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1 Moreover the
Spirit lifted me
up and brought
me to the
east gate of
the LORD’s house,
which looks
eastward. Behold,
twenty-five men
were at the
door of the
gate; and I
saw among them
Jaazaniah the son
of Azzur, and
Pelatiah the son
of Benaiah,
princes of the
people.
2 He said
to me, “Son
of man, these
are the men
who devise iniquity,
and who give
wicked counsel in
this city;
3 who say, ‘The
time is not near
to build houses.
This is
the cauldron, and
we are the
meat.’
4 Therefore
prophesy against
them. Prophesy,
son of man.”
5 The
LORD’s Spirit fell
on me, and
he said to
me, “Speak, ‘The
LORD says: “Thus
you have said,
house of Israel;
for I know
the things that
come into your
mind.
6 You
have multiplied
your slain in
this city, and
you have filled
its streets with
the slain.”
7 “ ‘Therefore
the Lord GOD
says: “Your slain
whom you have
laid in the
middle of it,
they are the
meat, and this
is the cauldron;
but you will
be brought out
of the middle
of it.
8 You
have feared the
sword; and I
will bring the
sword on you,”
says the Lord
GOD.
9 “I
will bring you
out of the
middle of it,
and deliver you
into the hands
of strangers, and
will execute
judgments among
you.
10 You
will fall by
the sword. I
will judge you
in the border
of Israel. Then
you will know
that I am
the LORD.
11 This
will not be
your cauldron, neither
will you be
the meat in
the middle of
it. I will
judge you in
the border of
Israel.
12 You
will know that
I am the
LORD, for you
have not walked
in my statutes.
You have not
executed my
ordinances, but
have done after
the ordinances of
the nations that
are around
you.” ’ ”
13 When
I prophesied,
Pelatiah the son
of Benaiah died.
Then I fell
down on my
face, and cried
with a loud
voice, and said, “Ah
Lord GOD! Will
you make a
full end of
the remnant of
Israel?”
14 The
LORD’s word came
to me, saying,
15 “Son
of man, your
brothers, even
your brothers, the
men of your
relatives, and all
the house of
Israel, all of
them, are the
ones to whom the
inhabitants of
Jerusalem have said, ‘Go
far away from
the LORD. This land
has been given
to us for
a possession.’
16 “Therefore
say, ‘The Lord GOD
says: “Whereas I
have removed them
far off among
the nations, and
whereas I have
scattered them
among the countries,
yet I will
be to them
a sanctuary for
a little while
in the countries
where they have
come.” ’
17 “Therefore
say, ‘The Lord
GOD says: “I
will gather you
from the peoples,
and assemble you
out of
the countries where
you have been
scattered, and I
will give you
the land of
Israel.”
18 “ ‘They
will come there,
and they will
take away all
its detestable
things and all
its abominations
from there.
19 I
will give them
one heart, and
I will put
a new spirit
within them. I
will take the stony
heart out of
their flesh, and
will give them
a heart of
flesh,
20 that
they may walk
in my statutes,
and keep my
ordinances, and do
them. They will
be my people,
and I will
be their God.
21 But
as for them whose
heart walks after
the heart of
their detestable
things and their
abominations, I
will bring their
way on their own
heads,’ says the
Lord GOD.”
22 Then
the cherubim
lifted up their
wings, and
the wheels were
beside them. The
glory of the God
of Israel was
over them above.
23 The
LORD’s glory went
up from the
middle of the
city, and stood
on the mountain
which is on
the east side
of the city.
24 The
Spirit lifted me
up, and brought
me in the
vision by the
Spirit of God into
Chaldea, to the
captives.
So the vision
that I had
seen went up
from me.
25 Then
I spoke to
the captives all
the things that
the LORD had
shown me.