1 Moreover the spirit{H7307} lifted me up{H5375}{(H8799)}, and brought{H935}{(H8686)} me unto the east{H6931} gate{H8179} of the LORD'S{H3068} house{H1004}, which looketh{H6437}{(H8802)} eastward{H6921}: and behold at the door{H6607} of the gate{H8179} five{H2568} and twenty{H6242} men{H376}; among{H8432} whom I saw{H7200}{(H8799)} Jaazaniah{H2970} the son{H1121} of Azur{H5809}, and Pelatiah{H6410} the son{H1121} of Benaiah{H1141}, princes{H8269} of the people{H5971}.

2 Then said{H559}{(H8799)} he unto me, Son{H1121} of man{H120}, these are the men{H582} that devise{H2803}{(H8802)} mischief{H205}, and give{H3289}{(H8802)} wicked{H7451} counsel{H6098} in this city{H5892}:

3 Which say{H559}{(H8802)}, It is not near{H7138}; let us build{H1129}{(H8800)} houses{H1004}: this city is the caldron{H5518}, and we be the flesh{H1320}.

4 Therefore prophesy{H5012}{(H8734)} against them, prophesy{H5012}{(H8734)}, O son{H1121} of man{H120}.

5 And the Spirit{H7307} of the LORD{H3068} fell{H5307}{(H8799)} upon me, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto me, Speak{H559}{(H8798)}; Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}; Thus have ye said{H559}{(H8799)}, O house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}: for I know{H3045}{(H8804)} the things that come{H4609} into your mind{H7307}, every one of them.

6 Ye have multiplied{H7235}{(H8689)} your slain{H2491} in this city{H5892}, and ye have filled{H4390}{(H8765)} the streets{H2351} thereof with the slain{H2491}.

7 Therefore thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; Your slain{H2491} whom ye have laid{H7760}{(H8804)} in the midst{H8432} of it, they are the flesh{H1320}, and this city is the caldron{H5518}: but I will bring you forth{H3318}{(H8689)} out of the midst{H8432} of it.

8 Ye have feared{H3372}{(H8804)} the sword{H2719}; and I will bring{H935}{(H8686)} a sword{H2719} upon you, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}.

9 And I will bring you out{H3318}{(H8689)} of the midst{H8432} thereof, and deliver{H5414}{(H8804)} you into the hands{H3027} of strangers{H2114}{(H8801)}, and will execute{H6213}{(H8804)} judgments{H8201} among you.

10 Ye shall fall{H5307}{(H8799)} by the sword{H2719}; I will judge{H8199}{(H8799)} you in the border{H1366} of Israel{H3478}; and ye shall know{H3045}{(H8804)} that I am the LORD{H3068}.

11 This city shall not be your caldron{H5518}, neither shall ye be the flesh{H1320} in the midst{H8432} thereof; but I will judge{H8199}{(H8799)} you in the border{H1366} of Israel{H3478}:

12 And ye shall know{H3045}{(H8804)} that I am the LORD{H3068}: for ye have not walked{H1980}{(H8804)} in my statutes{H2706}, neither executed{H6213}{(H8804)} my judgments{H4941}, but have done{H6213}{(H8804)} after the manners{H4941} of the heathen{H1471} that are round about{H5439} you.

13 And it came to pass, when I prophesied{H5012}{(H8736)}, that Pelatiah{H6410} the son{H1121} of Benaiah{H1141} died{H4191}{(H8804)}. Then fell I down{H5307}{(H8799)} upon my face{H6440}, and cried{H2199}{(H8799)} with a loud{H1419} voice{H6963}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Ah{H162} Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}! wilt thou make{H6213}{(H8802)} a full end{H3617} of the remnant{H7611} of Israel{H3478}?

14 Again the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} came unto me, saying{H559}{(H8800)},

15 Son{H1121} of man{H120}, thy brethren{H251}, even thy brethren{H251}, the men{H582} of thy kindred{H1353}, and all the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Jerusalem{H3389} have said{H559}{(H8804)}, Get you far{H7368}{(H8798)} from the LORD{H3068}: unto us is this land{H776} given{H5414}{(H8738)} in possession{H4181}.

16 Therefore say{H559}{(H8798)}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; Although I have cast them far off{H7368}{(H8689)} among the heathen{H1471}, and although I have scattered{H6327}{(H8689)} them among the countries{H776}, yet will I be to them as a little{H4592} sanctuary{H4720} in the countries{H776} where they shall come{H935}{(H8804)}.

17 Therefore say{H559}{(H8798)}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; I will even gather{H6908}{(H8765)} you from the people{H5971}, and assemble{H622}{(H8804)} you out of the countries{H776} where ye have been scattered{H6327}{(H8738)}, and I will give{H5414}{(H8804)} you the land{H127} of Israel{H3478}.

18 And they shall come{H935}{(H8804)} thither, and they shall take away{H5493}{(H8689)} all the detestable things{H8251} thereof and all the abominations{H8441} thereof from thence.

19 And I will give{H5414}{(H8804)} them one{H259} heart{H3820}, and I will put{H5414}{(H8799)} a new{H2319} spirit{H7307} within{H7130} you; and I will take{H5493}{(H8689)} the stony{H68} heart{H3820} out of their flesh{H1320}, and will give{H5414}{(H8804)} them an heart{H3820} of flesh{H1320}:

20 That they may walk{H3212}{(H8799)} in my statutes{H2708}, and keep{H8104}{(H8799)} mine ordinances{H4941}, and do{H6213}{(H8804)} them: and they shall be my people{H5971}, and I will be their God{H430}.

21 But as for them whose heart{H3820} walketh{H1980}{(H8802)} after the heart{H3820} of their detestable things{H8251} and their abominations{H8441}, I will recompense{H5414}{(H8804)} their way{H1870} upon their own heads{H7218}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}.

22 Then did the cherubims{H3742} lift up{H5375}{(H8799)} their wings{H3671}, and the wheels{H212} beside{H5980} them; and the glory{H3519} of the God{H430} of Israel{H3478} was over them above{H4605}.

23 And the glory{H3519} of the LORD{H3068} went up{H5927}{(H8799)} from the midst{H8432} of the city{H5892}, and stood{H5975}{(H8799)} upon the mountain{H2022} which is on the east side{H6924} of the city{H5892}.

24 Afterwards the spirit{H7307} took me up{H5375}{(H8804)}, and brought{H935}{(H8686)} me in a vision{H4758} by the Spirit{H7307} of God{H430} into Chaldea{H3778}, to them of the captivity{H1473}. So the vision{H4758} that I had seen{H7200}{(H8804)} went up{H5927}{(H8799)} from me.

25 Then I spake{H1696}{(H8762)} unto them of the captivity{H1473} all the things{H1697} that the LORD{H3068} had shewed{H7200}{(H8689)} me.