^24 (A)And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me ^(B)in the vision by the Spirit of God ^(C)into Chaldea, to the exiles. Then the vision that I had seen went up from me.

Judgment on Wicked Counselors

11 ^(A)The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to ^(B)the east gate of the house of the Lord, which faces east. And behold, at the entrance of the gateway there were ^(C)twenty-five men. And I saw among them Jaazaniah ^(D)the son of Azzur, and ^(E)Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

³ He ^(A)put out the form of a hand and took me by a lock of my head, and the Spirit lifted me up ^(B)between earth and heaven and ^(C)brought me in ^(D)visions of God to Jerusalem, ^(E)to the entrance of the gateway of the inner court that faces north, ^(F)where was the seat of the ^(G)image of jealousy, ^(H)which provokes to jealousy.

^12 (A)Then the Spirit^[a] lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice^[b] of ^(B)a great earthquake: “Blessed be the glory of the Lord from its place!”

¹⁶ This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven.

³ the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel ^(A)the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by ^(B)the Chebar canal, and ^(C)the hand of the Lord was upon him there.

² I know a man ^(A)in Christ who fourteen years ago was ^(B)caught up to ^(C)the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, ^(D)God knows. ³ And I know that this man was caught up into ^(E)paradise—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, ^(F)God knows— ⁴ and he heard things that cannot be told, which man may not utter.

^15 (A)And I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who were dwelling ^(B)by the Chebar canal, and I sat where they were dwelling.^[a] And ^(C)I sat there ^(D)overwhelmed among them ^(E)seven days.

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