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9 He also cried with a loud voice in my ears, saying, “The reckonings of the city draw near; and every man has a weapon in his hand to destroy it.”
2 And behold, six men came by the way of the high gate which lies toward the North, and every man with a weapon in his hand to destroy it. And one man among them was clothed in linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side. And they went in and stood beside the bronze Altar.
3 And the Glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the Cherub, upon which it had been, to the door of the house. And he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer’s inkhorn by his side.
4 And the LORD said to him: “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of those who mourn, and cry for all the abominations that are done in their midst.”
5 And to the others, he said in my hearing: “Go after him, throughout the city, and strike. Let your eye spare no one, nor have pity.
6 “Completely destroy the old, the young, the maids, the children, and the women. But touch no man upon whom is the mark; and begin at My Sanctuary.” Then they began with the elderly men who were before the house.
7 And he said to them: “Defile the house; and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!” And they went out and killed in the city.
8 Now when they had killed them, and I had escaped, I fell down upon my face, and cried, saying, “Ah Lord GOD, will you destroy all the rest of Israel in pouring out Your wrath upon Jerusalem?”
9 Then He said to me: “The iniquity of the House of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, so that the land is full of blood, and the city full of corrupt judgment. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the Earth,’ and ‘The LORD does not see.’
10 “As touching Me, also, My Eye shall not spare. Nor will I have pity. I will set their ways upon their heads.”
11 And behold, the man clothed in linen who had the inkhorn by his side, reported, and said, “I have done as You have Commanded me.”
10 And as I looked, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the Cherubim, there appeared something like a sapphire stone upon them, having the likeness of a throne.
2 And He spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said: “Go in between the wheels, under the Cherub, and fill your hands with coals of fire from between the Cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And he went as I watched.
3 Now as the Cherubim stood upon the right side of the house, the man went in, and the cloud filled the inner court.
4 Then the Glory of the LORD went up from the Cherub, and stood over the door of the house. And the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the LORD’s Glory.
5 And the sound of the Cherubim’ wings was heard as far as the outer court, like the Voice of the Almighty God, when He speaks.
6 And when He had Commanded the man clothed with linen, saying: “Take fire from between the wheels, from between the Cherubim,” then He went in and stood beside the wheel.
7 And one Cherub stretched forth his hand from between the Cherubim, to the fire that was between the Cherubim, and took from it and put it into the hands of him who was clothed in linen, who took it and went out.
8 And there appeared in the Cherubim, the likeness of a man’s hand under their wings.
9 And when I looked up, behold, four wheels were beside the Cherubim, one wheel by one Cherub and another wheel by another Cherub, and the appearance of the wheels was as the color of a chrysolite stone.
10 And their appearance (there were four of the same) was as if one wheel had been in another wheel.
11 When they went forth, they went upon their four sides. And they did not turn as they went but went only in their original direction. They did not turn as they went.
12 And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes, all around, in the same four wheels.
13 And they cried to these wheels within my hearing, “O wheel!”
14 And every beast had four faces. The first face was the face of a Cherub. And the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
15 And the Cherubim were lifted up. This is the beast that I saw at the river Chebar.
16 And when the Cherubim moved, the wheels went beside them. And when the Cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the Earth, the same wheels also did not turn from beside them.
17 When the Cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still. And when one was lifted up, the other also lifted themselves up. For the spirit of the beast was in them.
18 Then the Glory of the LORD departed from above the door of the house, and stood upon the Cherubim.
19 And the Cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the Earth in my sight. When they went out, the wheels were also beside them. And everyone stood at the entry of the gate of the LORD’s House, at the east side, and the Glory of the God of Israel was upon them on high.
20 This is the beast that I saw under the God of Israel, by the river Chebar. And I knew that they were the Cherubim.
21 Each one had four faces, and each one four wings, and the likeness of man’s hands under their wings,
22 and the likeness of their faces the same as the faces which I saw by the river Chebar. The appearance of the Cherubim was the same. They each went straight forward.
11 Moreover, the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the East Gate of the LORD’s House, which lies eastward. And behold, at the entry of the gate were twenty-five men, among whom I saw Jaazaniah, the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, the princes of the people.
2 Then He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men that imagine mischief, and devise wicked counsel in this city.
3 They say, ‘It is not near, to build houses. This is the caldron, and we are the flesh.’
4 “Therefore, prophesy against them, son of man. Prophesy!”
5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said to me: “Say, ‘Thus says the LORD: “O you House of Israel! This you have said. And I know that which rises up from your minds.
6 “You have murdered many in this city. And you have filled its streets with the slain.
7 ‘Therefore thus says the LORD God: “Those whom you have killed, and have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh; and this is the caldron. But I will bring you forth from the midst of it.
8 “You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you,” says the Lord GOD.
9 “And I will bring you out of its midst, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
10 “You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you on the border of Israel. And you shall know that I am the LORD.
11 “This shall not be your caldron, nor shall you be the flesh in its midst. I will judge you on the border of Israel.
12 “And you shall know that I am the LORD! For you have not walked in My Statutes or executed My Judgments but have observed the ordinances of the heathen who are all around you.”’”
13 And after I prophesied, Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, died. Then I fell down upon my face and cried with a loud voice, and said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Will You then utterly destroy all the remnant of Israel?”
14 The Word of the LORD came to me again, saying:
15 “Son of man. Your brethren, your relatives, your kinsmen, and all the House of Israel, are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Go far away from the LORD! This land has been given to us as a possession!’
16 “Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Although I have cast them far away, among the heathen; and although I have scattered them among the countries, I will still be to them as a little Sanctuary in the countries where they shall go.”’
17 “Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “I will gather you again from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered. And I will give you the land of Israel.
18 “And they shall come there; and they shall take away all its idols, and all its abominations from there.
19 “And I will give them one heart. And I will put a new spirit within their core. And I will take the stony heart out of their bodies. And will give them a heart of flesh,
20 “so that they may walk in My Statutes, and keep My Judgments, and execute them. And they shall be My people, and I will be their God.
21 “But upon those whose heart is toward their idols, and whose affection goes after their abominations, I will lay their way upon their own heads,” says the Lord GOD.’”
22 Then, the Cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels with them, and the Glory of the God of Israel was upon them on high.
23 And the Glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city and stood upon the mountain which is toward the east side of the city.
24 Afterward, the Spirit took me up and brought me, in a vision by the Spirit of God, into Chaldea, to those who were led away as captives. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
25 Then I declared all the things that the LORD had shown me to those who had been led away as captives.
12 The Word of the LORD also came to me, saying:
2 “Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious House, which have eyes to see and do not see. They have ears to hear and do not hear. For they are a rebellious House.
3 “Therefore, you, son of man, prepare your stuff to go into captivity; and go forth by day, in their sight. And you shall pass from your place to another place, in their sight. It may be that they consider it, though they are a rebellious house.
4 “Then you shall bring forth your stuff by day, in their sight, as the stuff of him who goes into captivity. And you shall go forth in the evening, in their sight, as those who go forth into captivity.
5 “Dig through the wall in their sight and carry it out.
6 “You shall bear it upon your shoulders in their sight, carry it forth in the dark. You shall cover your face, so that you cannot see the ground. For I have set you as a sign to the House of Israel.”
7 And as I was commanded, so I brought forth my stuff by day, as the stuff of one who goes into captivity. And by night, I dug through the wall with my hand, and brought it forth in the dark. I bore it upon my shoulder, in their sight.
8 And in the morning, the Word of the LORD came to me, saying:
9 “Son of man, has not the House of Israel, the rebellious House, said to you, ‘What are you doing?’
10 “Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “This burden concerns the chief in Jerusalem, and all the House of Israel who are among them.”’
11 “Say, ‘I am your sign. As I have done, so shall it be done to them. They shall go into bondage and captivity.’
12 “And the chief among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the dark and shall go forth. They shall dig through the wall to carry it out. He shall cover his face, so that he cannot see the ground with his eyes.
13 “I will also spread My net over him; and he shall be taken in My net. And I will bring him to Babel, to the land of the Chaldeans. Yet he shall not see it, though he shall die there.
14 “And I will scatter all who are around him toward every wind, to help him, and all his garrisons. And I will draw out the sword after them.
15 “And they shall know that I am the LORD when I shall scatter them among the nations and disperse them in the countries.
16 “But I will save a small number of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence, so that they may declare all these abominations among the heathen, wherever they go. And they shall know that I am the LORD.”
17 Moreover, the Word of the LORD came to me, saying:
18 “Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with trouble, and with carefulness.
19 “And say to the people of the land, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD about the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel: “They shall eat their bread with carefulness and drink their water with desolation. For the land shall be desolate from her abundance, because of the cruelty of those who dwell in it.
20 “And the cities that are inhabited shall be left empty. And the land shall be desolate. And you shall know that I am the LORD.”’”
21 And the Word of the LORD came to me, saying:
22 “Son of man, what is that proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, ‘The days are prolonged, and all visions fail?’
23 “Tell them, therefore, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “I will make this proverb cease, and they shall no longer use it as a proverb in Israel.”’ But say to them, “The days are at hand, and the fulfillment of every vision.
24 “For there shall no longer be any false vision or flattering divination within the House of Israel.
25 “For I am the LORD. I will speak, and that thing that I shall speak shall come to pass. It shall no longer be delayed. For in your days, O rebellious House, I will say the thing and will perform it,” says the Lord GOD.’”
26 Again, the Word of the LORD came to me, saying:
27 “Son of man, behold. Those of the House of Israel say, ‘The vision that he sees, is for many days in the future; and he prophesies of the times that are far off.’
28 “Therefore, say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “All My Words shall no longer be delayed. But that thing which I have spoken shall be done,” says the Lord GOD.’”
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