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And the spirit lifted· me ·up, and brought me unto▵ the eastern gate of the house of Jehovah, which faces east; and behold at the entrance of the gate five and twenty men◦; and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah◦ the son of Benaiah◦, princes of the people.
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And He said to▵ me, Son of man, these are the men◦ thinking iniquity◦, and counseling evil counsel in this city;
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which say, It is not near; let us build houses; this◦ city* is the pot, and we◦ be the flesh.
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Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.
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And the Spirit of Jehovah fell on me, and said to▵ me, Say, Thus says Jehovah: Thus◦ have you said, O house of Israel; and the ascents of your spirit, I◦ know them.
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You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have··filled the streets of it with the slain.
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Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovih*, Your slain whom you have set in the midst of her, they◦ are the flesh, and this◦ city is the pot; but I will bring· you ·out from the midst of her.
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You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, says◦ the Lord Jehovih.
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And I will bring· you ·forth out··of the midst of it, and give you into the hands of strangers, and will make judgments among◦ you.
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You shall fall by the sword; I will judge you on the border of Israel; and you shall know that I◦ am Jehovah.
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It◦* shall not be to you for a pot, neither◦ shall you◦ be the flesh in the midst; but I will judge you at▵ the border of Israel;
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and you shall know that I◦ am Jehovah; for you have not walked in My statutes, neither done My judgments, but have done according··to the judgments of the nations that are all around you.
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And it was, as I prophesied, that Pelatiah◦ the son of Benaiah died. And I fell on my face, and cried with a great voice, and said, Alas Lord Jehovih! wilt Thou◦ make a complete end of what··is··left of Israel?
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And the word of Jehovah was unto▵ me, saying,
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Son of man, thy brothers, even thy brothers, the men◦ of thy kindred◦, and all the house of Israel, are they to whom they who dwell in Jerusalem have said, Get· you ·far··away from Jehovah; to us is given this◦ land for a possession.
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Therefore say, Thus says the Lord Jehovih: Though◦ I have cast them far off among◦ the nations, and though◦ I have scattered them among◦ the lands, yet will I be to them as a··little sanctuary in the lands where▵ they shall come.
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Therefore I say, Thus says the Lord Jehovih: I will bring· you ·together from the peoples, and will gather you from the lands where▵ you have been scattered, and I will give you the ground of Israel.
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And they shall come thither, and they shall remove all the detestable things and all the abominations from thence.
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And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will give among you; and I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh:
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so··that they may walk◦ in My statutes, and keep My judgments, and do them; and they shall be My people, and I◦ will be their God.
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But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will grant their way upon◦ their own heads, says◦ the Lord Jehovih.
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And the cherubim lifted··up their wings, and the wheels alongside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
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And the glory of Jehovah went··up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
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And the spirit took· me ·up, and brought me in a vision◦ by the spirit of God unto▫ Chaldea, to▵ the exiled. And the vision◦ that I had seen went··up from me.
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And I spoke to▵ them of the exiled, all the things that Jehovah had caused me to see.
