¹ 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.

² And He said to^▵ me, Son of man, these are the men^◦ thinking iniquity^◦, and counseling evil counsel in this city;

³ which say, It is not near; let us build houses; this^◦ city^* is the pot, and we^◦ be the flesh.

⁴ Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.

⁵ 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.

⁶ You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have·​·filled the streets of it with the slain.

⁷ 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.

⁸ You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, says^◦ the Lord Jehovih.

⁹ 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.

¹⁰ You shall fall by the sword; I will judge you on the border of Israel; and you shall know that I^◦ am Jehovah.

¹¹ 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;

¹² 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.

¹³ 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?

¹⁴ And the word of Jehovah was unto^▵ me, saying,

¹⁵ 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.

¹⁶ 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.

¹⁷ 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.

¹⁸ And they shall come thither, and they shall remove all the detestable things and all the abominations from thence.

¹⁹ 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:

²⁰ 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.

²¹ 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.

²² And the cherubim lifted·​·up their wings, and the wheels alongside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

²³ 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.

²⁴ 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.

²⁵ And I spoke to^▵ them of the exiled, all the things that Jehovah had caused me to see.