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.

Moreover, the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord’s house which faced eastward. And behold, there were twenty-five men at the entrance of the gate, and among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders 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.

He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil advice 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, ‘ The time is not near to build houses. This city is the pot and we are the flesh.’

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

Therefore, prophesy against them, son of man, prophesy!”

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.

Then the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and He said to me, “Say, ‘Thus says the Lord, “So you think, house of Israel, for I know your thoughts.

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

You have multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with them.”

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 says the Lord God, “Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of the city are the flesh and this city is the pot; but I will bring you out of it.

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

You have feared a sword; so I will bring a sword upon you,” the Lord God declares.

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 of the city and deliver you into the hands of strangers and execute judgments against 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.

You will fall by the sword. I will judge you to the border of Israel; so you 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 will not be a pot for you, nor will you be flesh in the midst of it, but I will judge you to 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.”’”

Thus you will know that I am the Lord; for you have not walked in My statutes nor have you executed My ordinances, but have acted according to the ordinances of the nations around 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

Now it came about as I prophesied, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, “ Alas, Lord God! Will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?” Promise of Restoration

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

Then the word of the Lord came to 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, your brothers, your relatives, your fellow exiles and the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Go far from the Lord; this land has been given us as a 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 says the Lord God, “Though I had removed them far away among the nations and though I had scattered them among the countries, yet I was a sanctuary for them a little while in the countries where they had gone.”’

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 says the Lord God, “I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries among which you 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.

When they come there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from it.

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 put a new spirit within them. And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and 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 ordinances and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall 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 hearts go after their detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down on their heads,” declares 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 with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them.

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

The glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city and stood over the mountain which is east 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.

And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God to the exiles in Chaldea. So the vision that I had seen left me.

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

Then I told the exiles all the things that the Lord had shown me.