Dual Panel1A wind <07307> lifted <05375> me up <05375> and brought <0935> me to <0413> the east <06931> gate <08179> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> that faces <06437> the east <06921>. There, at the entrance <06607> of the gate <08179>, I noticed twenty-five <02568> <06242> men <0376>. Among <08432> them I saw <07200> Jaazaniah <02970> son <01121> of Azzur <05809> and Pelatiah <06410> son <01121> of Benaiah <01141>, officials <08269> of the people <05971>.
2The Lord said <0559> to <0413> me, “Son <01121> of man <0120>, these <0428> are the men <0376> who plot <02803> evil <0205> and give <03289> wicked <07451> advice <06098> in this <02063> city <05892>.
3They say <0559>, ‘The time is not <03808> near <07138> to build <01129> houses <01004>; the city is a cooking pot <05518> and we <0587> are the meat <01320> in it.’
4Therefore <03651>, prophesy <05012> against <05921> them! Prophesy <05012>, son <01121> of man <0120>!”
5Then the Spirit <07307> of the Lord <03068> came <05307> upon <05921> me and said <0559> to <0413> me, “Say <0559>: This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>: ‘This is what <03651> you are thinking <0559>, O house <01004> of Israel <03478>; I <0589> know <03045> what goes through <04609> your minds <07307>.
6You have killed <02491> many <07235> people in this <02063> city <05892>; you have filled <04390> its streets <02351> with corpses <02491>.’
7Therefore <03651>, this is what <03541> the sovereign <0136> Lord <03069> says <0559>: ‘The corpses <02491> you have <0834> dumped <07760> in the midst <08432> of the city are the meat <01320>, and this city is the cooking pot <05518>, but I will take <03318> you out <03318> of it <08432>.
8You fear <03372> the sword <02719>, so the sword <02719> I will bring <0935> against <05921> you,’ declares <05002> the sovereign <0136> Lord <03069>.
9‘But I will take <03318> you out <03318> of the city <08432>. And I will hand <03027> <05414> you over <03027> <05414> to foreigners <02114>. I will execute <06213> judgments <08201> on you.
10You will die <05307> by the sword <02719>; I will judge <08199> you at <05921> the border <01366> of Israel <03478>. Then you will know <03045> that <03588> I <0589> am the Lord <03068>.
11This <01931> city will not <03808> be <01961> a cooking pot <05518> for you, and you <0859> will not be <01961> meat <01320> within <08432> it; I will judge <08199> you at <0413> the border <01366> of Israel <03478>.
12Then <03588> you will know <03045> that I <0589> am the Lord <03068>, whose <0834> statutes <02706> you have not <03808> followed <01980> and whose regulations <04941> you have not <03808> carried out <06213>. Instead you have behaved <06213> according <0834> to the regulations <04941> of the nations <01471> around <05439> you!’”
13Now, while <01961> I was prophesying <05012>, Pelatiah <06410> son <01121> of Benaiah <01141> died <04191>. Then I threw <05307> myself face <06440> down <05307> and cried out <02199> with a loud <01419> voice <06963>, “Alas <0162>, sovereign <0136> Lord <03069>! You <0859> are completely wiping out <06213> <03617> the remnant <07611> of Israel <03478>!”
14Then the word <01697> of the Lord <03068> came <01961> to <0413> me:
15“Son <01121> of man <0120>, your brothers <0251> <0251>, your relatives <01353> <0582>, and the whole <03605> house <01004> of Israel <03478>, all <03605> of them are those to whom <0834> the inhabitants <03427> of Jerusalem <03389> have said <0559>, ‘They have gone far away <07368> from <05921> the Lord <03068>; to us this <01931> land <0776> has been given <05414> as a possession <04181>.’
16“Therefore <03651> say <0559>: ‘This is what <03541> the sovereign <0136> Lord <03069> says <0559>: Although <03588> I have removed them far away <07368> among the nations <01471> and have dispersed <06327> them among the countries <0776>, I have been <01961> a little <04592> sanctuary <04720> for them among the lands <0776> where <0834> they have gone <0935>.’
17“Therefore <03651> say <0559>: ‘This is what <03541> the sovereign <0136> Lord <03068> says <0559>: When I regather <06908> you from <04480> the peoples <05971> and assemble <0622> you from <04480> the lands <0776> where <0834> you have been dispersed <06327>, I will give <05414> you back the country <0127> of Israel <03478>.’
18“When they return <0935> to it, they will remove <05493> from it all <03605> its detestable <08251> things and all <03605> its abominations <08441>.
19I will give <05414> them one <0259> heart <03820> and I will put <05414> a new <02319> spirit <07307> within <07130> them; I will remove <05493> the hearts <03820> of stone <068> from their bodies <01320> and I will give <05414> them tender hearts <01320> <03820>,
20so that <04616> they may follow <01980> my statutes <02708> and observe <08104> my regulations <04941> and carry <06213> them out <06213>. Then they will be <01961> my people <05971>, and I <0589> will be <01961> their God <0430>.
21But those whose hearts <03820> are devoted <01980> to detestable things <08251> and abominations <08441>, I hereby repay <05414> them for what they have done <07218> <01870>, says <05002> the sovereign <0136> Lord <03068>.”
22Then the cherubim <03742> spread <05375> their wings <03671> with their wheels <0212> alongside <05980> them while the glory <03519> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478> hovered <05921> above <04605> them.
23The glory <03519> of the Lord <03068> rose up <05927> from <05921> within <08432> the city <05892> and stopped <05975> over <05921> the mountain <02022> east <06924> of it <05892>.
24Then a wind <07307> lifted <05375> me up <05375> and carried <0935> me to <0413> the exiles <01473> in Babylonia <03778>, in the vision <04758> given to me by the Spirit <07307> of God <0430>. Then the vision <04758> I had <0834> seen <07200> went up <05927> from <05921> me.
25So I told <01696> the exiles <01473> everything <01697> <03605> the Lord <03068> had shown <07200> me.