¶ Moreover the spirit¹ lifted me up, and brought me unto the east² gate of the LORD'S house, which looketh eastward: and behold³ at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah⁴ the son of Azur, and Pelatiah⁵ the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

⁶Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:

Which say, It is not⁷ near; let us build houses: this city⁸ is the caldron, and we be the flesh.

⁹Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.

And the Spirit¹⁰ of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak¹¹; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have¹² ye said, O house of Israel: for¹³ I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.

¹⁴Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your¹⁵ slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but¹⁶ I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.

¹⁷Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.

And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver¹⁸ you into the hands of strangers, and will¹⁹ execute judgments among you.

¶ Ye shall fall²⁰ by the sword; I will judge you in²¹ the border of Israel; and ye²² shall know that I am the LORD.

²³This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:

And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but²⁵ have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.

And it²⁶ came to pass, when²⁷ I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then²⁸ fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah²⁹ Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?

¶ Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Son of man, thy brethren³⁰, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get³¹ you far from the LORD: unto³² us is this land given in possession.

Therefore say, Thus saith³³ the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a³⁴ little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.

³⁵Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.

³⁶And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.

And I will give³⁷ them one heart, and I will put³⁸ a new spirit within you; and I will take³⁹ the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

¶ That they may⁴⁰ walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they⁴¹ shall be my people, and I will be their God.

But as for them whose⁴² heart walketh after the heart of their detestable⁴³ things and their abominations, I will⁴⁴ recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.

¶⁴⁵Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

And the glory⁴⁶ of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which⁴⁷ is on the east side of the city.

Afterwards the spirit⁴⁸ took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into⁴⁹ Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So⁵⁰ the vision that I had seen went up from me.

⁵¹Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed me.