1 A nd lift me up doth a spirit, and it bringeth me in unto the east gate of the house of Jehovah, that is facing the east, and lo, at the opening of the gate twenty and five men, and I see in their midst Jaazaniah son of Azzur, and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, heads of the people.

Moreover, the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the East Gate of the Lord’s house, which faces east. And behold, at the door of the gateway there were twenty-five men; and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

2 A nd He saith unto me, `Son of man, these the men who are devising iniquity, and who are giving evil counsel in this city;

Then said to me, Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give wicked counsel in this city,

3 w ho are saying, It not near -- to build houses, it the pot, and we the flesh.

Who say, is not near to build houses; this city is the boiling pot and we are the flesh.

4 T herefore prophesy concerning them, prophesy, son of man.'

Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man!

5 A nd fall upon me doth the Spirit of Jehovah, and He saith unto me, `Say: Thus said Jehovah: Rightly ye have said, O house of Israel, And the steps of your spirit I have known.

And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and He said to me, Speak. Say, Thus says the Lord: This is what you thought, O house of Israel, for I know the things that come into your mind.

6 Y e multiplied your wounded in this city, And filled its out-places with the wounded.

You have multiplied your slain in this city and you have filled its streets with the slain.

7 T herefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Your wounded whom ye placed in its midst, They the flesh, and it the pot, And you he hath brought out from its midst.

Therefore thus says the Lord God: Your slain whom you have laid in your midst; they are the flesh and this city is the boiling pot, but you shall be brought forth out of the midst of it.

8 A sword ye have feared, And a sword I bring in against you, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

You have feared the sword, and I will bring a sword upon you, says the Lord God.

9 A nd I have brought you out of its midst, And given you into the hand of strangers, And I have done among you judgments.

And I will bring you forth out of the midst of it and deliver you into the hands of foreigners and execute judgments among you.

10 B y the sword ye do fall, On the border of Israel I do judge you, And ye have known that I Jehovah.

You shall fall by the sword; I will judge and punish you at the border or outside the land of Israel, and you shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord.

11 I t is not to you for a pot, Nor are ye in its midst for flesh, At the border of Israel I do judge you.

This city shall not be your boiling pot, neither shall you be the flesh in the midst of it; I will judge you at the border or outside of Israel;

12 A nd ye have known that I Jehovah, For in My statutes ye have not walked, And My Judgments ye have not done, And according to the judgments of the nations Who are round about you -- ye have done!'

And you shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord; for you have not walked in My statutes nor executed My ordinances, but have acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you.

13 A nd it cometh to pass, at my prophesying, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah is dying, and I fall on my face, and cry -- a loud voice -- and say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, an end Thou art making of the remnant of Israel.'

And while I was prophesying, Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down upon my face and cried with a loud voice, Ah, Lord God! Will You make a complete end of the remnant of Israel?

14 A nd there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

15 ` Son of man, thy brethren, thy brethren, men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel -- all of it, they to whom inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Keep far off from Jehovah;

Son of man, your brethren, even your kindred, your fellow exiles, and all the house of Israel, all of them, are they of whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, They have gone far from the Lord; therefore this land is given to us for a possession.

16 i t ours, the land hath been given for an inheritance; therefore say: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because I put them afar off among nations, And because I scattered them through lands, I also am to them for a little sanctuary, In lands whither they have gone in.

Therefore say, Thus says the Lord God: Whereas I have removed far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet I have been to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries to which they have come.

17 T herefore say: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And I have assembled you from the peoples, And I have gathered you from the lands, Into which ye have been scattered, And I have given to you the ground of Israel.

Therefore say, Thus says the Lord God: I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give back to you the land of Israel.

18 A nd they have gone in thither. And turned aside all its detestable things, And all its abominations -- out of it.

And when they return there, they shall take away from it all traces of its detestable things and all its abominations (sex impurities and heathen religious practices).

19 A nd I have given to them one heart, And a new spirit I do give in your midst, And I have turned the heart of stone out of their flesh, And I have given to them a heart of flesh.

And I will give them one heart and I will put a new spirit within them; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh,

20 S o that in My statutes they walk, And My judgments they keep, and have done them, And they have been to me for a people, And I am to them for God.

That they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances, and do them. And they shall be My people, and I will be their God.

21 A s to those whose heart is going unto the heart Of their detestable and their abominable things, Their way on their head I have put, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'

But as for those whose heart yearns for and goes after their detestable things and their loathsome abominations, I will repay their deeds upon their own heads, says the Lord God.

22 A nd the cherubs lift up their wings, and the wheels over-against them, and the honour of the God of Israel over them above.

Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels which were beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was over them.

23 A nd the honour of Jehovah goeth up from off the midst of the city, and standeth on the mountain, that on the east of the city.

Then the glory of the Lord rose up from over the midst of the city and stood over the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

24 A nd a spirit hath lifted me up, and bringeth me in to Chaldea, unto the Removed, in a vision, by the Spirit of God, and go up from off me doth the vision that I have seen;

And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to the exiles. Then the vision that I had seen went up from me.

25 a nd I speak unto the Removed all the matters of Jehovah that He hath shewed me.

And I told the exiles everything that the Lord had shown me.