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| 1Then the Spirit lifted me and brought me to the east gateway of the LORD’s Temple, where I saw twenty-five prominent men of the city. Among them were Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders among the people. | 1Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. There at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men, and I saw among them Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people. |
| 2The Spirit said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who are planning evil and giving wicked counsel in this city. | 2The LORD said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who are plotting evil and giving wicked advice in this city. |
| 3They say to the people, ‘Is it not a good time to build houses? This city is like an iron pot. We are safe inside it like meat in a pot. ’ | 3They say, 'Haven't our houses been recently rebuilt? This city is a pot, and we are the meat in it.' |
| 4Therefore, son of man, prophesy against them loudly and clearly.” | 4Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, son of man." |
| 5Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon me, and he told me to say, “This is what the LORD says to the people of Israel: I know what you are saying, for I know every thought that comes into your minds. | 5Then the Spirit of the LORD came on me, and he told me to say: "This is what the LORD says: That is what you are saying, you leaders in Israel, but I know what is going through your mind. |
| 6You have murdered many in this city and filled its streets with the dead. | 6You have killed many people in this city and filled its streets with the dead. |
| 7“Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: This city is an iron pot all right, but the pieces of meat are the victims of your injustice. As for you, I will soon drag you from this pot. | 7"Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: The bodies you have thrown there are the meat and this city is the pot, but I will drive you out of it. |
| 8I will bring on you the sword of war you so greatly fear, says the Sovereign LORD. | 8You fear the sword, and the sword is what I will bring against you, declares the Sovereign LORD. |
| 9I will drive you out of Jerusalem and hand you over to foreigners, who will carry out my judgments against you. | 9I will drive you out of the city and deliver you into the hands of foreigners and inflict punishment on you. |
| 10You will be slaughtered all the way to the borders of Israel. I will execute judgment on you, and you will know that I am the LORD. | 10You will fall by the sword, and I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD. |
| 11No, this city will not be an iron pot for you, and you will not be like meat safe inside it. I will judge you even to the borders of Israel, | 11This city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat in it; I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel. |
| 12and you will know that I am the LORD. For you have refused to obey my decrees and regulations; instead, you have copied the standards of the nations around you.” | 12And you will know that I am the LORD, for you have not followed my decrees or kept my laws but have conformed to the standards of the nations around you." |
| 13While I was still prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah suddenly died. Then I fell face down on the ground and cried out, “O Sovereign LORD, are you going to kill everyone in Israel?” Hope for Exiled Israel | 13Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, "Alas, Sovereign LORD! Will you completely destroy the remnant of Israel?" |
| 14Then this message came to me from the LORD: | 14The word of the LORD came to me: |
| 15“Son of man, the people still left in Jerusalem are talking about you and your relatives and all the people of Israel who are in exile. They are saying, ‘Those people are far away from the LORD, so now he has given their land to us!’ | 15"Son of man, the people of Jerusalem have said of your fellow exiles and all the other Israelites, 'They are far away from the LORD; this land was given to us as our possession.' |
| 16“Therefore, tell the exiles, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Although I have scattered you in the countries of the world, I will be a sanctuary to you during your time in exile. | 16"Therefore say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries where they have gone.' |
| 17I, the Sovereign LORD, will gather you back from the nations where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel once again.’ | 17"Therefore say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will gather you from the nations and bring you back from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you back the land of Israel again.' |
| 18“When the people return to their homeland, they will remove every trace of their vile images and detestable idols. | 18"They will return to it and remove all its vile images and detestable idols. |
| 19And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them. I will take away their stony, stubborn heart and give them a tender, responsive heart, | 19I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. |
| 20so they will obey my decrees and regulations. Then they will truly be my people, and I will be their God. | 20Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God. |
| 21But as for those who long for vile images and detestable idols, I will repay them fully for their sins. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!” The LORD’s Glory Leaves Jerusalem | 21But as for those whose hearts are devoted to their vile images and detestable idols, I will bring down on their own heads what they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD." |
| 22Then the cherubim lifted their wings and rose into the air with their wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them. | 22Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them. |
| 23Then the glory of the LORD went up from the city and stopped above the mountain to the east. | 23The glory of the LORD went up from within the city and stopped above the mountain east of it. |
| 24Afterward the Spirit of God carried me back again to Babylonia, to the people in exile there. And so ended the vision of my visit to Jerusalem. | 24The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the exiles in Babylonia in the vision given by the Spirit of God. Then the vision I had seen went up from me, |
| 25And I told the exiles everything the LORD had shown me. | 25and I told the exiles everything the LORD had shown me. |
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