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Then He called out in my hearing with a loud voice ,
saying , "
Let those who have charge over the city draw near ,
each with a deadly weapon in his hand ."
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And suddenly six men came from the direction of the upper gate ,
which faces north ,
each with his battle-ax in his hand .
One man among them was clothed with linen and had a writer '
s inkhorn at his side .
They went in and stood beside the bronze altar .
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Now the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherub ,
where it had been ,
to the threshold of the temple .
And He called to the man clothed with linen ,
who had the writer '
s inkhorn at his side ;
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and the LORD said to him , "
Go through the midst of the city ,
through the midst of Jerusalem ,
and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it ."
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To the others He said in my hearing , "
Go after him through the city and kill ;
do not let your eye spare ,
nor have any pity .
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Utterly slay old and young men ,
maidens and little children and women ;
but do not come near anyone on whom is the mark ;
and begin at My sanctuary ."
So they began with the elders who were before the temple .
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Then He said to them , "
Defile the temple ,
and fill the courts with the slain .
Go out !"
And they went out and killed in the city .
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So it was ,
that while they were killing them ,
I was left alone ;
and I fell on my face and cried out ,
and said , "
Ah ,
Lord GOD !
Will You destroy all the remnant of Israel in pouring out Your fury on Jerusalem ?"
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Then He said to me , "
The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great ,
and the land is full of bloodshed ,
and the city full of perversity ;
for they say , "
The LORD has forsaken the land ,
and the LORD does not see !'
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And as for Me also ,
My eye will neither spare ,
nor will I have pity ,
but I will recompense their deeds on their own head ."
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Just then ,
the man clothed with linen ,
who had the inkhorn at his side ,
reported back and said , "
I have done as You commanded me ."
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And I looked ,
and there in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubim ,
there appeared something like a sapphire stone ,
having the appearance of the likeness of a throne .
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Then He spoke to the man clothed with linen ,
and said , "
Go in among the wheels ,
under the cherub ,
fill your hands with coals of fire from among the cherubim ,
and scatter them over the city ."
And he went in as I watched .
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Now the cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple when the man went in ,
and the cloud filled the inner court .
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Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub ,
and paused over the threshold of the temple ;
and the house was filled with the cloud ,
and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD '
s glory .
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And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even in the outer court ,
like the voice of Almighty God when He speaks .
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Then it happened ,
when He commanded the man clothed in linen ,
saying , "
Take fire from among the wheels ,
from among the cherubim ,"
that he went in and stood beside the wheels .
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And the cherub stretched out his hand from among the cherubim to the fire that was among the cherubim ,
and took some of it and put it into the hands of the man clothed with linen ,
who took it and went out .
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The cherubim appeared to have the form of a man '
s hand under their wings .
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And when I looked ,
there were four wheels by the cherubim ,
one wheel by one cherub and another wheel by each other cherub ;
the wheels appeared to have the color of a beryl stone .
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As for their appearance ,
all four looked alike--as it were ,
a wheel in the middle of a wheel .
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When they went ,
they went toward any of their four directions ;
they did not turn aside when they went ,
but followed in the direction the head was facing .
They did not turn aside when they went .
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And their whole body ,
with their back ,
their hands ,
their wings ,
and the wheels that the four had ,
were full of eyes all around .
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As for the wheels ,
they were called in my hearing , "
Wheel ."
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Each one had four faces :
the first face was the face of a cherub ,
the second face the face of a man ,
the third the face of a lion ,
and the fourth the face of an eagle .
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And the cherubim were lifted up .
This was the living creature I saw by the River Chebar .
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When the cherubim went ,
the wheels went beside them ;
and when the cherubim lifted their wings to mount up from the earth ,
the same wheels also did not turn from beside them .
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When the cherubim stood still ,
the wheels stood still ,
and when one was lifted up ,
the other lifted itself up ,
for the spirit of the living creature was in them .
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Then the glory of the LORD departed from the threshold of the temple and stood over the cherubim .
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And the cherubim lifted their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight .
When they went out ,
the wheels were beside them ;
and they stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD '
s house ,
and the glory of the God of Israel was above them .
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This is the living creature I saw under the God of Israel by the River Chebar ,
and I knew they were cherubim .
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Each one had four faces and each one four wings ,
and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings .
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And the likeness of their faces was the same as the faces which I had seen by the River Chebar ,
their appearance and their persons .
They each went straight forward .
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Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the East Gate of the LORD '
s house ,
which faces eastward ;
and there at the door of the gate were twenty-five men ,
among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azzur ,
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 who devise iniquity and 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 meat .'
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Therefore prophesy against them ,
prophesy ,
O son of man !"
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Then the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me ,
and said to me , "
Speak ! "
Thus says the LORD : "
Thus you have said ,
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 you have filled its streets with the slain ."
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Therefore thus says the Lord GOD : "
Your slain whom you have laid in its midst ,
they are the meat ,
and this city is the caldron ;
but I shall bring you out of the midst of it .
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You have feared the sword ;
and I will bring a sword upon you ,"
says the Lord GOD .
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And I will bring you out of its midst ,
and deliver you into the hands of strangers ,
and execute judgments on you .
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You shall fall by the sword .
I will judge you at the border of Israel .
Then you shall know that I am the LORD .
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This city shall not be your caldron ,
nor shall you be the meat in its midst .
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 judgments ,
but have done according to the customs of the Gentiles which are all around you .""'
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Now it happened ,
while I was prophesying ,
that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died .
Then I fell on my face and cried with a loud voice ,
and said , "
Ah ,
Lord GOD !
Will You make a complete end of the remnant of Israel ?"
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Again the word of the LORD came to me ,
saying ,
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Son of man ,
your brethren ,
your relatives ,
your countrymen ,
and all the house of Israel in its entirety ,
are those about whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said , "
Get far away from the LORD ;
this land has been given to us as a possession .'
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Therefore say , "
Thus says the Lord GOD : "
Although I have cast them far off among the Gentiles ,
and although I have scattered them among the countries ,
yet I shall be a little sanctuary for them 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 ,
assemble you from the countries where you have been scattered ,
and I will give you the land of Israel ."'
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And they will go there ,
and they will take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from there .
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Then I will give them one heart ,
and I will put a new spirit within them ,
and 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 judgments and do them ;
and they shall be My people ,
and I will be their God .
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But as for those whose hearts follow the desire for their detestable things and their abominations ,
I will recompense their deeds on their own heads ,"
says the Lord GOD .
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So the cherubim lifted up their wings ,
with the wheels beside them ,
and the glory of the God of Israel was high above them .
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And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city and stood on the mountain ,
which is on the east side of the city .
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Then the Spirit took me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea ,
to those in captivity .
And the vision that I had seen went up from me .
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So I spoke to those in captivity of all the things the LORD had shown me .
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Now the word of the LORD came to me ,
saying :
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Son of man ,
you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house ,
which has eyes to see but does not see ,
and ears to hear but does not hear ;
for they are a rebellious house .
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Therefore ,
son of man ,
prepare your belongings for captivity ,
and go into captivity by day in their sight .
You shall go from your place into captivity to another place in their sight .
It may be that they will consider ,
though they are a rebellious house .
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By day you shall bring out your belongings in their sight ,
as though going into captivity ;
and at evening you shall go in their sight ,
like those who go into captivity .
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Dig through the wall in their sight ,
and carry your belongings out through it .
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In their sight you shall bear them on your shoulders and carry them out at twilight ;
you shall cover your face ,
so that you cannot see the ground ,
for I have made you a sign to the house of Israel ."
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So I did as I was commanded .
I brought out my belongings by day ,
as though going into captivity ,
and at evening I dug through the wall with my hand .
I brought them out at twilight ,
and I bore them on my shoulder in their sight .
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And in the morning the word of the LORD came to me ,
saying ,
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Son of man ,
has not the house of Israel ,
the rebellious house ,
said to you , "
What are you doing ?'
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Say to them , "
Thus says the Lord GOD : "
This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are among them ."'
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Say , "
I am a sign to you .
As I have done ,
so shall it be done to them ;
they shall be carried away into captivity .'
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And the prince who is among them shall bear his belongings on his shoulder at twilight and go out .
They shall dig through the wall to carry them out through it .
He shall cover his face ,
so that he cannot see the ground with his eyes .
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I will also spread My net over him ,
and he shall be caught in My snare .
I will bring him to Babylon ,
to the land of the Chaldeans ;
yet he shall not see it ,
though he shall die there .
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I will scatter to every wind all who are around him to help him ,
and all his troops ;
and I will draw out the sword after them .
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Then they shall know that I am the LORD ,
when I scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries .
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But I will spare a few of their men from the sword ,
from famine ,
and from pestilence ,
that they may declare all their abominations among the Gentiles wherever they go .
Then they shall know that I am the LORD ."
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Moreover the word of the LORD came to me ,
saying ,
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Son of man ,
eat your bread with quaking ,
and drink your water with trembling and anxiety .
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And say to the people of the land , "
Thus says the Lord GOD to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the land of Israel : "
They shall eat their bread with anxiety ,
and drink their water with dread ,
so that her land may be emptied of all who are in it ,
because of the violence of all those who dwell in it .
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Then the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste ,
and the land shall become desolate ;
and you shall know that I am the LORD .""'
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And the word of the LORD came to me ,
saying ,
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Son of man ,
what is this proverb that you people have about the land of Israel ,
which says , "
The days are prolonged ,
and every vision fails '?
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Tell them therefore , "
Thus says the Lord GOD : "
I will lay this proverb to rest ,
and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel ."
But say to them , "
The days are at hand ,
and the fulfillment of every vision .
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For no more shall there be any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel .
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For I am the LORD .
I speak ,
and the word which I speak will come to pass ;
it will no more be postponed ;
for in your days ,
O rebellious house ,
I will say the word and perform it ,"
says the Lord GOD ."'
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Again the word of the LORD came to me ,
saying ,
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Son of man ,
look ,
the house of Israel is saying , "
The vision that he sees is for many days from now ,
and he prophesies of times far off .'
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Therefore say to them , "
Thus says the Lord GOD : "
None of My words will be postponed any more ,
but the word which I speak will be done ,"
says the Lord GOD ."'
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And the word of the LORD came to me ,
saying ,