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
.
Then said he unto me, Son
of man
, these are the men
that devise
mischief
, and give
wicked
counsel
in this city
:
Which say, It is not near
; let us build
houses
: this city is the caldron
, and we be the flesh
.
Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy
, O son
of man
.
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.
Ye have multiplied your slain
in this city
, and ye have filled
the streets
thereof with the slain
.
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.
Ye have feared the sword
; and I will bring
a sword
upon you, saith
the Lord
GOD
.
And I will bring you out of the midst
thereof, and deliver
you into the hands
of strangers
, and will execute
judgments
among you.
Ye shall fall by the sword
; I will judge
you in the border
of Israel
; and ye shall know
that I am the LORD
.
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
:
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.
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
?
Again the word of the LORD
came unto me, saying
,
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
.
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
.
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
.
And they shall come thither, and they shall take away
all the detestable things
thereof and all the abominations
thereof from thence.
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
:
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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.
Then I spake unto them of the captivity
all the things
that the LORD
had shewed
me.