1 T he Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord’s house which faces eastward. There I saw twenty-five men at the door of the gate. Among them I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.

¶ And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me through the east gate of the LORD’s house, which looks eastward; and behold at the entrance of the gate twenty-five men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

2 T hen He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who make sinful plans and tell others in this city to do what is wrong.

Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief and give wicked counsel in this city:

3 T hey say, ‘Will it not soon be time to build houses? This city is the pot and we are the meat.’

who say, It is not near; let us build houses; these shall be the caldron, and we the flesh.

4 S o tell what will happen against them, son of man. Speak the Word of God!”

Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.

5 T hen the Spirit of the Lord came upon me, and He said to me, “Tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says: “This is what you thought, O people of Israel. For I know the things that come into your mind.

And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me and said unto me, Say: Thus hath the LORD said, Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I have understood the things that come up into your spirit.

6 Y ou have made many more of your people die in this city. You have filled its streets with them.”

Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

7 S o the Lord God says, “Your dead whom you have laid in the city are the meat, and this city is the pot. But I will bring you out of it.

Therefore thus hath the Lord GOD said; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and it is the caldron; but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.

8 Y ou have been afraid of the sword, so I will bring a sword upon you,” the Lord God says.

Ye have feared the sword, and I will bring a sword upon you, said the Lord GOD.

9 “ And I will bring you out of the city, and give you over to strangers and punish you.

And I will bring you out of the midst thereof and deliver you into the hands of strangers and will execute judgments in you.

10 Y ou will be killed by the sword all the way to the land of Israel, so you will know that I am the Lord.

Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

11 T his city will not be a pot for you, and you will not be the meat inside it. But I will punish you all the way to the land of Israel.

This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I must judge you in the border of Israel:

12 A nd you will know that I am the Lord. For you have not walked in my Laws or obeyed them, but have followed the ways of the nations around you.”’”

And ye shall know that I am the LORD; for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither have ye acted according to my judgments, but according to the judgments of the Gentiles that are round about you.

13 W hile I was saying what was going to happen, Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice, “It is bad, Lord God! Will You bring a complete end to those of Israel who are left?” God Will Bring Israel Back

And it came to pass, as I was prophesying that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell 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?

14 T hen the Word of the Lord came to me, saying,

¶ And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

15 “ Son of man, your brothers, your family, those who were driven out of the land, and all the people of Israel are those of whom the people of Jerusalem have said, ‘They have gone far away from the Lord. This land has been given to us for our own.’

Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel together, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD; unto us is this land given in possession.

16 S o tell them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “I sent them far away among the nations. I divided them among the countries. But still I was a holy place for them a little while in the countries where they had gone.”’

Therefore say, Thus hath the Lord GOD said: Although I have cast them far off among the Gentiles and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet I will be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.

17 S o tell them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “I will gather you from the nations. I will gather you together out of the countries where you have been divided. And I will give you the land of Israel.”’

Therefore say, Thus hath the Lord GOD said: I will even gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.

18 W hen they return to it, they will take away all its hated and sinful things.

And they shall come there, and they shall remove all her contaminations and all her abominations from her.

19 I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them. I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh.

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 a heart of flesh:

20 T hen they will walk in My Laws and keep them, and obey them. They will be My people, and I will be their God.

that they may walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and fulfil them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

21 B ut as for those whose hearts go after their hated and sinful things, I will bring their actions upon their own heads,” says the Lord God.

But as for those whose heart walks after the desire of their contaminations and of their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, said the Lord GOD.

22 T hen the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them. And the shining-greatness of the God of Israel was over them.

¶ Then the cherubim lifted up their wings and the wheels after them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

23 T he shining-greatness of the Lord went up from the city and stood over the mountain east of it.

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.

24 T he Spirit lifted me up and brought me in a special dream by the Spirit of God to the Jews who had been taken to Babylon. Then the special dream that I had seen left me.

Afterwards the Spirit took me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into the land of the Chaldeans to the captives. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.

25 A nd I told the Jews in Babylon all the things that the Lord had shown me.

Then I spoke unto the captives all the words of the LORD that he had showed me.