1 Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of
_the_LORD_Jehovah'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, the princes of the people.
2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these
are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
3 Which say,
It is not near; let us build houses: this
city is the caldron, and we
be the flesh.
4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.
5 And the Spirit of
_the_LORD_Jehovah fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith
_the_LORD_Jehovah; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind,
every one of them.
6 Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.
7 Therefore thus saith the
_the_Lord_GOD_Sovereign Lord Jehovah; 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.
8 Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the
_the_Lord_GOD_Sovereign Lord Jehovah.
9 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_Jehovah.
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_Jehovah: 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_Sovereign Lord Jehovah! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
14 Again the word of
_the_LORD_Jehovah 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_Jehovah: unto us is this land given in possession.
16 Therefore say, Thus saith the
_the_Lord_GOD_Sovereign Lord Jehovah; 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
_the_Lord_GOD_Sovereign Lord Jehovah; 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
_the_Lord_GOD_Sovereign Lord Jehovah.
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_Jehovah 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_Jehovah had shewed me.