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The Spirit lifted me up ,
and brought me to the east gate of the house of the LORD ,
which faces east .
And behold ,
at the door of the gateway there were twenty-five men ;
and I saw among them Ja-azani '
ah the son of Azzur ,
and Pelati '
ah the son of Benai '
ah ,
princes of the people .
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And he said to me , "
Son of man ,
these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city ;
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who say , `
The time is not near to build houses ;
this city is the caldron ,
and we are the flesh .'
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Therefore prophesy against them ,
prophesy ,
O son of man ."
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And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me ,
and he said to me , "
Say ,
Thus says the LORD :
So you think ,
O house of Israel ;
for I know the things that come into your mind .
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You have multiplied your slain in this city ,
and have filled its streets with the slain .
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Therefore thus says the Lord GOD :
Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of it ,
they are the flesh ,
and this city is the caldron ;
but you shall be brought forth out of the midst of it .
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You have feared the sword ;
and I will bring the sword upon you ,
says the Lord GOD .
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And I will bring you forth out of the midst of it ,
and give you into the hands of foreigners ,
and execute judgments upon you .
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You shall fall by the sword ;
I will judge you at the border of Israel ;
and you shall know that I am the LORD .
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This city shall not be your caldron ,
nor shall you be the flesh in the midst of it ;
I will judge you at the border of Israel ;
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and you shall know that I am the LORD ;
for you have not walked in my statutes ,
nor executed my ordinances ,
but have acted according to the ordinances of the nations that are round about you ."
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And it came to pass ,
while I was prophesying ,
that Pelati '
ah the son of Benai '
ah died .
Then I fell down upon my face ,
and cried with a loud voice ,
and said , "
Ah Lord GOD !
wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel ?"
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And the word of the LORD came to me :
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Son of man ,
your brethren ,
even your brethren ,
your fellow exiles ,
the whole house of Israel ,
all of them ,
are those of whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said , `
They have gone far from the LORD ;
to us this land is given for a possession .'
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Therefore say , `
Thus says the Lord GOD :
Though I removed them far off among the nations ,
and though I scattered them among the countries ,
yet I have been a sanctuary to them for a while in the countries where they have gone .'
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Therefore say , `
Thus says the Lord GOD :
I will gather you from the peoples ,
and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered ,
and I will give you the land of Israel .'
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And when they come there ,
they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations .
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And I will give them one heart ,
and put a new spirit within them ;
I will take the stony heart out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh ,
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that they may walk in my statutes and keep my ordinances and obey them ;
and they shall be my people ,
and I will be their God .
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But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations ,
I will requite their deeds upon their own heads ,
says the Lord GOD ."
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Then the cherubim lifted up their wings ,
with the wheels beside them ;
and the glory of the God of Israel was over them .
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And the glory of the LORD 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 lifted me up and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chalde '
a ,
to the exiles .
Then the vision that I had seen went up from me .