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.

¶ 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 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 he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief 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, It is not near; let us build houses; these shall be the caldron, and we 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 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 e multiplied your wounded in this city, And filled its out-places with the wounded.

Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof 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 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 A sword ye have feared, And a sword I bring in against you, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

Ye have feared the sword, and I will bring a sword upon you, said 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 out of the midst thereof and deliver you into the hands of strangers and will execute judgments in 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.

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 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 caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I must judge you in the border 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 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 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 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 A nd there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

¶ And the word of the LORD came unto 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, 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 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 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 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 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 A nd they have gone in thither. And turned aside all its detestable things, And all its abominations -- out of it.

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

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 you; 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 judgments, and fulfil 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 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 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 and the wheels after them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

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.

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 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;

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 speak unto the Removed all the matters of Jehovah that He hath shewed me.

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