Moreover
the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the
east gate of the Lord's house, which looketh
eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five
and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the
son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah,
princes of the people.
02 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are
the men that devise mischief, and give wicked
counsel in this city:
03 Which say, It is not near; let us build
houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the
flesh.
04 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O
son of man.
05 And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and
said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the Lord; Thus
have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the
things that come into your mind, every one of
them.
06 Ye have multiplied your slain in this city,
and ye have filled the streets thereof with the
slain.
07 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Your slain
whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are
the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I
will bring you forth out of the midst of it.
08 Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a
sword upon you, saith the Lord God.
09 And I will bring you out of the midst thereof,
and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and
will execute judgments among you.
10 Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you
in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I
am the Lord.
11 This city shall not be your caldron, neither
shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I
will judge you in the border of Israel:
12 And ye shall know that I am the Lord: for ye
have not walked in my statutes, neither executed
my judgments, but have done after the manners of
the heathen that are round about you.
13 And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that
Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I
down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice,
and said, Ah Lord God! wilt thou make a full end
of the remnant of Israel?
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14 Again the word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
15 Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren,
the men of thy kindred, and all the house of
Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants
of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the
Lord: unto us is this land given in possession.
16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God;
Although I have cast them far off among the
heathen, and although I have scattered them among
the countries, yet will I be to them as a little
sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.
17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; I will
even gather you from the people, and assemble you
out of the countries where ye have been
scattered, and I will give you the land of
Israel.
18 And they shall come thither, and they shall
take away all the detestable things thereof and
all the abominations thereof from thence.
19 And 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 an heart of flesh:
20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep
mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be
my people, and I will be their God.
21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the
heart of their detestable things and their
abominations, I will recompense their way upon
their own heads, saith the Lord God.
22 Then did the cherubims lift up their wings,
and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the
God of Israel was over them above.
23 And the glory of the Lord went up from the
midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain
which is on the east side of the city.
24 Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought
me in a 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 spake unto them of the captivity all
the things that the Lord had shewed me.
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