Moreover, the aSpirit lifted
me up and brought
me to the east
gate
of the LORD'S
house
which faced
eastward
. And behold
, there were twenty-five
men
at the entrance
of the gate
, and among
them I saw
Jaazaniah
son
of Azzur
and bPelatiah
son
of Benaiah
, leaders
of the people
.
He said to me, "Son
of man
, these
are the men
who devise
iniquity
and agive
evil
advice
in this
city
,
who say, ` 1The time is not near
to build
houses
. 2This
acity is the pot
and we are the flesh
.'
"Therefore, aprophesy
against
them, son
of man
, prophesy
!"
Then the Spirit of the LORD
fell
upon me, and He said
to me, "Say
, `Thus
says
the LORD
, "So
you think
, house
of Israel
, for aI know
1your bthoughts
.
"You have amultiplied your slain
in this
city
, filling
its streets
with 1them."
`Therefore, thus
says
the Lord
1GOD
, "Your aslain
whom
you have laid
in the midst
of 2the city are the flesh
and this
city is the pot
; but 3I will bbring
you out of it.
"You have afeared a sword
; so I will bbring
a sword
upon you," the Lord
GOD
declares
.
"And I will bring you out of the midst
of 1the city and deliver
you into the hands
of astrangers
and bexecute
judgments
against you.
"You will afall by the sword
. I will judge
you to the bborder
of Israel
; so you shall know
that I am the LORD
.
"This city will anot be a pot
for you, nor
will you be flesh
in the midst
of it, but I will judge
you to the border
of Israel
.
"Thus you will know that I am the LORD
; for you have not walked
in My statutes
nor
have you aexecuted
My ordinances
, but have acted
according to the ordinances
of the bnations
around
you.""'
Now it came about as I prophesied
, that aPelatiah
son
of Benaiah
died
. Then I fell
on my face
and cried
out with a loud
voice
and said
, " bAlas
, Lord
GOD
! Will You bring
the remnant
of Israel
to a complete
end
?"
Then the word of the LORD
came
to me, saying
,
"Son of man
, your brothers
, your 1relatives
, 2your fellow
exiles
and the whole
house
of Israel
, all
of them, are those to whom
the inhabitants
of Jerusalem
have said
, `Go
far
from the LORD
; this
land
has been given
aus as a possession
.'
"Therefore say
, `Thus
says
the Lord
GOD
, "Though
I had removed
them far
away among the nations
and though
I had scattered
them among the countries
, yet I was a asanctuary
for them a little
while
in the countries
where
they had gone
."'
"Therefore say
, `Thus
says
the Lord
GOD
, "I will agather
you from the peoples
and assemble
you out of the countries
among which
you have been scattered
, and I will give
you the land
of Israel
."'
"When they come there
, they will aremove
all
its bdetestable
things
and all
its abominations
from it.
"And I will agive them one
heart
, and put
a new
spirit
within
1them. And I will take
the bheart
of stone
out of their flesh
and give
them a cheart
of flesh
,
that they may awalk in My statutes
and keep
My ordinances
and do
them. Then they will be bMy people
, and I shall be their God
.
" 1But as for those whose hearts go
after their adetestable
things
and abominations
, I will bbring
their conduct
down
on their heads
," declares
the Lord
GOD
.
Then the cherubim alifted
up their wings
with the wheels
beside
them, and bthe glory
of the God
of Israel
1hovered
over
them.
The aglory of the LORD
went
up from the midst
of the city
and bstood
over
the mountain
which
is east
of the city
.
And the aSpirit lifted
me up and brought
me in a vision
by the Spirit
of God
to the exiles
1in Chaldea
. So the vision
that I had seen
2 bleft
me.
Then I atold the exiles
all
the things
that the LORD
had shown
me.