher) a tree (‘ets) the vine (ha gephen) with a tree (ba ‘ets), the forest (ha ya’ar) which (‘asher) I gave (nathan) for it (huw’) to the fire (la ha ‘ets) for food (la ‘aklah), so likewise (ken), I gave (nathan) with the descriptive inhabiting (‘eth yashab) of Jerusalem (Yaruwshalaim). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 15:6)
228That is the Lord’s answer. Jews are the fagots of the Devil’s fire. He intends to build a monumental bonfire in Jerusalem, hoping that Yahowah’s promises to them go up in smoke.
Most Jews are aware that there is a tendency within their ethnicity to be self-loathing, with guilt being served as a basic food group. And yet, this is beyond the pale, especially when we recognize the overtly anti-Semitic rant was written by a Jew. But why did he serve up this demonic pretext to demonize his people? Why endure eternal incarceration in She’owl impugning Yahowah’s name in the process?
And I have offered (wa nathan) my presence (‘eth paneh ‘any) against them (ba hem). From the fire (min ha ‘ets), they escaped, having been withdrawn (yatsa’), so that the fire (wa ha ‘ets) would continually consume them (‘akal hem). So, they will be made aware (wa yada’) that I am (ky ‘any) This Is Not Him (#^^#!) by placing myself (ba sym ‘any), my very presence (‘eth paneh ‘any), against them (ba hem). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 15:7)
The Lord of Babylon wants Jews to crawl out of the cauldron so that he can torch them individually as they attempt to flee. It is the Devil’s version of the Holocaust.
From this perspective, it is insightful to know that Judaism disavows Hell. This is an untenable position since Yahowah’s prophets speak often of it and associate it with Babylon and its Lord, Satan. And that makes this proclamation all the more important.
It is revealing because this serves as a portrayal of the Christian and Islamic Hell. Within their tormented realm, fires are never quenched, and bodies are eternally scorched. It is an ignorant religious mistake – albeit intended to control the masses. There are no physical bodies in She’owl | Hell. There is no light – and thus, there are no fires. It is a 229place to incarcerate misleading souls who lure others back to Babylon – to religion and the Lord. It is designed to hold those who promote religious lies accountable and to separate them from the Covenant family.
While we are on the subject, the concept of She’owl is best understood as the eternal darkness of a Black Hole. Energy is drawn in, time is eternal, and nothing escapes. However, in religious lore, Hell is a torturous place. It creates a frightening outcome that only compliance with religious edicts can avoid, thereby, controlling through fear.
One question answered, one remains. How many Jews does the Lord of Babel have to torment and exterminate before they realize that he is not Yahowah?
I have bestowed (wa nathan) the land and Earth (‘eth ha ‘erets) lifeless and uninhabitable (shamamah) because (ya’an) they were unreliable, unfaithful, and disobedient (ma’al ma’al), declares, as if a prophet (na’um), my Lord and Master (‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 15:8)
This is not only Satan’s strategy, it is also the only way he can prevail. If all life on the planet is extinguished through war, famine, plague, and nuclear conflagration, there will be no one to reconcile, no one to save, and no planet left to restore. Our return to ‘Eden would be forestalled. And while Satan would not succeed, should this occur, Yahowah would fail, turning a loss for the Devil into a draw.
As I share these words with you, we are within a decade of Yahowah returning with Dowd to fulfill Yowm Kipurym | the Day of Reconciliations. These ensuing years will serve as Satan’s last hurrah. So, we can count on the Devil doing his damnedest to annihilate life on the planet through the implements of death and destruction he has 230revealed up to this point in his story: the sword, fire, famine, and pestilence.
Over the next ten years, these villains will become more prevalent, all but consuming the planet beginning on Passover in 2030 and running through God’s return during Reconciliations in 2033. The stage was set and the scourge of world war became inevitable after America’s invasion of Iraq in 2002, dividing the Earth militarily. On one side, we find Shia Islam (controlling Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon), Russia, and China and, thus, the BRIC nations inclusive of Brazil and India. On the opposing side, the offsetting force is comprised of Sunni Islam led by Saudi Arabia, the United States, and Europe. Kaboom.
The fire of inevitable nuclear conflagration was initiated by George W. Bush in 2006 when he set a course toward the militarization of Ukraine and its inclusion within NATO. Barack Obama would further this devastating goal by sponsoring the 2014 riots which toppled the democratically elected pro-Russian government. Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain advanced nuclear meltdown in 2017 when they told the Ukrainians that their war against Russia would be America’s war, and that the U.S. would fight with them to the bitter end. Then Joe Biden pushed the nuclear button, assuring the most cataclysmic result, by promising NATO admission and then arming Ukraine with hundreds of billions of dollars of America’s most advanced weapons. The United States has done everything except actually pull the trigger. The end result will be to leave Russia with no option other than a nuclear response. And making matters worse, to invert reality and present the United States as the peacemaker and Putin as the warmonger, America launched a disinformation campaign which devoured truth and led to thought police controlling social media.
Famine became inevitable with the sanctions the West placed upon Russia – a leading supplier of fuel, fertilizer, 231and grain. The horrid effect is continuing to ripple around the world. Scores of governments will fall, with Sri Lanka leading the parade.
The mishandling of the Covid-19 pandemic by politicians worldwide left nearly 7 million people dead. Then by politicizing science and depriving the preponderance of people of their liberty and livelihoods, crushing the world’s economies, the resources and credibility required to resolve the next pandemic have been squandered.
New chapter, same verse…
And is the word (wa hayah dabar) of This Is Not Him (#^^#!) to me (‘el ‘any) to say (la ‘amar), (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:1) son of man (ben ‘adam), you are commanded to make known (yada’) to Jerusalem (‘eth Yaruwshalaim) her repulsive and appalling abominations (‘eth tow’ebah hy’). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:2)
Jerusalem will be the epicenter of the world war that America ignited in the Islamic Middle East by giving Iraq and Syria to Iran. Many have laid claim to what Yahowah gave to His people, making Jerusalem the most contested place on Earth.
Continuing to be dishonest, or clueless, the Lord of Babel blathers…
And say (wa ‘amar) thus said (koh ‘amar) my Lord and Master (‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!), to Jerusalem (la Yaruwshalaim): your ancestors (makuwrah ‘ath) and your relatives (wa mowledeth ‘ath) from (min) the land (‘erets) of the Canaanite (ha Kana’any). Your father (‘ab ‘ath) the Amorite (ha 232Amory) and your mother (wa ‘em ‘ath) a Hittite (Chity). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:3)
Why say such a stupid thing when it is so obviously inconsistent with the story of the Covenant as it is presented throughout the Towrah? ‘Abraham and Sarah were from Ur, the capital of ancient Sumer at the mouth of the Euphrates River. They were not from Canaan, but were, instead, being led in that direction. Their father and their mothers were Sumerians. In fact, Terach, ‘Abraham’s father, refers to Sarah as his daughter-in-law. They were a close-knit family with Aramaic names.
At the time of their birth, Sumer was the most advanced civilization in the world. It would be upon their shoulders that the early Babylonian and Assyrian kingdoms would rise. Quite literally, Ur was the cradle in which Babylon was born.
Especially incriminating, at the time, the Amorites were nomads, herding sheep along the Mediterranean coast a thousand miles away. Even more impeaching, the Hittites did not yet exist – and would not for centuries thereafter.
Therefore, the question has been raised: are we to believe Moseh and Yahowah in the Towrah or the false prophet, Yachezq’el, and his Lord of Babel who is pretending to be the God that he is contradicting? Do you prefer consistent, trustworthy, proven, and reliable testimony or that of demented looney-toons?
Digging deeper into this story, apart from what we read from Yahowah’s prophets, surprisingly little is known about the Amorites. This is because they were nomadic and largely illiterate. The more powerful civilizations of the day, as city-states, viewed them as uncultured. Known locally as the Martu, a smattering roamed west of the Great Rivers in what we know as the Arabian Desert while most lived in and around the Mediterranean coast of Syria. The earliest written account of them comes from Sumer circa 2332400 BCE, where these “Westerners” were made to appear unimportant and uncivilized.
Massive climate change and a resulting drought throughout the known world brought some stragglers toward the rivers in Mesopotamia and Egypt, but nothing much was heard of the Amorite shepherds until 1900 BCE. Some 200 years after ‘Abraham’s birth, they briefly filled a power vacuum in Sumer.
At the time, Ur III was engulfed in a series of civil wars while simultaneously campaigning against the Elamites. Weakened at home, the Elamites turned the tables on their attackers and conquered Ur. They left a military garrison in Sumer for two decades, essentially controlling the region until the cost exceeded the benefit. When they left, the Amorite herdsmen, who had thrived around the rivers during the drought, gradually learned to farm and established a number of small communities throughout the area. And they would remain there until the rise of Babylon’s Hammurabi, who conquered Mesopotamia and created the First Babylonian Empire in 1792 BCE – three centuries after ‘Abraham and Sarah were born.
Therefore, ‘Abraham had migrated to the Promised Land, lived his life, and died centuries before the Amorites were in a position to father him. And as for Sarah, she was Terah’s (‘Abraham’s father) “daughter-in-law,” therefore ‘Abraham’s non-blood-related step-sister before they were married. So, Sarah was likely born in the same place and time. During this period, the Hittites were many centuries removed from establishing their civilization in what we know today as south-central Turkey – nearly 1,000 miles distant.
Historically, we now know that the Hittite Kingdom formed in 1650 BCE, centuries after Sarah’s death. Sandwiched as they were between Egypt and Assyria, they 234were bludgeoned by Ramesses and Shalmaneser to the point that they were ultimately absorbed into the prevailing empires.
The Lord of Babel was also full of it when he claimed that Yisra’elite ancestors and relatives were from Canaan. As is Satan’s prerogative, his lie inverts the truth. Having come from Ur, Yahowah led ‘Abraham and Sarah to the Land of Kana’any, not the other way around. God gave those who had left Sumer the region then occupied by the Canaanites as a gift.
It was his to give because we are living in His universe, and therefore, this planet and the life on it was His creation, to do with as He pleased. And it delighted Him to bless the Covenant’s children by bestowing a wonderful new home. At the same time, He realized that the Canaanites, as a threat to the wellbeing of His children, needed to be removed the same way infected rats must be taken from a home before it is safe for the family. And should you think “rats” is an unfair comparison, recognize that religion is the deadliest plague to affect humankind, and the Canaanites were serious purveyors of this diabolical disease.
Since the Lord of Babel has sought to reverse Yahowah’s explanations, directly contradicted His Towrah, and has inverted the intent of His Covenant, the only rational conclusions which can be drawn are that Ezekiel was a false prophet, his Lord was not Yahowah, and that their testimony was that of the Adversary. To suggest otherwise is to be ignorant, irrational, and religious.
The debate is over; the case is closed. Yasha’yah was right; all things Babylonian are wrong.
I will continue to expose and condemn this disgusting tome, but no longer to disprove its authenticity. Instead, I seek to clear Yahowah’s good name. It NEVER should have been associated with this ode to Satan.
235The decision to replace YHWH with #^^#! | This Is Not Him has been validated. And should there have been any concern over the cynical and sardonic tone I have taken toward this demonic drivel, we can now lay that to rest. This rebuttal of Ezekiel is my gift to God.
The diabolical lies presented in Ezekiel 16 were conceived by an imposter to discredit Yahowah’s reputation, undermine Yisra’el’s legitimacy, and circumvent the Covenant’s purpose. These are among the many reasons Christians adore Ezekiel. Already comfortable with contradictory and mixed messages as a result of Paul’s letters and influence, they use these contradictions to advance Replacement Theology.
Affirming this, in the Gospel of John, those who crafted the Christian New Testament would have us believe that their Lord said to the Jews: “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” (John 8:44 KJV) And so, now we know where the Christian Lord got his material. Although to be fair, much of the 8th chapter of John was a late addition, with the story of the Adulterous Woman added in the 7th century to undermine the Towrah.
As we consider the opening statement of this, the 16th chapter of Ezekiel, we are drawn back to other lies, some even larger in their implications for Christians, Muslims, and Jews. One of the most egregious is found in Paul’s letter to the Galatians. In fact, it would be upon this erroneous attack on the Covenant that the five volumes of Twistianity would emerge…
“Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? (Galatians 4:16) They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might 236affect them. (Galatians 4:17) But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you. (Galatians 4:18)
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, (Galatians 4:19) I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. (Galatians 4:20) Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? (Galatians 4:21)
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. (Galatians 4:22) But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. (Galatians 4:23)
Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Hagar. (Galatians 4:24) For this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.” (Galatians 4:25 KJV / Twistianity Volume 3, Chapters 4-5)
It was a lie from beginning to end, one designed to discredit and obsolete the Towrah while creating the false impression of two Covenants by introducing Replacement Theology. Christians recognize it is untrue, but they justify it nonetheless because the lie is essential to their faith.
Another delusion with similar consequences is the Night’s Journey in the Quran. Following the debacle of the Satanic Verses, Muhammad imagined that he rode a flying ass from Petra (changed to Mecca for political reasons) to the non-existent Temple in Jerusalem. And it is on this lie that Muslims claim the Jewish capital as their own. It is upon this delusion that the last world war will be fought.
In Judaism, the biggest lie is the most fundamental – the notion that there was an Oral Torah given by G-d to the elders of Israel. Jews have been led to believe that this 237nonexistent tome was responsibly maintained and dutifully reported in the Babylonian Talmud such that it is also “Torah.” And from this initial lie, Jews have continued to wander further and further away from the truth – so far away that there isn’t a single religious Jew who knows Yahowah.
Even the most obvious, most easily refuted, lies continue to fool the majority of people. And that is why Yahowah wants books like Ezekiel exposed and condemned. It is for this reason, for the benefit of Yahuwdym | Jews, that we will press into hell for this heavenly cause.
For those who might take exception and claim that Ezekiel 16 is allegorical, I would ask on what basis? Since the Hittites didn’t exist at the time, since the Amorites were essentially unknown, what’s the point? If you were to say it is to associate Jews with religious and political gentile cultures, why not simply tell the truth and say that Judaism’s heritage is Babylonian? There is no better example. When the truth works, why lie? And what metaphor are we to derive from inverting their journey – from having them begin in Canaan and end in Babylon, other than to realize that the author of Ezekiel should not be trusted?
Although, Satan’s approach is clever. He wants Jews to leave the Promised Land and go back to Babylon. Also intriguing, by upending the story of the Covenant, Satan is able to confuse the religious into believing the sordid tale which follows. It is the ultimate inversion of the truth, with the original Covenant being portrayed as compelled rather than an expression of freewill. It has God forcing ‘Abraham to rape Sarah. This leads to an alternative covenant with the Devil, where the Lord of Babylon claims to be the father of Yisra’el who become his children.
238The Lord of Babel will use this false pretext to justify abusing and exploiting the Children of Yisra’el. This leads to Satan calling Israel his whore. She is then depicted butchering her children, Satan’s brood, for consumption. But even that isn’t sufficiently degrading, so Satan, after claiming that he made Jews desirable, depicts Israel as so ugly that she has to bribe men to have sexual relations with her. Thereafter, the Lord of Babel orders his goons to stone her to death, carve up her body, and then incinerate it in her home with her family.
It is graphic and vulgar. But that is where the words of this, the 16th chapter of Ezekiel, lead. It is infuriating, but I am not going to run from what was written just because it is uncomfortable for you to read. I am not going to couch this horrific attack on Jewish women in more appealing terms so that it is less inflammatory and irritating. I will not pull any punches because I’m defending God’s people against their most demonic foe.
So, you have been forewarned. If you continue to read this chapter, you will be disgusted. And sadly, many will find my assessments so incongruous with religious sentiments and resulting societal mores that my credibility will come into question. However, since I am aware of the ongoing consequences of most looking away as Jews are demonized and women are degraded, I accept the risks.
You can be assured that there will be many who will slander me as a result, and who will attempt to censor this message while trying to ban it. This is of no concern to me because my job for the past 22 years has been to expose the truth while Yahowah promotes the result. I will do my part and He will do His.
How about you? Should you choose to jump ship and seek safe harbor because you are averse to tossing seas and vulgar language, then how are you any different than someone who walks away from an ongoing sexual assault? 239Will you allow the perpetrator to continue to rape God’s people, or will you step in to help Jewish women? Will you, at the very least, serve with me as a witness to this crime so that women can hold those who have attacked them in the names of their religions accountable?
The text is irrefutable. Satan wants us to believe that the Covenant was compelled by God, literally forced upon ‘Abraham and Sarah. From this perspective, God’s Family was not conceived of freewill or in love but was, instead, viciously forced upon Sarah, to such an extent ‘Abraham raped her on God’s orders…
And (wa) your familial relatives (mowledeth ‘ath) in the day (ba yowm) of rape and being forced to conceive and give birth (yalad – of being begotten under duress and compulsion (hofal infinitive – of being aggressively forced to act in the conception and birth of a child)) regarding you (‘eth ‘ath), the umbilical cord (sor – the navel) was not cut (lo’ karat – was not severed) for you (‘ath), and (wa) in water (ba maym), you were not washed (lo’ rachats) ? (mish’y – only used here in Ezekiel, a noun perhaps based upon my – to question sha’ah – looking) and (wa) salted (melach – seasoned, preserved, or clothed), you were not forcefully dissipated (malah – you were not compelled to be seasoned, dressed, or preserved (hofal infinitive)) and ? not ? (wa chathal lo’ chathal – only appears here in Ezekiel, perhaps ‘forcibly swaddled,’ maybe not ‘compelled to be entwined,’ or even ‘covered and hidden but not deceived’ (hofal infinitive)). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:4)
Irrespective of the gobbledygook at the conclusion, the preface is twisted for a reason. The day Yahowah conceived the Covenant, Satan’s ambitions were shattered. He could not overcome something as pure and unadulterated as a loving family. This simple connection between Yahowah and His people, even if temporarily severed, would eventually be healed. No amount of 240whitewashing could blemish God’s generosity or forestall His love.
Satan’s only hope from that day forward was to play a losing hand. He would bluff and bluster until the bitter end, knowing that most would fold their hands and lose – but so would he along with them. And in this regard, Ezekiel is the Devil’s playbook open for all the world to see. His hand is garbage, there are no matches, and nothing is suited while Yahowah is offering His children a royal flush.
Yahowah’s message is naturally the opposite of the Adversary’s. Yisra’el, like the Covenant, was conceived and born in love. It was only after the people chased false gods – like the voice of Ezekiel – that Yahowah suspended His devotion.
Before we move on, a word on the hofal stem is in order. In this situation, it means that ‘Abraham was forced by God to rape Sarah, such that neither had any influence over the conception and birth of Yitschaq. At the same time, the infinitive mood turns yalad | conception and birth into a verbal noun, intensifying the action while associating the perpetrators with the result.
There would be no sympathy, no compassion, for the victims, ‘Abraham and Sarah, in the alleged forced conception of Yitschaq and path to the Covenant and Yisra’el…
She was not pitied (chuws – she showed no mercy or compassion (qal perfect)) upon you (‘al ‘ath) eye (‘ayn – sight) to do (la ‘asah) for you (la ‘ath) one (‘echad) from (min) these (‘eleh) for pity (la chamal) over you (‘al ‘ath).
Then (wa) you are forcibly thrown out (shalak – you are violently hurled away, and through compulsion, you are cast off (hofal imperfect)) toward the presence (‘el paneh – to the face) of the open environs (ha sadah) in the loathing abhorrence, rejection, and neglect (ba go’al – 241by despising and disdaining) of your soul (nepesh ‘ath) in the day (ba yowm) the father raped the mother, forcing the conception and birth (yalad – you were conceived without consent (hofal infinitive)) with you (‘eth ‘ath). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:5)
The quality of the writing here in Ezekiel is deplorable. And yet, there is, on occasion, a benefit to be derived from the Lord’s propensity to repeat himself. There can be no doubt that Satan is attempting to recast the birth of the Covenant – the most rewarding choice humans have ever made – into a horrific crime. As such, this not only serves as the basis of Paul’s attack on the Covenant in Galatians, it reveals the lengths Satan will go to hurl Yisra’el and the Covenant into the abyss. God’s family is to be thrown out, just as Paul had written, because it was akin to slavery. The agreement Yahowah offered to ‘Abraham and Sarah was to be loathed, abhorred, and rejected, neglected and replaced by the Devil’s covenant.
After being abused by God and her husband, Satan wants us to believe that Sarah was also tossed aside and thrown out like yesterday’s trash. This entire chapter was written to condemn women in general and the matriarch of the Covenant specifically. The most beautiful and compelling woman in God’s story is to be seen as rejected and neglected, loathsome and abhorrent. Sarah’s very soul was a mistake, something worthless to be discarded.
Once again, this is the inverse of the Towrah regarding the conception of the Covenant and the birth of Yisra’el. And since Yahowah not only says the opposite elsewhere, and then proves His devotion to His children, Ezekiel’s message is far worse than dishonest. Like Paul’s letters to the Galatians and Romans, we are reading the Devil’s manifesto. From Paul’s perspective as well as Ezekiel’s, Israel and the Covenant were colossal mistakes. There was no freewill, no compassion or love, no family, only laws to be obeyed and an onerous god imposing them. Satan is 242trying to annul everything – Yahowah’s good name, the Towrah, Beryth, Yisra’el, choice, and love.
With Sarah, representing Israel, isolated and alone, having been abused and tossed aside, Satan is now on the prowl. So first, he shames her…
Now I am passing you by (wa ‘abar ‘al ‘ath – I am very angry with you, and I am moving past you (qal imperfect)). I see you (wa ra’ah ‘ath) consistently trodden down and continually trampled without being assisted by anyone (buws – as loathed and undesirable, kicked about without assistance (hitpael participle)) in your blood (ba dam ‘ath).
I say (wa ‘amar) to you (la ‘ath), With your blood (ba dam), you must live (chayah – you are compelled to dwell (qal imperative))! So, I say (wa ‘amar) to you (la ‘ath), With your blood (ba dam), you must live (chayah – you are compelled to dwell (qal imperative)). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:6)
Charming.
The blood he is associating with Sarah and the arrival of Yitschaq is a result of childbirth. It was a bloody disaster from Satan’s perspective, and so he wants to stain the Covenant’s matriarch with his horrid assessment. And he wants Yisra’el to believe that ‘Abraham and Yahowah abandoned Sarah at the moment she needed them most. She would suffer alone rather than share the joy of life eternal.
This is nasty, vindictive, and loathsome. How has such a repulsive diatribe been passed off as the word of God these past 25 centuries? This is so far beyond the absurdity of the Canaanite, Hittite, and Amorite origins that it has become overtly demonic.
Are Christians, Muslims, and, yes, even Jews so accustomed to bashing God’s people that this somehow rings true? Is religion so debilitating that it turns believers’ 243minds to mush? How does one worship and praise a god who would say such demented things?
While grammar is the least of our issues, as a reminder, to be as accurate as possible and to avoid reading something unintended into the text, I am continuing to express the completed aspects of the perfect conjugation in the past, the ongoing message of the imperfect in the present, while rendering the imperative mood as a command.
And in this regard, since it is being repeated, understand that the most damning grammatical device in the Hebrew lexicon is the hofal stem. It is completely devoid of freedom and volition. With the hofal, the subject and the object of the verb are compelled, obligated and coerced without choice. They are forced to comply. When addressing conception, it is rape.
With what follows, I suspect that we have isolated the inspiration behind the graphic sexual depictions found in the Song of Solomon. But how does one transition from rape and being trampled down in one’s own blood to this…
Myriad (rababah – countless and innumerable) like a plant (ka tsemach – similar to vegetation, a growth) of the environment (sadeh) I appointed you (nathan ‘ath – I allowed and produced you (qal perfect)). And you are proliferating (wa rabah – you are multiplying (qal imperfect)).
Growing (gadal – great, tall, wealthy, important, boastful), you come (wa bow’ – you arrive (qal imperfect)) with jewelry and desires (ba ‘ady ‘ady – with adornments). Breasts (shad) were formed firm and erect (kuwn – standing upright) and your hair (wa se’ar ‘ath) had sprouted up and grown (tsamach). You were naked and nude (wa ‘ath ‘eyrom wa ‘eryah – you were unclothed and exposed). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:7)
244Once Israel was tossed aside by God, according to the Lord of Babel, she proliferated like a weed that grows wild. As a plant without a soul, and disowned, she became the Devil’s plaything. As a plant, she was dehumanized. And the dehumanization of Jews is central to the Christian and Islamic religions.
And Satan wants us to believe that she was excited to be around him because her nipples were erect. Further, she was just reaching puberty, with her hair beginning to grow. And of course, for Satan’s conquest to commence, for the Devil to replace Yahowah, the women of Israel would be nude, exposed, and vulnerable. It is somehow reminiscent of the BDSM games that were perpetrated between Master and submissive earlier in this sordid tale – perhaps revealing that Satan fancies himself a sadist.
Now that we are a few statements further into the 16th chapter, you are witnessing the beginning strokes of Satan’s sordid story. It began with rape, with the mother being tossed aside, with her body covered in blood, with no one to help. The resulting children proliferated as Satan took over for Yahowah – but they would be deprived of souls. As plants and dehumanized, the Devil could do with them as he willed.
Then as his story progresses, the Lord of Babel would have us believe that his little girl was bejeweled. Expressing her desires, her young breasts were firm and erect as she was entering puberty. He knew this because she was naked before him. And should you believe that I’m jumping to the worst possible conclusions to be unnecessarily provocative, then I’ll leave you to explain the repeated use of the hofal, nonconsensual, stem in association with Sarah. You can then explain why she was left alone, tossed aside, and covered in blood. Then, if you have a more polite interpretation, explain the reference to the formation of erect nipples, the emergence of hair, and of her being nude.
245Take a break if you must and consider the options. But then return and witness what occurs next. Perhaps, you will choose to render ‘abar as simply pass by while ignoring all of the other connotations which fit adroitly into this particular context – which is the very reason they exist…
I pass by to intoxicate you, disrobe you, and have ongoing intercourse with you (wa ‘abar ‘al ‘ath – when I cross over and go through unto you to violate you (qal imperfect)), then I look and see (wa ra’ah – I am shown and reveal, considering (qal imperfect)) you (‘ath), and behold (wa hineh), you (‘ath) are at the occasion and proper time, the period and opportunity (‘eth) for love (dowd). So, I spread open (wa paras – I spread apart (qal imperfect)) the hem of my garment (knap ‘any – the extremity and outermost part of my clothing) over you (‘al ‘ath) and I conceal (wa kasah – so I hide) your genitals (‘erwah ‘ath – your nudity, shameful indecency).
I made a vow (wa shaba’) to approach you (la ‘ath) and so I pursued and entered (wa bow’ – I returned to be involved in cohabitation and penetration) into (ba) a marriage proposal and binding pledge, a covenant (beryth – an agreement), with you (‘eth ‘ath), declares (na’um) My Lord and Master (‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!) – and you (wa ‘ath) became and remain mine (hayah la ‘any – you continually exist for me (qal imperfect)). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:8)
Naked, breasts and hair exposed, the Lord of Babel considered the Yisra’elite child of the age for love. And so, he spread open his garment over her genitals and claimed her as his own. If you are offended because I’m exposing this offensive story, then good. You should be. Why has it taken so long?
And why would anyone seek to romanticize this and pretend that it wasn’t written this explicitly? Why would 246anyone run from it and leave this child to suffer alone – proving Satan’s point?
Yes, I understand, she is depicted as a pubescent child and it is the Devil who is sexually exploiting her – turning her into an object to use and abuse. But rather than freak out because of some puritanical societal nonsense about avoiding sexual content, shouldn’t we stand up for the victim and hold the perpetrator accountable? Are you willing to leave me alone as the only one willing to witness the crime, as the only one willing to speak out on behalf of the women Satan has sought to demean and abuse, and as the lone voice willing to hold the Adversary accountable?
Or worse, are you going to discredit me for being willing to tell you the truth just because it is unpleasant, even depraved? Please, think for a moment about what this means to Jewish women, to God’s people, and to the demise of religion.
Yes, this is perverted. So, I’m glad we began this volume with a warning, telling everyone that Ezekiel was not suitable for young readers. After describing God’s Chosen as if they were sex objects, the Lord of Babel admits to sponsoring rape and then being a pedophile. There would be no consent. He would intoxicate the child with his inebriating rhetoric, disrobe her, and then engage in intercourse because the little girl he hated was ready to have her innocence stolen by this pedophile masquerading as God. He would part the hem of his garment next to her genitals.
But some will say that it was all loving and good-natured, even if it was rape as he entered her. He offered a vow, which, considering that he is the Father of Lies, was worth the same as his promise to Chawah. He even proposed marriage which, as the god of Islam, meant that he owned her – she would be the Lord’s property. But beyond the religious aspects of a marriage vow, this was 247actually Satan’s Covenant – with the Adversary establishing Israel as his bride.
Satan is a spiritual being, and while he would normally lack a physical body, that is not always the case. Not only can energy be converted into matter to produce a material presence, the Lord of Babel is expert at possessing men – making them an expression of his demonic nature. So, while it is no doubt disquieting to read, Satan had the ability to do as he was stating.
Especially interesting, however, when Yahowah forms or affirms His Covenant relationship with Yisra’el, He uses karat | to cut by way of separation not bow’ ba | to enter into. The beneficiaries become His children. They are not naked, exposed, or vulnerable. They have freewill and are not raped. They are loved, but not sexually.
I’m losing the ability to lighten the mood in the face of predatory sexual violence. This is disgusting.
The pervert pretending to be God, stayed in character…
Then I continually bathed you ladies (wa rachats ‘ath – I immersed your body in water for personal hygiene and ceremonial ritual (qal imperfect – actually and continually recognizing that ‘ath is the feminine plural of you)) with the water (ba ha maym) and I flooded you, sweeping away (wa shataph – I forcefully inundated and then rinsed (qal imperfect)) your blood (dam ‘ath) from upon you (min ‘al ‘ath), and I will continually apply oils and lotions on you, smearing and greasing you with oils and fats (suwk ‘ath ba ha shemen). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:9)
Then I dress you (wa labash ‘ath) in varying colors (riqmah – variegated hues alluding to sexual slavery) and I will lock you up, bolting and securing you (wa na’al ‘ath – I isolate you (qal imperfect)) in the skin of a 248dolphin (tachash – only used in Ezekiel and thought by rabbis to be the skin of a smaller and stouter porpoise).
I bind and saddle you (wa chabash ‘ath – I wrap you up to rule over you (qal imperfect)) in linen (ba ha shesh – in the number six, alabaster, or gypsum) and conceal you (wa kasah ‘ath) in exotic fabric (meshy – ? only used in Ezekiel, perhaps silk). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:10)
Because she was a “filthy Jew” by Satan’s reckoning, the Devil washed the child before taking her virginity. That is the implication of having flooded her before rinsing away the blood. Then to calm her fears and lure her into his grasp, he rubbed oils, lotions, and fats on her skin prior to dressing her up like a whore.
But there is more to it than this. Rubbing oils all over the body prior to sex, particularly nonconsensual sex, was common in the ancient world. It enabled victorious warriors to gloat over the men they had defeated and conquered. The Greeks, in particular, would oil their bodies prior to war, sport, artistic displays, homosexual and pedophilic sex – all of which were common.
Always a Lord and Master, ha Satan tied this child down, securing her using the skin of dolphins, binding and saddling her. Like a Muslim woman deprived of her rights by a sexual pervert, a pedophile and rapist, the virgin child would be hidden from the eyes of rival suitors.
Besides Ezekiel, riqmah is only found in one other place, Shaphat | Judges 5:30. There, we are shown a preview of the practice Muhammad would implement to motivate jihadists. Sisera’s fighters matsa’ | came to acquire shalal | booty in the form of virgins and young women. Many were recently widowed as a result of Sisera’s raiding parties. The savages chalaq | divided and allocated the racham | the wombs of the captured maidens among the troops by playing a game of lots, with Sisera getting first dibs. Their shalal | prey – human plunder were 249tseba’ | dipped in water and wiped with oils, so that, when wet, their natural skin tones were shown to have been riqmah | a variety of differing colors. This riqmah | diversity of coloration was then used twice more to describe the tsawa’r | bindings that were placed around the necks of these naked sex slaves who had been captured, put on display, and allotted during a game as a spoil of war. As such, riqmah reveals that Sisera and the Lord of Babel, as well as Muhammad and Allah, held very similar views on the value and treatment of women.
Satan does not have any interest in her mind, her heart, or her soul, nor ever her thoughts, ambitions, or aptitudes, only her body. And in this case, the child sounds more like a Christmas tree which he was objectifying…
And I adorned and bejeweled you, decorating and ornamenting you (‘adah ‘ath ‘ady – I decorated you, girl, with jewels and gold and silver trinkets while on the prowl in search of prey (qal imperfect)). And I gave (wa nathan – I offered) bracelets (tsamyd) on your hand (‘al yad ‘ath) and a chain (wa rabyd) on your neck (‘al garown ‘ath – upon your throat). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:11)
He would decorate her with handcuffs and a choker. How romantic of him.
Throughout the prophets, Yahowah equates jewelry with religion and strongly discourages it. So, it is not surprising that the Lord is obsessed with decorating his victim. And in this way, he is setting the example his most famed Messenger and false prophet, Muhammad, would follow. He also hated women and did everything within his power to abuse and demean them during his life, including being a pedophile and rapist. And in death, nonconsensual virgins would be served up to reward the deadliest jihadists. Yes, the Lord of Babel and Allah share much in common.
250Yahowah is not a prude. He conceived sex to be loving and intimate, playful and fun, between consenting adults, as well as productive, even as a way of expressing affection and romance. And while forced sex is criminal and abusive, sexuality without caring, without commonality, conversation, and compatibility, is demeaning.
From this perspective, the most degrading thing the Assyrians did to the Yisra’elite slaves they captured was to undress them and then place rings through their noses as if they were swine.
And I will put (wa nathan – I will give (qal imperfect)) a ring (nazem) on your nose (‘al ‘aph ‘ath) and round hooped earrings (wa agyl) on you ears (‘al ‘ozen ‘ath) and an ornamental crown (‘atarah tiphe’reth) in your head (ba ro’sh ‘ath). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:12)
Satan wants to humiliate her and defile her, confine and constrain her, steal her youth and virginity while degrading her, then parade her around as if Yisra’elite women were his queens – albeit with rings in their noses.
Incapable of loyalty, or love, the Lord of Babel quickly turns on his prize possession, sending her out as a highly decorated prostitute in search of prey…
You wander about in search of prey, glorified and adorned (wa ‘adah – qal imperfect second-person feminine singular)) with gold and silver (zahab wa keseph) and your attire (malbuwsh ‘ath) is six, alabaster, or linen (shesh) and pulled out (wa meshy – only used in Ezekiel, perhaps an exotic and costly fabric, maybe silk because a potential root, mashah, meaning to pull out) of various hues (riqmah – of differing tones and colors; apart from Ezekiel found only in one other statement, where in Shaphat 5:30 the application is despicable).
Stripped flour (soleth – ground groats or crushed grain; from an unused root meaning to strip) and honey 251(dabash) and (wa) olive oil and fatty foods (shemen – oils and fats) you had eaten (‘akal – you devoured (qal perfect)) to be beautiful (yaphah – to be considered attractive, enjoyable, and pleasurable with a pretty appearance) beyond compare (ba ma’od ma’od – as a perfect 10, very, greatly, utterly, to the highest point on the scale). And you are overpowering and forceful, succeeding and prospering (tsalach – you are powerful (qal imperfect)) by approaching queens (la maluwkah – as royal women). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:13)
As part of his covenant, Yisra’elite women were dressed and fed for success – rivaling even the queens of the realm. And he would send them out with him serving as their pimp, so that they would convey the renown of the Lord of Babylon. Also, to help ground this sordid episode in time, it was common in the day to pay for sexual services with oils, perfumes, and food. The implication is that she had become Satan’s whore.
So it goes out (wa yatsa’ – it comes forth) for you (la ‘ath) a name, renown, and reputation (shem) with the gentiles (ba ha gowym – in those of different ethnicities) with your attractive appearance and desirable beauty (ba yophy ‘ath) because (ky) it was perfect (kalyl huw’ – the highest and best rating attributable to physical beauty on a scale but also a holocaust) with my majesty and beautiful appearance (hadar ‘any – my adornment and glory, my awesome value and status) which (‘asher) I placed (sym – I set, appointed, and brought about) on you (‘al ‘ath), announces (na’um) my lord, master, and owner, the one who possesses and controls me (‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:14)
Accurate reporting, consistent testimony, and intelligent transitions are hallmarks of Yahowah’s prophets along with God’s sense of propriety, decorum, and fairness. We find none of that here – in fact, just the opposite. The Adversary is claiming that he made the 252women of Yisra’el beautiful after God abandoned them, and that under his management, the little girls he sexualized would be successful. But that is so inconsistent with his prior rhetoric, it’s obvious that Satan is schizophrenic.
I draw this diagnosis from the symptoms which have been put on display throughout the 15th and 16th chapters of Ezekiel. The Lord of Babel told us that the Jews of Jerusalem were the fagots for his fire, the flames of which they would devour, consuming them while making life unsustainable for Jews. Their crime was being disobedient and unfaithful to the Lord of Babel. He called those he envisioned burning alive in his own personal holocaust “appalling abominations.”
Then, 1,000 years after the Towrah revealed otherwise, the Master of Babylon declared that Yisra’elites were descendants of the Canaanites only to contradict himself and suggest that maybe it was the Amorites who fathered them such that their mother was a Hittite. Committed to his new story and revisionist history, the Lord revealed that the Covenant family was the product of rape. As proof, their umbilical cord was still attached. These were dirty Jews, still unwashed and improperly seasoned and preserved with salt.
He not only hated them, he made it clear that no one would pity the bastard children of rape. They were thrown out and discarded. Their souls were rejected as loathsome and abhorrent because he said of Jews, “your father raped your mother, conceiving you without consent.” As a result of their discredited conception and revolting nature, the Lord of Babylon passed by as they were trampled down in their own blood. He was so giddy about this deplorable sight, he stammered, repeating himself, as he ordered them to live surrounded by it.
253Then Satan equated God’s people to plants, dehumanizing and degrading them, saying that he was responsible for their proliferation. They would be the spawn of the Devil – his seed. And as plants without consciousness, instead of being an animal with a soul, he was at liberty to abuse them. But first, he fantasized that they were bejeweled and desirous of him. Their breasts were firm. Naked, he could see that they were reaching puberty, her hair just beginning to grow. The Devil spoke of intoxicating and disrobing these Israeli girls so that he could have intercourse with them, justifying it by saying that they were at the age for love. Then he opened his garment to conceal her genitals so that he could have her for himself.
Yes, I’m reiterating what the Lord of Babel proposed – reminding you of his altered reality, his jaundiced and religious interpretation of events. Like it or not, what he claimed changed the world, with Jews perceived as whores. The Lord made a vow to pursue and enter her, claiming that his conquest of Israel was akin to a marriage – the Devil’s Covenant. He was her lord and master and she now belonged to him.
Since she was a dirty Jew, he continually bathed her before flooding her and sweeping away her blood – inferring that she had been a virgin before he had his way with her. Then hoping Israel would fall victim to what we now refer to as the Stockholm Syndrome, he greased her up with fats, lotions, and oils – the Devil’s version of anointing.
Having read about the hellish treatment the Canaanite general, Sisera, perpetrated against Yisra’el, the Lord of Babel purloined part of that hideous episode in the life of God’s people. The objectified girl would resemble those Sisera’s men captured as sex slaves, choosing who they would own and rape based on the tone of her skin and how she appeared with a strap around her neck. Likewise, Satan 254fantasized about seeing his conquest bound and secured with the skin of a dolphin. He would even saddle her. Then decorating his prize, he provided bracelets, serving as handcuffs, along with a chain around her neck. He would place a ring in her nose to control her as if she were a pig and then a crown on her head to mock her as his swine.
Degrading his Israeli bride further, Satan will soon claim that having dressed her like a whore, she would begin to act like one. Her diet would be horrendous, but it would make her beautiful in the Adversary’s eyes. Yes, Satan’s whore would be beyond compare. She would rival the queens of his realm.
And she came with a name, one he would usurp to claim as his own among the gentiles. He would then brag that his harlot was a perfect 10, physically desirable while remaining repulsive and unlovable inside. And so, the ultimate pimp would proclaim that he had dressed and groomed the most attractive and desirable prostitute while announcing that he owned her. Such is the Devil’s tale.
He would, however, grow tired of her…
But you trusted in and relied upon (wa batach ba) your beauty (ba yophy ‘ath – your attractive outward appearance and physical desirability) and became a whore (wa zanah – you have solicited sexual intercourse and love as an unfaithful prostitute) based upon your name and reputation (‘al shem ‘ath).
Now you are oozing out (wa shaphak – you are pouring out) your unfaithful promiscuity, fornication, and harlotry (taznuwth ‘ath) on everyone who passes by, especially the intoxicated and arrogant (‘al kol ‘abar – seeking to disrobe and have angry intercourse on the wild side (qal participle)) to be his (la huw’ hayah). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:15)
255This is disturbing, even for a pimp. It suggests that his whore is nothing apart from the services she is providing – just a tramp oozing harlotry.
When I accepted Yahowah’s invitation to warn and advise His people on Taruw’ah in 2001, I came to embrace the same love-hate relationship God shares with His people. I appreciate their favored place in Yahowah’s story and have given the past 21 years of my life to helping them reconcile their relationship so that they become family again. At the same time, I see so many Yahuwdym as they are – exceedingly religious and political – unwilling to even say Yahowah’s name, making them unattractive.
I share this with you because, while I’m married to the most perfect and beautiful woman in the world, an arranged marriage as God’s gift, most people don’t think of Jews as the paradigm of beauty. In fact, Jews are universally depicted by gowym as unattractive. Therefore, Jewish women have had to rely on their wits rather than their physical attributes.
Trying to keep it real, when we consider Satan’s depiction of her being a tri-bred mutt and conceived as a result of her father raping her mother, only to have the Lord try to kill her people 15 different ways, it’s amazing she was able to perform as a slut, much less a prostitute. But this is Satan’s depiction of his bride-turned-harlot.
However, in reality, this isn’t about occupations, but rather instead, about ownership…
You grasp hold of (wa laqach) some of your garments (min beged ‘ath) and you make for yourself (wa ‘asah la ‘ath) patchwork (tala’ – spotted and colorful) shrines (bamah – worship centers in high places) and you acted like a whore (wa zanah – you solicited sexual intercourse and love as an unfaithful prostitute) based upon them (‘al hem – over them).
256She never comes (lo’ bow) and he does not exist (wa lo’ hayah). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:16)
You hold (wa laqach) your ornamental objects (kaly tiph’arth ‘ath) from my gold (min zahab ‘any) and from my silver (min keseph ‘any) which (‘asher) I had given (nathan) to you (la ‘ath) and make for yourself (wa ‘asah la ‘ath) images and models (tselem – idols and figures in the likeness) of memorable males (zakar – of famous young men) to be engaged in sexual performances (wa zanah – for you to have sex for money (qal imperfect)) with them (ba hem). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:17)
And you grasp hold (wa laqach) of your multi-colored garments associated with human trafficking of sex slaves (‘eth beged riqmah ‘ath) to conceal them (wa kasah hem). And my oil and fat (wa shemen ‘any) and my incense and perfumes (wa qatoreth ‘any) you have offered to put (nathan) before them (la paneh – in the presence). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:18)
I was ready to move on to another chapter and the next lie, but it’s hard to ignore something this disturbing. The Lord’s child conquest, his victim-turned-prostitute, is now being accused of making patchwork shrines and having unfulfilling sex on top of them. She never comes and he does not exist, which sounds more like a dark fantasy of a twisted mind than reality.
The women of Israel are then accused of making the ornamental object out of the Lord’s gold and silver, turning them into little versions of big men. These devices were commonly known as dildos – something the ancient world viewed favorably and religiously.
Then, akin to a temple prostitute, we are led to believe that she manages to get the pretend little people to pay her for sex so that she can earn a living as a religious whore. Evidently embarrassed, however, she covers and conceals her sexual aides with garments previously associated with 257Jewish women being captured and degraded as sex slaves. It is also reminiscent of Yisra’el’s wife, Rachel, hiding her father’s household idols.
And finally, in a reverse of fortunes, rather than being paid for bad sex with a non-existent partner, the Whore of Yisra’el offers to reimburse her little man with the Lord’s oils, fats, and perfumes. Although, with an understanding of the times in which she lived, it is apparent that she is using the oils as lube.
I realize that, in a world influenced by the degradation of sexuality by Christianity, and the ensuing prohibitions imposed on the culture, references to dildos and lube will rub many the wrong way. However, since this is what Satan was proposing, rather than running away from reality and these perceived improprieties, let’s pause long enough to understand why the Adversary spoke of graphic images of big men being used in a sexual situation designed to pervert the Covenant.
Phallic symbols were among the most prevalent early representations of gods. Many were depicted with abnormally large penises – particularly in Canaan. Dildos and phallic symbols were so common, and even respected, men and women were buried with them.
Self-pleasuring through masturbation was a daily part of ancient lives, particularly among the Greeks. And culturally, their influence on Jewish customs is greater than any other. The olisbos, as the Greeks called their dildos, were made of wood and leather and required a liberal anointing of olive oil (extra-virgin not required) to perform as intended. They were actually made by cobblers and were as common as shoes.
Fats and greases were also prevalent among concubines and prostitutes. They played a role in contraception and were used as lip glosses and, yes, as lube, when sex became mechanical or unnatural.
258Yes, the mention of these may be shunned today by polite society, nonetheless, you will find both dildos and lube in the overwhelming majority of homes.
So, let’s not be afraid of addressing reality. Beyond being the part of the male anatomy responsible for fathering children and for pleasuring women, it is time we ask ourselves why the Lord introduced these physical models of memorable men into the context of his revisionist covenant. And the answer is so simple and direct, I’ll answer it by asking this question: what is the symbol of Yahowah’s Covenant with Yisra’el?
If your answer is “circumcision,” what is left to observe once the hood is removed? Is it not a penis – the part of the male anatomy responsible for conceiving the Covenant’s children? With this as the sign of the Covenant, Yahowah is no prude. He does not subscribe to Christian sensibilities on sexuality, love, or marriage. He designed us this way and then decided to use our sexuality as the sign of His familial agreement with humankind. And we should all love Him for it.
As such, Satan chose this as his counterfeit. The idol would be a dildo. Sex would be mechanical and there would be no love or conception. God’s plan, amazing as it is, would be corrupted. And without passion, for the dildo to work as intended, lube was required – so it was mentioned and provided.
The little gold and silver men evidently worked up a considerable appetite…
So then my bread (wa lechem ‘any) which (‘asher) I gave to you (nathan la ‘ath), stripped flour (soleth – ground groats or crushed grain; from an unused root meaning to strip), olive oil and fatty foods (wa shemen – oils and fats) and honey (wa dabash) I fed you (‘akal ‘ath), and you gave (wa nathan) it to their faces and mouths based upon their appearances and presence 259(huw’ la paneh hem), for an appeasing aroma and soothing scent (la reyach nychowach). And it or he is (wa hayah – it or he actually and continually exists (qal imperfect third-person masculine singular)), announces (na’um) my lord, master, and owner, the one who possesses and controls me (‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:19)
Just when I thought it could not get any weirder. Little gold and silver models of memorable men are fed the Lord’s stripped flour, fatty foods, and honey, which presumably had been previously eaten and disgorged by the Lord’s whore. And as a result, the models of men came to really exist, perhaps like Pinocchio – they were real boys. Or so says, This Is Not Him.
Dare we go on?
Then you grasp hold (wa laqach) of your sons (‘eth beny ‘ath) and your daughters (wa benowthy ‘ath) whom (‘asher) you had been impregnated and given birth to a child (yalad) by me (la ‘any – to me and on my behalf). And you are slaughtering, butchering, and sacrificing them (wa zabach hem – you are offering them as a form of worship and consumption) for them to be eaten (la hem la ‘akal).
Is it a small matter, a little bit, and a few (ha ma’at) from your unfaithful promiscuity and wanton whoring (min taznuwth ‘ath – ? used 22 times, but only in Ezekiel 16 and 23)? (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:20)
It certainly appears that Satan is claiming to have mated with the Yisra’elite maidens. Her sons and daughters were his. And while that claim is consistent with his previous confession, it did not actually occur. This is Satan’s revisionist plan, a horrid lie placed over the truth to conceal the path to God.
260Jews are not the spawn of Satan. They are not the Devil’s child. The golden boys were not equipped with sperm. The Lord can degrade life but he cannot conceive it. Although, since Miss Israel is accused of making them, if they were progenitive, she would be the miracle worker.
Adding fuel to his own funeral pyre, the Devil wants readers to believe that the Israeli child he allegedly impregnated, then slaughtered and sacrificed her sons and daughters, the Devil’s own, as an act of worship with the express intent of eating them. Satan even has the nerve to ask if it was a small matter, just a few of them, or if it was little bits of them. Regardless of the answer, this was written from the depths of hell.
As a result, we are left shaking our heads and wondering how it has been possible to fool billions of religious stalwarts into believing that Ezekiel is the word of God? Mein Kampf wasn’t this bad. The Quran is a nursery rhyme by comparison.
Amazingly, we are less than a third of the way through this miserable chapter. There is no end to the madness, no intermission from Hell.
We were correct. Satan is claiming to be the father of Yisra’el. It is little wonder Christians and Muslims are enamored with Ezekiel.
And you are continually slaughtering, actually butchering, and genuinely sacrificing (wa zabach – you are offering as a form of worship to consume (qal imperfect)) my sons (‘eth ben ‘any).
You gave them up and are offering them (wa nathan hem) by passing over, crossing to the other side, being intoxicated and angrily disrobing (ba ‘abar – in the fulfillment of Passover, inbreeding, and arrogantly banishing (hifil infinitive)) with them and for them (‘eth hem la hem). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:21)
261For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Dowd served as the Passover Lamb to spare Yisra’el’s sons and daughters. But in Satan’s version, Israel’s sons, the descendants of the Devil, are slaughtered, butchered, and sacrificed. The women of Israel are crossing over to the other side, becoming intoxicated and disrobing with them. Oh my.
If we are to believe anything Satan is writing, it would behoove the Devil to ascribe some motivation to his characters. For example, why did Israel become a whore, why did the Lord go from loving her to pimping her? Why condemn her? Why, if she was any good at it, did she require sexual aides, and what was the motivation for butchering her children? Or is all of this the residue of the Babylonian Effect whereby the audience is confounded by the commingling of incongruent messages?
And in all (wa ‘eth kol) of your abominations (tow’ebah ‘atah) and your unfaithful and disloyal whoring (wa taznuwth ‘ath – ? used 22 times, but only in Ezekiel 16 and 23), you did not mention or remember (lo’ zakar) the days of your youth (‘eth yowmym na’uwrym ‘ath – the time of your childhood), when you were (ba hayah ‘ath) naked (‘erom – completely unclothed and shamed) and bare, totally nude (‘eryah), all alone, trampled down, kicked about, loathed as trash (bows – rejected and desecrated without any assistance from anyone (hitpael participle)), in your blood (ba dam ‘ath), you actually were (hayah – you genuinely existed (qal perfect)). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:22)
Next to having Israel objectified and conquered by Satan, equated to a whore, and then sacrificing her children, this may be the most macabre thing I’ve ever read. If this had been written as the screenplay for a horror film, it would have been rejected outright for having been too depraved to be perceived as realistic. Clearly, there is a 262reason Satan is considered demonic – and it is now on full display. He is a sadist.
Following along, the little girl the Lord of Babel sexually abused is now being labeled an “abomination” by the demon who molested her. She is considered a disloyal whore because she fails to mention being preyed upon by her pedophile pimp. The one who undresses little girls when they are all alone, kicks them around as if they were trash, causing them to bleed profusely is complaining that he hasn’t been duly respected. It is hard to believe, but nonetheless, Jews, Christians, and Muslims consider these to be the words of their god.
And it is (wa hayah) after all (‘achar kol) of your evil shepherding and wicked friends (ra’ah ‘ath), woe, woe to you (‘owy ‘owy la ‘ath), declares (na’um) my lord, master, and owner, the one who possesses and controls me (‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:23)
You are constantly building for yourself (wa banah la ‘atah) an eyebrow (gab – something concave, a deep recess) and you are making for yourself (wa ‘asah la ‘ath) an erroneous and misleading view of abandonment as a form of sacred worship to be tossed around as a deceptive betrayal to be hurled as a maggot at a shrine (ramah) in every public square (ba kol rachob – within all of the city plazas). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:24)
We finally found something we can agree upon: woe, woe, to you! As for “building an eyebrow” and “making for yourself a deceptive betrayal to be hurled as a maggot at a shrine” I would recommend pleading the insanity defense – should that be available in the jurisprudence of Hell.
Or perhaps, I am seeing this all wrong. Maybe a bunch of the eyebrows fell off of the Lord’s chariot and Mr. Babel is looking for someone to blame after they landed in every 263public square. After all, if the Lord’s ride is falling apart, the other gods are going to start mocking him.
Confronted again by ramah, I would like to explain the justification for the expansive rendering. As a verb, ramah means “to hurl.” It speaks of “throwing an object through the air with the intent of harming those in the direction it was thrown.” In addition, ramah means “to deceive, to cause someone to have erroneous and misleading views.” To ramah is “to abandon and betray an agreement between parties.” As a noun, ramah describes a “shrine, a sacred place of worship” in addition to an “elevated place, a mound, or hill.” Further, a rimah, which is spelled identically in the text, is a “maggot, grub, or flying insect in the larva stage,” albeit some will render it as “a flesh-eating worm.” Further, ram, which is the masculine variation, means “loud and proud.” So, I have done my part to incorporate each aspect into the definition in recognition that the text specifies kol | all.
Toward each and every head (‘el kol ro’sh – to all beginning) of a way, you have built (derek banah) your shrine and sacred place of worship on a mound of your maggots and worms being hurled and thrown as deceptions and misleading views regarding your betrayal (ramah ‘ath) and abomination (wa tow’ebah), with your physical beauty and desirable outward appearance (‘eth yophy ‘ath), you are constantly spreading open your legs (pasaq ‘eth regel ‘ath – you are wide open to licentiousness by parting your legs) toward (la – near and approaching) every (kol – all and any, everyone and the totality of) passing by (‘abar – traveling through (qal participle masculine singular)), and you are continually multiplying (wa rabah – you are increasing (hifil imperfect – you are enabling the continuance of)) your obscene whoredom (taznuwth ‘ath – defined only by the context since it is only found in Ezekiel and, thus, likely 264fornication or immoral sensuality). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:25)
Multiplying worms and maggots in association with spreading legs and sacred worship is a bad combination no matter how one defines taznuwth. This is gross, even for Satan.
I cautioned readers that this would be graphic and not symbolic, but now, even the warning seems inadequate. It is hard to imagine anyone suggesting that God’s people are whores who spread their legs each time someone walks by. But since the Lord said this very thing, let’s dispense with the foolish notion that Ezekiel is allegorical.
Spoken as a true Babylonian…
Also (wa), you are continuing to be a prostitute (zanah – you are having ongoing sex for money (qal imperfect second-person female singular)) toward (‘el) the children (beny) of the Egyptians (Mitsraym – Crucibles of Religious and Political Oppression), your neighbors (shaken ‘ath – those in close proximity to the woman).
Bigger and longer, more majestic and growing (gadel – larger and more prominent) creatures, their bodies or meat, even news of their flesh and genitalia (basar – proclamations or biological life, skin or animalistic nature), and getting bigger (rabah – increasing in size) with your promiscuous whoring (‘eth taznuwth ‘ath – ?, only used in Ezekiel to speak of sexual relations) to vex and incense me (la ka’as ‘any – to annoy and provoke me (hifil infinitive – the lady whores are causing Satan’s intense and ongoing irritation)). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:26)
In dealing with the first claim, the reason that Babylon attacked Yahuwdah and then returned less than seven years later to destroy Jerusalem was because the kings of 265Yahuwdah had thought that they would be better off bribing the pharaohs to protect them than relying on the thugs in Babel. But they were wrong, not only because they should have chosen Yahowah but, also, because the Babylonians were on the rise while the Egyptians had sung their last hurrah. Mitsraym would soon be subjugated by the Greeks, then by the Romans, and now by Muslims.
Therefore, since Satan is the de facto ruler of Babylon per Yasha’yah’s prophetic depiction, the Adversary is taunting Jews for having brought this siege upon themselves. However, the problem had nothing to do with prostitution, having sex with minors, or the women of Yahuwdah – making his metaphor bogus.
As for the second part of this proclamation, in this context, the only sensible, albeit embarrassing, way to read this statement is that Satan had an inferiority complex. He perceived the larger, longer, and growing genitalia of the Egyptians to be superior to either the Babylonians he had possessed or the phallic statues which Israel had made. This was a point of growing vexation and irritation for the wannabe big spirit on campus.
However, if you prefer to believe that, after claiming the Yisra’elite women were spreading their legs at every passerby, the Lord was annoyed because the Egyptians had taller and longer, more majestic and growing bodies, which were getting bigger, rather than their genitalia, that’s an option too.
So behold (wa hineh), I stretched out (natah) my hand (yad ‘any) over you (‘al ‘ath – upon and against you, the prostituting women of Yisra’el), and I am reducing (wa gara’ – I am subtracting, decreasing, and omitting (qal imperfect)) your prescription and share (choq ‘ath – your inscribed allocation, quota, and thoughts) and I am giving you (wa nathan ‘ath – I am offering you females (qal imperfect)) by soul (ba nepesh – with consciousness) of 266your dislikes and unlovable (sane’ ‘ath – of your refusals, your shuns, and your failures in love) – the daughters of the Philistines (bathowth Palishty) who are humiliated and disgraced (ha kalem – who are disrespected and humbled, mistreated and despairing (nifal participle)) from your way (min derek ‘ath) of lewd and shameless sexual behavior (zimah – of infamously devised and wicked plans). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:27)
It is yet another historical (and hysterical) blunder by the Lord of Babel. The Philistines were relative savages when compared to Yisra’el. From a historical perspective, this would be like comparing sword-wielding Amorites (who actually carried staffs) to the Sumerians or Babylonians. Or even worse, to claim that Israel’s morality is humiliating when compared to the degradation of “Palestinian” women under Islam is moronic. To make such a claim, the provocateur would have to be ignorant, irrational, and anti-Semitic – characteristics unbecoming of wannabe gods.
Further, there were no Philistines at this time. They had been bludgeoned into submission and ransacked by the Assyrians beginning in 700 BCE. What little was left of the polity was then obliterated by Nebuchadnezzar II. They were annihilated, not disrespected, and they met their fate at the hands of Assyrian and Babylonian swords – not Israeli prostitutes.
When dealing with prescriptions and allocations, there can be no reductions. Yahowah has clearly stated that we cannot subtract from the Towrah which is where the choq are found and the allocations prescribed to Yisra’el are eternal.
Wrong again…
And you are acting like a whore (wa zanah – you are prostituting yourselves, having illicit intercourse (qal imperfect – actually engaging in continual sex for money)) 267toward (‘el) the children of Assyrians (beny Ashuwr) out of (min) not being satiated or satisfied (bely saba’ah – not getting enough) for yourself (‘ath). So, you are having pay-for-play sexual relations with them (wa zanah hem – you are acting like a whore with them (qal imperfect)) and still (wa gam – and in addition, also), you were not having your needs met (lo’ saba’ – you were not satisfied or satiated (qal perfect)). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:28)
The Assyrian conquest of the Northern Kingdom of Yisra’el was unprovoked. They were simply in the way. Beginning circa 740 BCE, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria wanted uncontested trading routes from Mesopotamia to the Mediterranean. His army prevailed over Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh and took the Yisra’elite slaves northeastward. Twenty years thereafter, King Shalmaneser conquered Samaria, demanded tribute, and then looted whatever his men could carry – taking the remainder of Yisra’elites into slavery.
Then the Assyrians fell victim to the Babylonians, so there could have been no ongoing sexual relations with them – which is perhaps why they were so unfulfilling. The Assyrian assaults had nothing to do with women, with sex, or with seeking to have one’s needs met.
Wrong again, again, and again…
You are increasing your commitment to harlotry and whoring (wa rabah ‘eth taznuwth ‘ath – and you are multiplying and prolonging your prostitution, promiscuity, and fornication ?) toward the country of Canaan (‘erets Kana’an) of Chaldea (Kasdym), and also (wa gam), in this (ba zo’th), you were not satisfied (lo’ saba’). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:29)
The last of the Canaanites were history before this was written. Yisra’elite women were also long gone by this time. Canaan and Chaldea were a thousand miles apart and 268incomparable relative to their stature. Moreover, there was no interaction between Yisra’el (feminine) and Chaldea / Babylon. And while Yahuwdah (masculine) had a history with the Babylonians, no part of it was sexual. Therefore, the Lord of Babel didn’t get anything right. He is grasping at imaginary straws.
How (mah) hot and sexually feverish, overridden by desires (‘amal – weak-willed and pining away), is your heart (libah ‘ath – your inner nature and emotions), declares (na’um) my lord, master, and owner, the one who possesses and controls me (‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!), in doing (ba ‘asah) for you (‘ath) all of these work (‘eth kol ‘eleh ma’aseh) of a woman (‘ishah – a female) of domineering and brazen (shaletet – of headstrong and imperious, arrogant and contemptuous) prostitution (zonah)? (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:30)
The answer is not at all – especially at this time, besieged as the Judeans were by the Babylonian military. They were starving to death and being pummeled from every side. There were no domineering or brazen Jews under these conditions. And prostitutes endure sex for money. They do not crave it such that they choose the oldest profession out of sexual fervor. In fact, in the ancient world, women had neither freewill nor rights. If they became prostitutes, it is because it was imposed upon them by the men who were profiting from them. And that renders everything Satan has opined throughout this chapter invalid. He is victim shaming.
With building for yourself (ba banah ‘ath), your eyebrow or concave recess (gab ‘ath) in the head or most vital place (ba ro’sh) of every way (kol derek), you hurl your maggots at your shrine on the hill for your deceptive worm worship through which you throw away and betray (ramah ‘ath), you having done so in every (‘asah ba kol – you having acted and engaged with all) public square and open plaza (rachob).
269And yet, you were not (wa lo’ hayah) like (ka) the prostitute (ha zonah) for scorned, mocked, and derided (qalas – to have made fun of and jeered (this statement requires the pronoun “you” for readability but is was not supplied by the author)) payment, being hired for a price, or receiving a reward (‘ethnan – a gift or wage). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:31)
Methinks Satan has a thing for eyebrows, but far be it for me to stereotype the Devil. It obviously isn’t his worst fetish. Joking aside, a gab is also a concave recess and deep depression, which is considerably more graphic in this context, especially since the whore is leading with it and prioritizing it.
If we are to understand this development in the story, Israel has become an insatiable and lewd nymphomaniac serving the common man as a reverse payment prostitute. She was a charitable whore, a pro bono harlot. And while that may be perceived as magnanimous and considerate of her, I’m not as sympathetic to her hurling maggots, shrines, or worms. That might be a turn-off. So perhaps, that is why the Israeli harlot had to bribe her patrons into performing.
That said, since she was equipped with golden boys configured like big shots, why did she have to pay men to abuse her? Did the author of Ezekiel think we wouldn’t remember?
The woman (ha ‘ishah – the girl) of the adultery (ha na’aph) under and in place of (tachath – beneath) her individual (‘iysh hy’ – her man, human, male, or husband). She is grasping (laqach) at strangers (‘eth zar). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:32)
She has gone from being an insatiable prostitute to a charity worker and is now an adulterous woman who is failing at promiscuity. It’s not a very credible story.
270And it does not appear that Satan would pass even the most basic test on economics. I think he is confused about who pays whom and why…
To all prostitutes (la kol zonah), they are given (nathan) fees (nedeh – payment for services) but you (wa ‘ath) gave (nathan) your bribes (nadan ‘ath) to every one of your lovers (la kol ‘ahab ‘ath). You continually bribe them (wa shachad ‘eth hem) to come to and enter you (la bow’ ‘el ‘ath) from all around and every side (min sabyb) with your free fornication, prepaid promiscuity, and helpful harlotry as the philanthropist prostitute (ba taznuwth ‘ath). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:33)
That was, perhaps, an overzealous translation of taznuwth. But since its meaning is wholly derived from its Ezekielian context, my rendering is as good as any.
From Satan’s perspective, the beautiful child he molested had become so sexualized and insatiable that she was the first prostitute in history to pay her clients to have sex with her. Either that, or he lied about her beauty and sexuality. Or perhaps, when she didn’t remain loyal to her tormentor, the Lord turned on her and was now claiming that she was so ugly, the only way for her to have sex was to pay for it. And even worse, she had to bribe her lovers. But wouldn’t that make the men prostitutes? And if so, why continue to harangue the women?
Clearly, all things Babylon are inverted and upside down…
He is (wa hayah – he exists (qal imperfect third-person masculine singular)) with you (ba ‘ath) the opposite, inverted, and upside down (hephek – the converse contrarian and reverse of perversity) from the women (min ha ‘ishah) with your free philandering (ba taznuwth ‘ath). After (wa ‘achar) you (‘ath), he will not solicit a prostitute (lo’ zanah – he will not pay a whore).
271And with offering you (wa ba nathan ‘ath) wages (‘ethnan – reward and price) and (wa) payment (‘ethnan) he did not give (lo’ nathan) to you (la ‘ath). And she exists (wa hayah) as a contrarian (hephek – as the perverted opposite). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:34)
Israel must have been a really bad whore. After one time with her, men swore off harlots forever. And while that may have been good for the community, it wasn’t what the Pimp of Babel had in mind…
Therefore, as a result (la ken), Miss Prostitute (zonah – O Whore), hear the message (shama’ dabar) of This Is Not Him (#^^#!). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:35) Thus said (koh ‘amar – this is what was stated (qal perfect)) my Lord and Master (‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!): Because (ya’an) your vagina is menstruating (nachoshet ‘ath – your female genitals are filthy and your sexual organs are lewd) pouring out and being drained (shaphak – are being spilled and are running out (nifal infinitive – since I’m not a gynecologist, perhaps you should look this one up for yourself)) and your indecent private parts (wa ‘erwah ‘ath) are being revealed and exposed (galah – are being laid bare and aired out (nifal imperfect – her girly parts are conducting a reveal and are receiving the consequence of being exposed on an ongoing and continual basis)) with your free fornication, prepaid promiscuity, and helpful harlotry as the pro bono prostitute (ba taznuwth ‘ath) over and above your lovers (‘al ‘ahab ‘ath) and on top of all of your abominable idols and crafted images (wa ‘al kol giluwlym tow’ebah), and just as (wa ka) the blood (dam) of your children (ben ‘ath) which (‘asher) you offered to give to them (nathan la hem – you bestowed to them as a gift (qal perfect)). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:36)
Women menstruate. While a natural part of the reproductive process, it isn’t fun or something they want to be exposed or shared. Therefore, this is invasive and crude – 272at least, up to the point of the bloody children, and then it becomes repulsive. But that is what we have come to expect from the Lord of Babel. And let’s keep it real. Passages like the previous one affirm that the intent was to be crass. This is not a parable.
Although should you be looking for an insightful allegory, consider Rachel’s approach to misdirecting attention away from herself. When sitting on her father’s stolen idols, rather than being found out, she claimed “the time of women is upon me.” The connection between menstruation and religion is intriguing. It is the time of the month when the conception of new life is not possible.
There are a host of applicable definitions associated with ‘ereb and I did not want to leave any out…
Therefore, as a result (la ken), behold (hineh) I will assemble and collect (‘any qabats) all of your lovers (‘eth kol ‘ahab ‘ath) whom (‘asher) you made a bargain with, bartering prior to mingling and sharing, then joining in a welcoming way in the evening among the fabric of foreigners who are akin to noxious swarms of flies (‘ereb) over them (‘al hem).
And with all of those you loved (wa ‘eth kol ‘asher ‘ahab), upon every one of those (‘al kol ‘asher) you disliked as unlovable, even hated and abhorred, that you shunned because they were unwilling or unable to perform (sane’ – you had feelings of antipathy and aversion (qal perfect)), I have obtained, assembled, gathered, and collected (qabats – I have brought together (piel perfect)) joining with them (‘eth hem) upon you (‘al ‘ath) from all around (min sabyb – out of a circle to surround on every side).
Then I will uncover and expose, revealing and laying bare (wa galah – I will strip off and make known) your private personal parts, your sexual organs, leaving you unprotected and vulnerable, completely naked and 273indecent (‘erwah ‘ath – your genitals) for them (‘el hem). And they will see (wa ra’ah) every sexual organ, all of your private parts, making you totally vulnerable and completely naked and indecent (‘eth kol ‘erwah ‘ath). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:37)
The Lord is into collecting a matching set of Egyptians, Assyrians, Canaanites, and Chaldeans to enhance his collection of subjugated peoples. This is a broad net, bringing together everyone Yisra’el has ever loved or hated.
And once again, the Lord of Babel is portraying himself as Yisra’el’s foe and as depraved as the Devil. These are not the words of God but, instead, those of a pervert and sadist. So, we are left to wonder why religious Jews, Christians, and Muslims have chosen to place Ezekiel’s words in their Bibles, Qurans, Talmuds, and Zohars. Are they similarly perverted, demented, savage, and anti-Yahowah, as opposed to the Towrah, Covenant, and Yisra’el as is the Devil?
In actuality, the inverse of this is going to occur. Yahowah will be judging this imposter while reconciling His relationship with Yisra’el.
I have judged you (wa shaphat ‘ath – I have decided against you (qal perfect)), the women committing adultery (na’aph – the female spouses who are unfaithful (qal participle)) and the women who shed blood (wa shaphak dam), with the means to exercise judgment (mishpat). And so, I have given (wa nathan) you the blood (‘ath dam) of venomous wrath and snake toxin (chemah) and jealousy (wa qina’ah – envy and enmity). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:38)
What is the point of life if Yisra’elites have already been judged? Why is adultery in the mix when the crime is prostitution? How is it that whores are being accused of shedding blood? Why is the penalty serpentine venom 274rather than the dissipation of one’s soul? Why is the Lord jealous of a prostitute?
Evidently, the Lord’s collection of Yisra’el’s foes and lovers was for them to serve as his hands, stripping Jews bare…
I have given (wa nathan – I have offered (qal perfect)) you into their hands (‘eth ‘ath ba yad hem). And they have demolished and torn down (haras – they have destroyed (qal perfect)) your eyebrow and deep concave recess (gab ‘ath). They have broken down (wa natats – they have demolished (nifal perfect)) your shrines to maggots hurled on the hill of your deceptive worm worship (ramah ‘ath). They have stripped off and removed (wa phashat – they have taken off (hifil perfect)) from you, your clothes (‘eth ‘ath beged ‘ath).
And they have grasped hold of (wa laqach) your ornamental and glorious jewels (kaly tiph’areth ‘ath). They wail in anticipation of setting you up (wa nuwach ‘ath) naked, bare and unclothed (‘eyrom), vulnerable, nude, and shamed (wa ‘eryah). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:39)
Yahowah is on record facilitating the temporary disbursement of His people into hostile countries. He does not want them abused, only to have a time out for bad behavior. He very seldom kills them, and He consistently holds those accountable who harass them. The previously mentioned Sisera is a good example, as were the fates of the Philistines, Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Greeks, and Romans. Therefore, since what we have read throughout Ezekiel, including the previous statement, is the inverse of Yahowah’s approach to parenting, Ezekiel retains the stigma of a false prophet. Moreover, Satan’s constant fixation on undressing Israeli women is perverted.
That was bad, but this is worse…
275They have been carried away and will raise up (wa ‘alah – they have offered up (hifil perfect)) upon you (‘al ‘ath) a mob, a throng of people from the community, assembling a large crowd (qahal), and they will kill you by hurling large stones, executing you by stoning you (wa ragam ‘eth ‘ath – the crowd will pile stones on top of you to bury you alive (qal perfect)) with the stone (ba ha ‘eben) and then (wa) they will kill you by cutting you into pieces, slaughtering you (bataq ‘ath – they will thrust through you (piel perfect)) with their swords (ba chereb hem). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:40)
We’ve just read the 16th and 17th attempts to eradicate Jews, with the 18th following. These two come by way of using men who were chosen because they accepted bribes to have sex with former prostitutes to slaughter Israeli women. Working with the Lord of Babel, the most immoral libertines would murder the women who they had loved twice over, stoning them to death and then dissecting their bodies by slicing them into little pieces. If you worship the Jewish, Christian, or Islamic god who is orchestrating this evil orgy, I pity you.
As a bookkeeping issue, I was unable to render the completed action of the perfect conjugation sensibly in the prior verse, so I opted to present each verb as a future consequence. Also, while I’m aware that there is a penalty for adultery which calls for stoning, I am unaware of any situation where it was carried out, making the Towrah’s | Teachings symbolic. Further, the notion of killing by inflicting repetitive blunt force trauma and then burying the victim being executed such that they die under the weight of the stones, only to pull them off and then slice them into little pieces, is as unrealistic as it is grotesque.
After burying those whom the most reprehensible sexual perverts in the community had used for sex, and then unburying them to chop up their bludgeoned bodies, as a 276prelude to Islam and the Quran, the mob would burn their homes…
Then (wa) they will burn, sacrificing and consuming those within (saraph – they will destroy with fire as a sacrificial offering to their god (qal perfect)) your houses and families (beyth ‘ath – your households) within the fire (ba ha ‘esh).
And (wa) they will engage by executing against you (‘asah ba ‘ath – they will perform and act against you (qal perfect)) judgments and penalties to inflict pain and suffering (shephet) for the eyes (la ‘ayn) of numerous women (‘ishah rab).
I will put an end to (wa shabath) you (‘ath) from being a prostitute and having sex for money (zonah – being a whore for payment), and also (wa gam), payment (‘etnan – gifts for hire and money for services rendered) you will not give any more (lo’ nathan ‘owd – you will no longer offer (qal imperfect second-person feminine singular)). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:41)
Keep in mind that, from the beginning of this chapter, every statement has been directed at women. ‘Ath, which is the feminine variation of the masculine ‘atah | you, has been used throughout. The message is clear – Satan hates women. Nothing has changed since he slithered into the Garden to beguile Chawah. And his is not just a personal and isolated vendetta because the Lord of Babylon is the author of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Women are objectified and degraded in these religions as a direct result of what we are reading.
The situation is asinine in this case, an utter inversion of justice. After having the most self-indulgent and immoral men in the community gang up against the women who were victims of male prostitutes, those who were paid for sex stoned and dissected their prior lovers. Then, Satan’s goons are shown torching the women’s homes with 277their families inside. Still not enough to satisfy the Devil and his religious entourage, these same sexual perverts and mass murderers are asked to pass judgment upon those they have loved and killed.
Even worse, now there is an audience comprised of other women because Satan wants to terrorize them into submission. So, all of this begs the question: why do you think the Lord made the subjugation of women and terrorism the signature acts of religions like Islam?
Abusing women after raping them, punishing the victims, and then torching the homes of those opposed to Allah was one of Muhammad’s trademarks. Therefore, the more we read of the Lord of Babel’s desire to degrade women who are used as sex objects, with immoral men lording over them, combined with this penchant for mass killings in the most brutal means possible, the more commonality we find between Ezekiel and the Quran – but also the Christian New Testament and Talmud.
Therefore, we should also ask: Why did Paul tell men to lord over their wives? Why are Hasidic women deprived of the most basic human rights? Why do rabbis and priests think that they are entitled to sexually abuse women and children? Why do the religious let them get away with it?
In addition to a conscience, a moral compass, and a copyeditor, Ezekiel would have benefited from exercising his short-term memory. He has said repeatedly that the Israeli whores were so deplorable, so unlovable, they had to bribe men to have sex with them – which actually made the men the prostitutes. Therefore, there was no reason to stop the women from doing what the men were now guilty of perpetrating. Further, since they were killed twice over and their families extinguished, wouldn’t that have been sufficient to preclude the Jewish women from offering payments for sex? And why is the Lord now taking credit for the things his posse performed?
278If the 16th through 18th attempts at eradicating Jews are to be considered as resting one’s case, Satan may have some anger management issues to resolve…
I have rested (wa nuwach – I have looked forward to wailing and settling upon, withdrawing and dwelling (hifil perfect)) my venomous and serpentine wrath and furious rage (chemah ‘any) against you (ba ‘ath) and my jealousy and envy (wa qina’ah ‘any – my desire for exclusivity in the relationship and need for an advantage) have been removed (suwr – were turned aside, having come and gone (qal perfect)) from you (min ‘ath).
I was at rest and was silent (shaqat – I was quiet and tranquil (qal perfect)) and I will not be vexed or incensed, provoked to anger (wa lo’ ka’as – I will not be distressed or anxious, feeling sorrow (qal imperfect)) anymore (‘owd). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:42)
If Ezekiel is to be seen as the Lord at rest, silent and tranquil, what do you suppose happens when he is vocal and active? And now after the 18th attempt at exterminating God’s people, do you suppose Satan is a spirit of his word and he is going to play nice from this point on? If you think so, you may want to run away and hide over the next ten years.
Personally, I suspect that the answer to this question is revealed by qina’ah | jealousy. Satan is envious. He sees himself as superior to Yisra’elites and is envious of their relationship with Yahowah. So, he is dead set on besmirching and annihilating God’s beloved. If they are unwilling to prostitute for him, to hell with them.
So much for the Lord being truthful and amenable, or simply literate…
Because (ya’an) whenever (‘asher – whoever or whatever) I did not remember (lo’ zakar – I failed to recall or mention (qal perfect first-person singular)) the 279days of your childhood (yowm na’uwrym ‘ath – the time of your adolescence) you continually agitate and anger (wa ragaz – you quake and shake (qal imperfect)) toward me (la ‘any) with all of these (ba kol ‘eleh), and also (wa gam), lo, surely (he’) your ways (derek ‘ath) in head (ba ro’sh – with source, top, or beginning) I gave (nathan – I allowed (qal perfect)), declares and announces (na’um) my Lord and Master (‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!).
And you did not do (wa lo’ ‘asah – so you did not engage in (qal perfect)) with the lewd and shameless evil (‘eth ha zimah – with the infamous plan) over all your abominations (‘al kol tow’ebah ‘ath). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:43)
Since my best effort at serving this word salad in an appealing manner has failed, with words flying in every which direction, let’s try being even more literal using only the primary definition of each word while removing the Hebrew basis and see if that is more to our liking… Because which I did not remember the days of your childhood, you continually quake and shake toward me with all of these, and also, lo, your way in head I gave, announces my Lord, TINH. And you did not do lewdness over all your abominations.
Is the Lord admitting that he is experiencing memory loss? In addition to Alzheimer’s, is he also suffering from Parkinson’s?
What does “your way in head” mean? And if she did not do anything lewd, what was so abominable? When we consider a claim such as this, and read that the Lord cannot remember, that he quakes and shakes, and that he says lo your way in head, concluding that the women of Israel are not lewd in any of their abominations, none of which he can recall, are we to believe this same individual created the universe?
280Behold (hineh), everyone (kol – anyone) who quotes from the Mashal | Proverbs (ha mashal – who says, uses, or tells a proverb (qal participle)) on you (‘al ‘ath), he will quote a Mashal | Proverb (mashal – he will use a proverb (qal imperfect third-person masculine singular)) to say (la ‘amar), Like (ka) mother (‘em), she (hy’) her daughter (bath hy’). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:44)
That is not true. I’ve translated and written extensively of the Mashal | Proverbs, devoting the opening chapters of the first volume of Observations to them, and I’ve never quoted anything which says ‘Like mother, she her daughter.’ Fact is, the Mashal were mostly written by Dowd | David and speak of the Son of God’s relationship with his Father, Yahowah, and with his Mother, the Ruwach Qodesh. The Proverbs are a family portrait.
Should Satan be confused, and if his intent was to say that Yisra’el’s mother was a whore like her daughter, that’s also a problem. Sarah is among the most upstanding and lovable characters in the Towrah, and she is the matriarch of Yisra’el. And she had a son, Yitschaq, not a daughter.
Daughter (bath) of your mother (‘em ‘ath) who loathes and abhors (ga’al – who despises and defiles (qal participle feminine singular – she demonstrably detests)) her man (‘iysh hy’ – her husband and individual male) and her children (wa ben hy’) and sister (wa ‘achowth) of your sister (‘achowth ‘ath) who (‘asher) they abhorred and loathed (ga’al – despised, disdained and defiled (qal perfect third-person masculine plural)) their husbands (‘iysh hennah – their (feminine plural) individual men) and their children (wa beny henah).
Your mother (‘em ‘aten) a Hittite (Chity) and your father (wa ‘ab ‘aten) an Amorite (‘Emory). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:45)
We are given reason at times to question ‘Abraham’s love for Sarah, but never Sarah’s devotion to her husband. 281It cannot be said that she loathed him without contradicting what God has written of her. Additionally, Sarah loved Yitschaq unconditionally. Sarah did not have a sister so she could not have hated someone who did not exist. Likewise, the non-existent sister, or even sister of your sister, could not have defiled their non-existent husbands or the children they did not have. Whoever wrote this was as ignorant as they were illiterate.
We have come full circle back to the moronic claim that Sarah’s father was a Hittite when the Hittites would not even exist for centuries after she was born. And if ‘Abraham had an Amorite father, why would he be walking away from Ur which was in the opposite direction relative to the Promised Land?
And your sister (wa ‘achowth ‘ath), the great (ha gadowl) of Samaria, her (Shomarown hy’) and her daughters (wa bath hy’) who inhabit (ha yashab – who dwell (qal participle)) over the left (‘al samo’l) of you (‘ath), and your sister (wa ‘achowth ‘ath), the smaller and younger (qatan – the less significant) from you (min ‘ath) who inhabits (ha yashab – who settles (qal participle)) from the right of you (min yamyn ‘ath) of Sodom (Sodom) and her daughters (wa bath hy’). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:46)
And not with their ways (wa lo’ ba derek henah) you walked (halak) and with their abominations (wa ba tow’ebah henah) I did (‘asah – I engaged (qal perfect)) like (ka) a little (ma’at) ? (qat – only used here in Ezekiel) you are corrupt (shachath – you are marred and ruined (hifil imperfect)) from them (min hen) in all your ways (ba kol derek ‘ath). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:47)
Yisra’el was comprised of brothers, not sisters. Samaria was the capital of the Northern Kingdom of Yisra’el and came to exist 1,000 years after Sarah had lived her extraordinary life. Further, Samaria is toward the 282southeast of Yisra’el, not ‘the left you.’ And it was never great.
Samaria was a place, a region and a city, not a person, and it did not have daughters or sisters who were smaller or younger. Sodom was wholly unrelated to Yisra’el and was destroyed before the nation was formed.
And while Satan said that Yisra’elite women did not with their ways walk, why was the Lord perpetrating their abominations? That is rather odd.
Nonetheless, even though ‘like a little you are corrupt from them in your ways…’
Alive (chay – living) I (‘any), declares (na’um) my Lord and Master (‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!), if (‘im) she did (‘asah) Sodom (Sodom), your sister (‘achowth ‘ath), she and her daughters (hy’ wa bath hy’) similar to which (ka ‘asher) you have done (‘asah) yourself (‘ath) and (wa) your daughters (bath ‘ath). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:48)
Behold (hineh), this (zeh) was (hayah) the sin (‘awon – the wrongdoing, perversity, and depravity) of Sodom (Sodom), your sister (‘achowth ‘ath), majesty and splendor (ga’own – exaltation), abundance (siba’ah – plenty) of bread (lechem) and security (wa shalwah – safety and ease, complacency), at rest and peace, quiet and calm (shaqat) they existed (hayah) toward her (la hy’) and toward her daughters (wa la bath hy’) and hand (wa yad) afflicted and oppressed (‘any – poor and needy) and (wa) poor and needy (wa ‘ebyown – lower class who are disenfranchised), she was not harsh (lo’ chazaq – she was not severe or firm (hifil perfect)). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:49)
It is his curse, and perhaps he knows it. Satan will live forever. However, eternal life is good or bad depending 283upon the company. And he will be with the likes of Ezekiel, Paul, and Muhammad.
From what we know from the Towrah about the residents of Sodom is that they were self-indulgent and unrestrained, very much like the Lord of Babel. They were not, however, related to Yisra’el because, before Yisra’el was conceived, they had been obliterated. And their sin could not have been ‘splendorous’ without the Lord being similarly condemned based upon his claims regarding the adornments he placed upon Yisra’el in her youth.
The land was noted for being exceedingly productive at the time, so there would not have been any shortage of food. Sodom is known for many things, but security isn’t among them. And if being at peace is a sin, then the Shabat is immoral. I’m not trying to nitpick Satan, just pointing out that his claims are universally invalid.
Even his conclusion is incomprehensible. Sodom is being accused of lo’ chazaq | not being harsh toward the oppressed and needy. And while the inverse of this statement would have been unkind, Yahowah does not condemn anyone for being uncharitable. Moreover, there is no indication that anyone was begging in the region.
Should Ezekiel have miscommunicated and meant to say Sodom’s sin was that the residents were harsh toward societal outcasts, then Satan has some explaining to do – he may even need to go to confession. He and his stalwarts have just cast the women of Yisra’el aside, then stoned, diced, and burned them as outcasts.
The Lord is a failure as an actor, prophet, and linguist. This attempt to impersonate Yahowah is pathetic. He is condemning Sodom for his crime…
And when the women rise up to great heights and seek to be exalted on high (wa gabah – when the females are lifted up and elevated in grandeur (qal imperfect third-284person feminine plural)) and the women are committing (wa ‘asah – the females are doing, engaging in, or acting upon) an abhorrent abomination (tow’ebah) toward my presence (la paneh ‘any – to my face), then (wa) I am coming to remove (suwr – I am going to turn aside and drag off (hifil imperfect)) them (‘eth henah – those women) accordingly as (ka ‘asher) I saw (ra’ah – I looked (qal perfect)). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:50)
While there is no evidence of women rising to great heights in the ancient world, Yasha’yah revealed that Satan would aggrandize himself in Babylon to such an extent that he would be seen above the Most High. By falsely projecting his greatest crime upon the women of Sodom and, by implication, Yisra’elite women, ha Satan is deploying the most disingenuous political tool in the book. He is confusing the issue most debilitating to him while compromising his foe’s ability to respond. The ‘no, it is not we who are exalting ourselves on high, but him’ is akin to engaging in a mudslinging contest in a cesspool.
It is also telling that the Lord remains fixated on women, singling them out for rebuke, as would Muhammad and Allah. And if the singular abomination was becoming a philanthropist prostitute, the men she was allegedly bribing for sex have become the actual whores. Also, since the Lord had his religious diehards murder all of the supposed sluts three times over, and the Lord, himself, claims to have stopped them and moved on, releasing his animosity, how is it that they are continuing to irritate him? And may I ask, why are the Sodomites being dragged off and removed rather than annihilated? Has Satan not read the Towrah or did he simply bungle his line?
Yahowah uses the sordid history of Samaria in the Northern Kingdom to explain why He was divorcing Yisra’el and initiating a long time out for bad behavior. And as we studied the history of Samaria while translating 285those references in Howsha’ | Hosea, we discovered that it was there, and throughout the Jezreel Valley, that the worst of Yisra’elite behavior occurred. Therefore, the women could not have been worse than the worst of the Israeli queens, ‘Iyezebel | Jezebel.
So, Samaria (wa Shomarown), likewise (ka), half (chetsy) your sins (chata’ ‘ath – your missing the way) she has not missed the way (lo’ chata’ – she has not done wrong or gone astray (qal perfect)). You are multiplying and increasing (wa rabah – you women are becoming great and thriving (hifil imperfect second-person feminine singular)) with your repulsive abominations (‘eth tow’ebah ‘ath) from those women (min henah). And she continues to be righteous, even innocent (wa tsadaq – she is consistently vindicated and right (piel imperfect)) with your sister (‘eth ‘achowth ‘ath) with all of your abominations (ba kol tow’ebah ‘ath) which I did (‘asher ‘asah – which I accomplished (qal perfect first-person singular)). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:51)
In retrospect, we now find that there was an unanticipated benefit during our review of Howsha’ because, during it, we scrutinized what occurred in Samaria – which Yahowah called the worst of the worst. Informed, we know that the Lord’s claim is invalid.
The leadership of Samaria missed the way. They were wrong, not righteous. And even worse for Satan’s credibility, they could not be continually vindicated and right because they were long gone by the time of Judea’s Babylonian captivity. They had met their fate many decades ago at the hands of the Assyrians.
This all brings us to another confession. Ba kol tow’ebah ‘ath ‘asher ‘asah was scribed in first person. And as the speaker, the Lord of Babel is admitting that he was the one who was perpetrating all of these abominations. Confession might be good for the soul if he had one.
286I realize that this must be getting wearisome for you to read as it is for me to translate and correct, but if you and I are irritated by the Lord’s unrelenting rant, can you imagine how Yahowah feels after having had this rubbish thrown in His face for 25 centuries? So, I beg your indulgence as we press ahead, carving up the Lord and burying Ezekiel by stoning him with his own words.
The good news is that only twelve verses remain in the 16th chapter. The bad news is that there are 32 more chapters of hellish rhetoric. But if you can bear with me, by the time we are done, a great burden will have been lifted from Yahowah and Yisra’el.
Previously, the Lord of Babel told the Devil’s Apprentice that if he did not intervene to resolve the errant ways of his people, he would be condemned along with the men. But now that Satan is addressing women, by intervening, they are condemned. It sounds like a lose-lose proposition and a double standard to me.
In addition (gam), you (‘ath), yourself, must lift up and carry (nasa’ – you are commanded to bear (qal imperative)) your humiliating shame (kalimah ‘ath – your ignominious insult) because (‘asher) you intervened as an arbitrator (palal – you pleaded for help while making intercession while providing justification, although often rendered: ‘you prayed’) for your sisters (la ‘achowth ‘ath).
With your sins (ba chata’ah ‘ath) which (‘asher) you were abhorrent (ta’ab – you were loathsome (hifil perfect)) from them (min hen), the women are right (tsadaq – these females are correct and vindicated (qal imperfect)) from you (min ‘ath).
And also (wa gam), you (‘ath), yourself, must be shamed (bowsh – you must be humiliated (qal imperative)) and you must bear (nasa’ – you are commanded to carry (qal imperative)) your disapproval and disgrace 287(kalimah ‘ath – your ignominious insult and humiliating shame) with being righteous and correct (ba tsadaq – in being right and vindicated) of you (‘eth), your sisters (‘achowth ‘ath). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:52)
According to the Master Misogynist, there is no reconciliation for errant souls, no Pesach or Matsah for women either. Shame is forever with Satan.
I think the Lord of Babel may have wanted to have said that other women were better than the abominable ones he has been hounding, but the text was not written that way. The fact is, no one was right with Yahowah at the time.
As for the concluding statement, it is not only nonsensical, it is internally contradicting. So, my advice is to warn those who would play God that they better have the aptitude for the role or they will look asinine.
What follows would be impossible, unjustifiable, irrational, and immoral…
And (wa) I have returned (shuwb – I have restored (qal perfect)) their fortunes, captives, and possessions (shabyth henah – their women who were captured and their assets and property) with the property, possessions, and prisoners (‘eth shabuwth – the captured assets and fortunes) of Sodom (Sodom) and her daughters (wa bath hy’) along with (wa ‘eth) the fortunes, captives, and possessions (shabyth henah – the captured assets, property, and prisoners) of Samaria (Shomarown) and her daughters (wa bath hy’), and the property, possessions, and prisoners (‘eth shabuwth – the captured assets and fortunes (oddly, this time the author tried to turn this noun into a verb)) of you, the woman (‘ath), in their midst (ba tawek ‘aten – in the middle of these women)? (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:53)
288No doubt the Lord of Babel loved Sodom and Samaria. They were his kind of places. But there is no reincarnation or resurrection from the dead.
In these words, as jumbled and inarticulate as they may be, the Master of Misogyny is promising to restore the fortunes of his favorite whores – Sodom and Samaria. This declaration, however, is as incriminating as it is hypocritical of him. It is also ignorant and irrational braggadocio. Like the religions the Devil inspires, it is false hope for the wrong people.
By declaring this fraudulent ode to mercy, ha Satan is affirming that he is a narcissist and psychopath of the worst order – traits he shared with Paul, Akiba, and Muhammad – the founders of his favorite religions, false prophets and saviors all. To believe him is to die and have one’s soul extinguished. To promote him is to live with him forevermore in She’owl | Hell. There is nothing to be gained and everything to lose by pretending that the Lord of Babel is God.
Satan was likely distraught when Yahowah obliterated the people and possessions of Sodom, sparing only one family – and they were not Sodomites. All of the others were his people doing his thing. How dare God remove them from the homeland He had given to His people.
However, Sodom has been found, and it was buried under brimstone. The ruins are being excavated by archaeologists at Tall ‘el-Hammam in a fertile plain northeast of the Dead Sea. There is undeniable evidence of an intense conflagration 4,000 years ago, with scorched foundations buried under three feet of dark grey ash. Even the pottery sherds were melted. Their glassy glaze proves that they were exposed to temperatures in excess of 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit – the temperature of volcanic magma. No one and nothing survived.
289Sorry Satan, but you have neither the authorization nor the ability to resurrect the dead. It is Yisra’el whose fortunes will be restored and not as part of or in the midst of Sodom or Samaria.
According to His prophets, Yahowah orchestrated the Assyrian destruction of Samaria along with the removal of Yisra’elites. They had lost the privilege of living in God’s home. Second only to Sodom, the place was despised by Yah.
And yet, Samaria was the center of Ba’al | Lord worship in Yisra’el. It was where Jezebel reigned and orchestrated her vendetta against Yahowah. It was against the queen and her priests – those representing Ba’al and Asherah – that Yahowah deployed his most sardonic prophet, the beloved linguist, ‘ElYah. The religious and political leadership of Samaria were exterminated. They lost their fortunes, never to be resurrected or restored.
Yisra’el’s relationship with Yahowah will be reestablished as we approach Yowm Kipurym | the Day of Reconciliations in year 6000 Yah – October 2nd at sunset in Jerusalem in 2033. However, this reunion will be orchestrated by Yahowah. It will be as a result of rejecting Satan, Ezekiel, and Judaism and embracing the Towrah. And while there will be Yahuwdym and Gowym joining them in celebrating Yahowah’s return with His son, our Messiah, Dowd, there will be no Sodomites or Samarians.
As for Ezekiel’s Lord, he will be dispatched to She’owl on this day. It is game over. And it is why I am exposing and condemning him today. It is the job for which I was chosen, equipped, and trained to perform for Yahowah, and for the benefit of Yisra’el and Kipurym. I am here to excoriate the imposter and teach Yisra’el the lessons she needs to learn if she is to survive. I am also here to clear Yahowah’s good name, removing it from this rubbish.
290If Satan wants to pretend that he is the savior, he needs to up his game by reading the Towrah. Those who are reconciled on the Day of Reconciliations will receive the benefits of Dowd having previously fulfilled Pesach, Matsah, and Bikuwrym, such that the Covenant Family becomes immortal, perfected, adopted, enriched, and empowered. And as a result of what Father and Son have equipped us to accomplish through Shabuw’ah and Taruw’ah, Yah’s children will be emancipated and reenergized such that there will be no legacy or memory of our prior shame.
For the sake of (la ma’an) you actually and continually bearing (nasa’ – you genuinely carrying and consistently enduring (qal imperfect)) your disgrace and shame (kalimah ‘ath – your ignominy, dishonor, mocking, and insults) and you were insulted and humiliated (wa kalam – you women have been shamed, dishonored, and confounded (nifal perfect)) of everything which you have done (kol ‘asher ‘asah) in being comforted by repenting and relenting (ba nacham – by regretting to be consoled (piel infinitive)) you with them (‘ath ‘eth henah – woman to women). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:54)
Having read Paul’s, Akiba’s, and Muhammad’s pathetic attempts at creating their religions, with the first and last actually admitting to being demon-possessed and the middle leaving little doubt, I was always struck by how obvious it was that their Lord is Satan. It was as if the Devil was taunting Yahowah by demonstrating that the vast preponderance of people will choose him over God even when he reveals that he isn’t to be trusted. Such is the case here throughout Ezekiel. Satan simply cannot be this stupid. So, it is clear to me that he has deceived and ridiculed them to prove his point – people are not worth teaching, loving, or saving.
And yet, in spite of the evidence Satan has marshaled to support his contention, Yahowah thinks otherwise. With 291a nepesh | soul, He designed us with the potential to listen, observe, and learn. He also provided us with a neshamah | conscience so that we can be discerning and judgmental, distinguishing between right and wrong. Those who capitalize upon what He is offering by accepting what He is requesting serve as proof that God’s assessment was correct.
With his previous declaration, Satan is saying that he is restoring Yisra’elite women in the midst of his restoration of Sodomite and Samarian women, so that he can humiliate them all the more. It is so compassionate of him.
Perhaps the thinking here, if we can be so generous, is that if Sodom can be restored, then so can Satan…
And your sisters (wa ‘achowth ‘ath), Sodom (Sodom) and her daughters (wa bath hy’), these women will be returned and restored (shuwb – they will be brought back and recover (qal imperfect third-person feminine plural)) to their former state in the past (la qadmah henah – to their previous attributes and conditions) and (wa – along with) Samaria (Shomarown) and her daughters (wa bath hy’); these women will be returned and restored (shuwb – they will be brought back and recover (qal imperfect third-person feminine plural)) to their former state (la qadmah henah – to their previous attributes and conditions in the past).
Then you (wa ‘ath) and your daughters (wa bath ‘ath) will be returned and restored (shuwb – they will be brought back and recover (qal imperfect third-person feminine plural)) to your former state (la qadmah ‘aten – to their previous attributes and conditions in the past). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:55)
In this age of women’s liberation and the pretense that women are being unfairly discriminated against as opposed to being given every opportunity, there is a tendency to 292recast civilization. The simple truth is that women had no rights. They were treated as animals to possess, control, and abuse in Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Greece, and Rome – and every other empire. There were no exceptions apart from what Yahowah intended for Yisra’el. So, to restore women to a prior state would be to enslave them.
Not only was the caste system pervasive throughout human history, with very limited upward mobility and only the king having freewill, in ancient cities like Athens and Rome, 80% of their inhabitants were slaves. And of the 20% who were born free, half of them were controlled by men. Islam, with its degradation of women, was not inventive but, instead, consistent with the times. It just appears horrific today because it forestalls progress.
Also incriminating, to bring Yisra’elite women back to their former state, as presented by the Lord of Babel, would be to undress children and have sex with them. That does not sound like a prize.
While this is not true, Yisra’elite women should take some pride in having survived Satan’s attempts to control, abuse, and obliterate them by lying about them. And fortunately, by repudiating Ezekiel, we are making this more difficult for him going forward. To emancipate women bound by the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the Babylonian books must be disproven.
And was not (wa lo’ hayah) Sodom (Sodom), your sister (‘achowth ‘ath), a gossipy message (la shamuwa’ah – a rumor-riddled report as hearsay) in your mouth (ba peh ‘ath) in the day (ba yowm) of your majestic splendor (ga’own ‘ath – of your high status and glory) (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:56) in before (ba terem) your miserable suffering and disastrous misfortune (ra’ah ‘ath – your evil and harmful wrongdoing, anxiety and distress) is revealed (galah – is uncovered and made known (nifal imperfect – whereby it is continually laid bare by its actions 293so that the result is consistently stripped)), when and like (kamow) a time (‘eth) of contempt and scorn (cherphah – or insult and reproach) for the daughters (bath) of the Arameans (‘Aram – people who lived around Damascus, Syria) and everyone surrounding her (wa kol sabyb hy’), for the daughters (bath) of the Philistines (Palishty), who maliciously malign and whip you (ha shuwt ‘eth ‘ath – who actually and vividly, continually and dramatically lash out and scourge you (qal participle feminine plural)). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:57)
The preceding may have been intended as a question but there was no interrogative, so I’ve left it as an errant statement. There were no gossipy rumors about Sodom. The news of its demise was conveyed by Yahowah in the Towrah.
At the time of Sodom’s demise, Yisra’el | Israel did not exist. The women of Yisra’el were never majestic, splendorous, or bequeathed political status. It was a rare woman who rose to a position of influence – Sarah, Deborah, and Ruth are notable exceptions – but even they were never considered glorious.
The decisions of men and women to be religious caused both to be estranged from God. This pronouncement was made in Howsha’ | Hosea, a book we have studied in its entirety. Yahowah’s revelation, however, did not include a rebuke of the Arameans.
It is a minor point among much greater ones, but with ha shuwt ‘eth ‘ath written in the qal participle form, Philistine women are being shown currently lashing out at Yisra’elite women with ongoing implications. While the Philistines were savage, and no doubt would have whipped Yisra’elite women for their entertainment, by the time Ezekiel was allegedly written, there were no Palishty left to malign or scourge anyone. This is one of many reasons why it is asinine to pretend that there are “Palestinians” 294trying to reclaim “Palestine” 26 centuries after the last of them were exterminated by the Assyrians and Babylonians.
With your wicked lewdness and shameful sexuality (‘eth zimah ‘ath) and with your abominations (wa tow’ebah ‘ath), you have uplifted, borne, and carried them (nasa’ hem – you have brought them (qal perfect second-person feminine singular)) declares (na’um) This Is Not Him (#^^#!). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:58)
For thus said (ky koh ‘amar) my Lord and Master (‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!), you have acted to do to you (wa ‘asah ‘eth ‘ath – you have engaged to deal with you (qal perfect second-person feminine singular)) accordingly as (ka ‘asher) you have done (‘asah – you have acted (qal perfect second-person feminine singular)) which (‘asher) you have despised, having shown contempt (bazah – you have disdained (qal perfect second-person feminine singular)) a cursed oath, a mournful lament, and a disabled and unfit vow to Allah (‘alah) toward breaking and nullifying (la parar – to violate and thwart (hifil infinitive)) a covenant agreement (beryth – a contractual arrangement). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:59)
Throughout Howsha’ | Hosea, when Yahowah speaks of His people’s religious infidelity, calling the men and women whores, prostitutes, and adulterers, sexuality is never the issue but, instead, the people’s love affair with false gods. But now, with Ezekiel, the problem is lewd and shameful sexuality. The abomination is not religion; it is love.
It can only be assumed that Ezekiel meant to say that his Lord was going to hold Yisra’el in contempt, but that is not the way it was written. The author scribed, “you have done what you have despised,” which, outside of this context, would have been sensible. However, the despicable act is ‘alah | a cursed oath, a mournful lament, and a disabled and unfit vow, even a pledge to Allah. By 295so doing, it is insinuated that they broke and nullified the Covenant. But this was not Israel’s problem. They broke the Covenant by being religious, not by cursed oaths or mournful laments.
The Lord of Babel never had a covenant with the Jewish people, much less the lewd and sensuous women of Yisra’el. Nonetheless…
So (wa), I remembered (zakar – I recalled and memorialized (qal perfect first-person singular)) Me (‘any) with my covenant (‘eth beryth ‘any – through my agreement and partnership) with you, woman (‘eth ‘ath), in the days (ba yowmym) of your adolescent childhoods (na’uwrym ‘ath – of your, feminine singular, early childhoods, plural), so (wa) I have arisen and established, having taken a stand (quwm) for you a covenant (la ‘ath beryth) everlasting (‘owlam). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:60)
You remembered (wa zakar – you recalled (qal perfect second-person feminine singular)) your ways (‘eth derek ‘ath) and you were humiliated and ashamed (wa kalam – you were mistreated and disgraced, you were deprived, despairing and disgraced (nifal perfect)) in having grasped and obtained (ba laqach) for you (‘ath), your sisters (‘eth ‘achowth ‘ath), the great and many, bigger and more important, as well as the older (ha gadowl) from you (min ‘ath) to the smaller, less significant, and younger (‘el ha qatan) out of you (min ‘ath) and I gave (wa nathan – I offered) with them to you (‘eth henah la ‘ath) for daughters (la bath) but not from your covenant (wa lo’ min beryth ‘ath). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:61)
Satan is becoming more consistent, albeit more cynical. He is memorializing himself. After doing so, he is rising up to establish a covenant with his former child whore. No men are allowed. To participate, a woman must return to the state where she is a naked child who is shamed 296under the influence of a pedophile spirit. And this state is to be everlasting.
Satan has the chutzpah to affirm that this was a miserable situation where the little girl he was abusing sexually was humiliated and ashamed because she was mistreated. But then the Master of Misogyny would have us believe that he convinced his prized toy to lure her sisters, some even younger than her, into the Devil’s den.
And as we have read previously, the Lord of Babel claims to have fathered her children, giving this young child daughters. But this was not the result of your Covenant, the one Yisra’el made with Yahowah, but one of the Lord’s designs.
Finally, we have reached the bitter end.
So, I have arisen, I took a stand, and I have established (quwm – I arose and have confirmed (hifil perfect first-person singular)) myself (‘any) with my covenant (‘eth beryth ‘any) with you, woman (‘eth ‘ath). You have known (yada’ – you were aware (qal perfect second-person feminine singular)) that I am (ky ‘any) This Is Not Him (#^^#!), (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:62) with regard to (la ma’an) you remembering and memorializing (zakar – you recalling (qal imperfect second-person feminine singular)) that you experienced physical pain and emotional distress and were humiliated and shamed (wa bowsh – you were disapproved and disgraced (qal perfect second-person feminine singular)).
And it will not be (wa lo’ hayah – and it is not (qal imperfect third-person masculine singular)) for you (la ‘ath) any longer or ever again (‘owd – now and forevermore) to open mouth (pithachown peh) out of (min) the presence (paneh) of your humiliation, low status, mental inferiority, and shame (kalimah ‘ath) in covering (ba kaphar – in concealing) myself (‘any) for 297you (la ‘ath) for everything which you have done (la kol ‘asher ‘asah – for all that you have engaged in (qal perfect second-person feminine singular)), proclaims (na’um) my Lord and Master (‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 16:63)
Just as Yasha’yah | Isaiah had foretold a century before, Satan would arise and establish himself above God in Babylon. We are, therefore, reading the fulfillment of Yahowah’s warning to His people.
The Devil’s Covenant would be with the children he sought to perpetually and sexually abuse – not unlike the perpetual virgins satiating the carnal desires of mass murderers in Allah’s heavenly brothel. Women would be kept nude, defenseless, and exposed. Abused children would endure unrelenting physical pain and emotional distress. And in rabbinic, Christian, and Islamic fashion, they would suffer silently – forbidden to ever open their mouths again. The Lord would memorialize their inferiority, low status, and disapproval – in keeping with the religions that Satan would inspire.
And then another confession, it would be the Lord of Babylon who would be concealing his nature, identity, and intent. There would be no atonement for the sins of God’s people.
What we have been witnessing in Satan’s dark sexual fantasy is a portrayal of the Devil as a sadistic psychopath. His perception of pleasure is derived from inflicting humiliating and degrading pain and suffering. The disorder, called Sadism, was named after the Marquis de Sade. He was an 18th century French aristocrat notorious for his novels in which pain and pleasure were inseparable.
As for being a psychopath, it is apparent that Satan has a history of abuse without remorse. He consistently justifies brutalizing and dehumanizing his victims. He is preoccupied with the extermination of an entire race. He is 298so twisted in this regard, he believes that controlling and raping, pillaging and then obliterating, the woman that is Yisra’el is good for her because it is what she deserves.
While demonic, Satan sees himself as the hero. It is no different than the Catholic Church’s degradation of Jews or the mindset of an Islamic jihadist. It is also prevalent among the Haredim. Women are dehumanized and degraded, as are Jews, by the people and institutions which claim to be saving them.
It seems appropriate to close this deranged and demonic chapter regarding Satan rising out of Babylon to establish his demeaning covenant by tormenting and exterminating Jews by remembering what Yasha’yah was inspired to say of him. It begins by reminding us that, in the end, it will be Yisra’elites who will be liberated, survive, and thrive while Satan and his followers will encounter an entirely different fate.
“By contrast (ky), Yahowah (Yahowah) will show compassion and love (racham) toward (‘eth) Ya’aqob (Ya’aqob). He will once again choose (wa bachar ‘owd) to be with (ba) Yisra’el (Yisra’el). Furthermore (wa), He will restore them within (nuwach hem ba) their own Land (‘adamah hem).
Foreigners from different cultural groups estranged from Yisra’el (wa ha ger) will be indentured to them (lawah ‘al hem) because (wa) they will be assigned to (saphach ‘al) the house (beyth) of Ya’aqob (Ya’aqob). (Yasha’yah 14:1)
Then (wa) many within the family (‘am rab) will take them (laqach hem) and bring them (wa bow’ hem) to their region and (‘erets wa) to their dwelling places 299(‘el maqowm hem). The house (wa beyth) of Yisra’el (Yisra’el) will take possession of them (nachal hem) upon (‘al) Yahowah’s (Yahowah) earth (‘adamah) as (la) bond servants (‘ebed) and as (wa la) maids (shiphchah).
So, it will come to be that (wa hayah) those who had been their captives (la shabah hem) will take them as prisoners (shabah), and (wa) they will rule over (radah) those who had oppressed them (nagas hem). (Yasha’yah 14:2)
It will come to pass (wa hayah), in that day (ba yowm), Yahowah (Yahowah) will restore you and provide a favorable, restful, spiritual alliance (nuwach). He will remove you from the pain and suffering associated with your anguishing works-oriented religious worship (la ‘atah min ‘otseb ‘atah) as well as from your turmoil and trepidation (wa min rogez ‘atah), especially from (wa min) the unyielding and cruel (ha qasheh) religious practices and required labor (‘abodah) in which (‘asher) they forced you to serve (‘abad ba ‘atah). (Yasha’yah 14:3)
In that day (wa ba ha yowm), you should lift up (nasa’) this particular Mashal | Comparative Word Picture and Proverb which illustrates an ethical point to provide guidance and build character while equipping you to exercise good judgment (ha Mashal ha zeh) against (‘al) the one who reigned over and influenced (melek) Babel | the Confounding Confusion of Commingling which occurred in Babylon with the Lord and through the Bible (Babel).
And you may ask (wa ‘amar) how it is in the midst of these extraordinary circumstances that (‘ek) the onslaught of the systematic and boisterous promotion of mistaken beliefs (madhebah) will subside and cease so as to observe the Shabat (shabat)? Yet in this way, even in the midst of this (‘ek), the exploitation, manipulation, 300and corruption, as well as the overt desire to control and tax (nagas), will be abated (shabat). (Yasha’yah 14:4)
Yahowah (Yahowah) will break (shabar) the staff and club of religious and political oppression (mateh) – these proverbial quotes and edicts used by rulers to control people and nations (shebet mashal) which are invalid and incorrect (rasha’). (Yasha’yah 14:5)
He will strike down and destroy (nakah) these people (‘am) in righteous indignation (ba ‘ebrah) with unfailing (bilthy sarah) affliction and plagues (makah). As gentiles, they sought to subdue and control, ruling over by imposing their authority and trampling down freewill to dominate the nations (radah gowym), grievously (‘aph) and systematically depriving people of their rights while persecuting them (murdap) without restraint (bely). (Yasha’yah 14:6)
The entire (kol) Earth (‘erets) will be a home at rest spiritually (nuwach), at peace and reconciled (shaqat), restored, liberated, and bursting forth (patsach) in song, shouting for joy (rinah). (Yasha’yah 14:7)
She’owl | Hell and Sha’uwl | Paul (She’owl), as the least desirable and most depressing alternative (min tachath), are anxious in anticipation, indeed, excited (rogez) to summon and meet you, announcing your arrival (la ‘atah la qara’ bow’ ‘atah). They have been alerted and are aroused to crush (‘uwr la ‘atah) all of the departed souls (kol repha’ym) of those who have been leaders and rulers (‘atuwd) of the Earth (‘erets).
The leaders of every nation and institution, the most powerful and important individuals influencing every society religiously, militarily, and politically (kol melek) of the gentile nations (gowym) have established (quwm) their thrones and positions of power (min kise’ hem). (Yasha’yah 14:9)
301All of them (kol hem) will respond (‘anah) and say to you (wa ‘amar ‘el ‘atah), ‘Have you also become weak and afflicted, riddled with anxiety (gam ‘atah chalah), similar to us (ka ‘anachnuw ‘el ‘anachnuw), becoming like the proverb (mashal)?’ (Yasha’yah 14:10)
Your arrogance, unwarranted status, and desire to rise above others, your lack of morality, propensity to blow smoke, and agitating self-glorification (ga’own ‘atah) have brought you down (yarad) to She’owl and to Sha’uwl (She’owl / Sha’uwl).
And at the boisterous and disquieting sound (wa ha hemyah) of your disgraceful and foolish implements (nebel ‘atah), maggots (rimah) will be spread out as a bed (yatsa’) and (wa) worms (towle’ah) shall become your covers (makaseh ‘atah). (Yasha’yah 14:11)
This is the extent and circumstances behind why (‘ek) you have fallen and have been cast down (naphal) from (min) the spiritual realm of Heavens (ha shamaym) Hylel ben Shachar | Flashy and Arrogant Spawn of Darkness (Hylel ben Shachar – Brightly Shining Son of Artifice, flashy, swarthy, and boastful dawn of a new age where the truth is concealed by a light-bearing child of the east with overtly zealous desires, conjuring and shimmering son of blackness using illusions, an ostentatious show of light predisposed to mislead and make others appear foolish as a descendant of a black and gloomy place in the east predicated upon the rising sun, crescent moon, and morning star, more commonly known as Lucifer (Latin for ‘light-bearing’); from halal – to shine, to be flashy, to boast, and to arrogantly seek praise, slanderous, insane, foolish, and furious, ben – son, and shachar – seeking early on to cloud over and obscure in darkness during the dawn of a new day, relying on trickery and magic, artifice and illusions).
302Having disassociated, you are cut down and cast away (gada’ – for having estranged many, you have been felled, cut off for what has been done, silenced while subjected to enormous pressures, sent) to the Earth (la ha ‘erets) for having overpowered and conquered through religious and political prostrations, thereby lording (chalash – for having overcome, controlling by depriving many of the capacity to avoid dying, disabling the weakened who bow down) over (‘al) people, specifically Gentiles, their nations and institutions (gowym – foreign and estranged ethnic, religious, and geopolitical groups apart from Yisra’el, pagan peoples acting as if they were animals, the walking dead; from gawah – arrogantly exalting humans, especially their flesh and bones, while pridefully lifting up those who have turned their backs and are walking away, the corpse and carcass of the dead). (Yasha’yah 14:12)
Because (wa) you (‘atah), yourself, said (‘amar – you claimed and declared, expressed in words and intended) in your judgment and based upon your inclinations (ba lebab ‘atah – from your perspective and reflecting your ambitions, in your thinking you have taken to heart and are resolved and determined based upon your desires; from labab – to ravish, overwhelm, and overpower, even the intelligence to encourage an emotional response), ‘I will ascend, rise up, and be continuously exalted (‘alah – I will rise above and be lifted up, I will be presented as superior and worshiped, even seen as a deity) in the spiritual realms of heaven (ha shamaym – among the stars in the sky and the abode of God), over and above (min ma’al – ascending upward beyond, greater than, as the highest part of) the stars, the most luminous in the highest places, and the best and brightest (la kowkab – the heavenly powers and great luminaries which are worshiped) as God (‘el).
303I will lift up and exalt, increasing (ruwm – I will place on high, elevating and magnifying in defiance) my throne (kise’ ‘any – my seat of power and honor, my place to influence and rule by expressing my authority; from kasah – to conceal one’s true identity, hiding the information needed to understand, covering over and clothing oneself in a way which is misleading).
I will establish and inhabit a dwelling place (wa yashab – I will approach and settle upon, abiding and remaining, creating a place for people to meet) on the Mount of the Eternal Witness to the Restoring Appointments (ba har mow’ed – in conjunction with the mountains and ridgeline of the designated and authorized times of the celebratory feasts and continuing testimony, to gather together and observe the agreement; from mow – this pertains to and ‘ed – the eternal and restoring witness, everlasting testimony, and enduring evidence, and ya’ad – to appoint, designate, and gather for a betrothal ceremony) in association with (ba) the distant boundaries, from the depths below to the summit above (yarekah) to be concealed among that which is treasured in the north (tsaphown – to lurk and hide one’s actual value from discovery). (Yasha’yah 14:13)
I will ascend and be continuously exalted, presented as superior to and be worshiped (‘alah – I will rise above and be lifted up) above (‘al) the heights (bamah – elevated places of worship, the lofty shrines and cultic platforms of pagan religious devotion) of the clouds (‘ab – of obscuring phenomenon which conceals heavenly objects from view). I will on my own initiative make myself appear as if I were (damah – I will do whatever is necessary to be considered, correspond to, and be the equivalent of (hitpael imperfect – without support, assistance, or interference, on my own initiative and based solely on my ability and actions, I intend to tell a story such that I continually imply that I am)) the Most High (la 304‘elyown – I am all things pertaining to the uppermost, the very approach of the one true God, the supreme being, greater and higher than the Almighty, rising above even God; from ‘el – God, ‘alah – to rise above, ‘own – all things pertaining to, and ‘any – I am).’ (Yasha’yah 14:14)
Surely (‘ak), to (‘el) She’owl | Hell (She’owl – the place of exile, abandonment, punishment, and questioning, the abode of no return, the void; from sha’al – to question and to be questioned, to beg and to be given what has been requested and is required, indistinguishable from Sha’uwl, the failed king Saul and false prophet Paul), you are being forced down (yarad – you are brought, compelled and having no say in the matter, descending not of your own accord (hofal imperfect – Hylel ben Shachar is being acted upon, is devoid of freewill, and is compelled by force to descend just as the object, She’owl, is obligated to receive him forevermore)) to (‘el) the remote depths (yarekah) of the prison (bowr – of the dungeon of depression, the hole). (Yasha’yah 14:15)
Those who look at you (ra’ah ‘atah ‘el ‘atah) will stare (shagah – will look intently, observing closely so as to become better informed) in your direction (‘el ‘atah), trying to understand (byn – seeking to make the connections needed to comprehend, apprehending the information to consider (hitpolel imperfect)) how this individual (zeh ha ‘ysh) caused the Earth to tremble, to be astonished, agitated, and angry (ragaz ha ‘erets – shook up, provoked, and tormented the material realm, creating instability and turmoil through fear) by invoking discord within (ra’ash – by creating dissonance, creating commotion and chaos, thereby ruining and destroying) empires and governments (mamlakah – kingdoms and geopolitical realms, world leaders, those who claim the authority to rule). (Yasha’yah 14:16)
How (ha) was the world (tebel – was the planet, the expanse of the Earth, and the human habitats) caused to be 305(ha sym) a lifeless place without the word (midbar – a barren wasteland and uninhabited wilderness where the declaration and promises are not considered; a compound of mah – to seek answers by asking who, what, where, why, when, and how questions about dabar – the word)?
Its cities (‘iyr huw’ – its inhabitants, villages, and towns, its shrines and temples, its anguished and anxious,) he left in ruins (haras). His captives (‘asyr huw’ – those bound to him, his prisoners, those who are tied and obligated to him and who have sworn an oath to him; from ‘asar – to be imprisoned and bound as a result of one’s vows, allegiances, and obligations) he never released to go (lo’ pathach – he did not free, nor even respond by providing an opening to return) home (beyth). (Yasha’yah 14:17)
Each of (kol) the rulers (melek – the leaders, the heads of government, the political, social, religious, and military authority figures) of the gentiles and their nations (gowym – of the ethnicities distinct and estranged from Yisra’el, the geopolitical associations of people who act on their animal and religious instincts), all of them (kol hem), have been laid to rest (shakab) glorified and honored (kabowd – attributed status and surrounded by their possessions), each individual (‘ysh) in his own household (ba beyth huw’). (Yasha’yah 14:18)
You (wa ‘atah), yourself, will be forcibly cast out (shalak – you will be thrown out in compulsory fashion, and with no say in the matter hurled away (hofal perfect – the rejection will be intense and obligatory at this moment)) from (min) your death and grave (qeber ‘atah) like (ka – similar to) a loathed and rejected (ta’ab – an abhorred and despised, vile and repulsive, abominable and desecrated) offshoot (netser), clothed, wearing (labuwsh – adorned and covered with) the slain and slaughtered (harag – those intentionally murdered and viciously killed), those pierced (ta’an) by war, cut and severed by 306the sword (chereb), descending (yarad – bowing down prostrate while going down) to (‘el) the depressed prison (bowr) like (ka) a corpse (peger – a dead corporeal body or lifeless idol) which is rejected (buws – kicked out and forbidden). (Yasha’yah 14:19)
You will not be joined at the same time (lo’ yachad – you will not be united immediately) by them (‘eth hem) in burial (ba qabuwrah – where the dead are interned) because (ky) you have corrupted and destroyed (shachath – you have perverted, sullied, spoiled, confounded and devastated, making a slime pit of decay, a cesspool for the decomposing within) your world (‘erets ‘atah – your realm). Your compatriots and followers (‘am ‘atah – your people and nations, your countries and armies), you have intentionally slaughtered and viciously slain (hereg – you have murdered). The offspring (zera’) of evil (ra’a – of deliberately misleading and harmful shepherds, of displeasing and noxious individuals, of the injurious and wrong) will never be invited nor be called out, remaining unwelcome (lo’ qara’ – will not be received or acknowledged, encountered or mentioned) for all eternity (la ‘owlam).” (Yasha’yah / Freedom is from Yahowah / Isaiah 14:20)
Indeed, Satan is holding a losing hand and he knows it. His only play is to bluff the religious and political into believing he will prevail, and they with him. And yet, it is Yisra’el, those Satan has been demeaning, who will have the last laugh.
