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 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 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;

He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil advice in this city,

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

who say, ‘ The time is not near to build houses. This city is the pot and we are the flesh.’

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

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

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.

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

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

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 the midst of the city are the flesh and this city is the pot; but I will bring you out 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 a sword; so I will bring a sword upon you,” the Lord God declares.

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 of the city and deliver you into the hands of strangers and execute judgments against 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 will fall by the sword. I will judge you to the border of Israel; so you 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 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 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!'

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 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.'

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

Then 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 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 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, “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 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 among which you 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.

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

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 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 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. Then they will be My people, and I shall 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 hearts go after their detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down on their heads,” declares 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 beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered 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.

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 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 to the exiles in Chaldea. So the vision that I had seen left me.

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

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