1 Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate
of Yahweh’s house, which looks eastward: and see, at the door of the gate
twenty-five men; and I saw in the midst of 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 city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.
4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, son of man. 5 The Spirit
of Yahweh fell on me, and he said to me, Speak, Thus says Yahweh: Thus have
you 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 the streets of it with the slain. 7 Therefore thus says the
Lord Yahweh: Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of it, they are
the flesh, and this city is the caldron; but you shall be
brought forth out of the midst of it. 8 You have feared the sword;
and I will bring the sword on you, says the Lord Yahweh. 9 I will bring
you forth out of the midst of it, and deliver you into the hands of
strangers, and will execute judgments among you. 10 You shall fall by
the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and you shall know
that I am Yahweh. 11 This city shall not be your caldron, neither
shall you be the flesh in the midst of it; I will judge you in the
border of Israel; 12 and you shall know that I am Yahweh: for
you have not walked in my statutes, neither have you executed my
ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round
about you. 13 It happened, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of
Benaiah died. Then fell I down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and
said, Ah Lord Yahweh! will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
14 The word of Yahweh 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 they to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said,
Get you far from Yahweh; to us is this land given for a possession.
16 Therefore say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Whereas I have removed them
far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the
countries, yet will I be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the
countries where they are come. 17 Therefore say, Thus says the Lord
Yahweh: 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 shall come there, and they shall take away all the
detestable things of it and all the abominations of it from there. 19 I
will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and 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:
and they shall 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
Yahweh. 22 Then did the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels were
beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
23 The glory of Yahweh went up from the midst 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
them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
25 Then I spoke to them of the captivity all the things that Yahweh had
shown me.
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