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1. Then the Spirit carried me to the East Gate of the Lord's Temple. This gate faces the east, {where the sun comes up}. I saw 25 men there at the entrance of this gate. Some of the leaders were among them, including Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah.
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1. Moreover the spirit H7307 lifted me up H5375 H853 , and brought H935 me unto H413 the east H6931 gate H8179 of the LORD H3068 's house H1004 , which looketh H6437 eastward H6921 : and behold H2009 at the door H6607 of the gate H8179 five H2568 and twenty H6242 men H376 ; among H8432 whom I saw H7200 H853 Jaazaniah H2970 the son H1121 of Azur H5809 , and Pelatiah H6410 the son H1121 of Benaiah H1141 , princes H8269 of the people H5971 .
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2. Then God spoke to me and said, "Son of man, these are the men who make evil plans for this city. They always tell the people to do evil things.
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2. Then said H559 he unto H413 me, Son H1121 of man H120 , these H428 are the men H376 that devise H2803 mischief H205 , and give H3289 wicked H7451 counsel H6098 in this H2063 city H5892 :
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3. These men say, 'We will be building our houses again very soon. We are as safe in this city as meat in a pot!'
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3. Which say H559 , It is not H3808 near H7138 ; let us build H1129 houses H1004 : this H1931 city is the caldron H5518 , and we H587 be the flesh H1320 .
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4. So you must speak to the people for me. Son of man, go prophesy to the people."
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4. Therefore H3651 prophesy H5012 against H5921 them, prophesy H5012 , O son H1121 of man H120 .
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5. Then the Spirit of the Lord came on me. He said to me, "Tell them that this is what the Lord said: House of Israel, you are planning big things. But I know what you are thinking.
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5. And the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 fell H5307 upon H5921 me , and said H559 unto H413 me, Speak H559 ; Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Thus H3651 have ye said H559 , O house H1004 of Israel H3478 : for I H589 know H3045 the things that come H4609 into your mind H7307 , every one of them.
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6. You have killed many people in this city. You have filled the streets with dead bodies.
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6. Ye have multiplied H7235 your slain H2491 in this H2063 city H5892 , and ye have filled H4390 the streets H2351 thereof with the slain H2491 .
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7. Now, the Lord God says this, 'The dead bodies are the meat, and the city is the pot. But he (Nebuchadnezzar) will come and take you out of this safe pot.
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7. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Your slain H2491 whom H834 ye have laid H7760 in the midst H8432 of it, they H1992 are the flesh H1320 , and this H1931 city is the caldron H5518 : but I will bring you forth H3318 H853 out of the midst H4480 H8432 of it.
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8. You are afraid of the sword, but I am bringing the sword against you!'" This is what the Lord God said.
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8. Ye have feared H3372 the sword H2719 ; and I will bring H935 a sword H2719 upon H5921 you, saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 .
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9. He also said, "I will take you out of this city and give you to strangers. I will punish you.
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9. And I will bring H3318 you out of the midst H4480 H8432 thereof , and deliver H5414 you into the hands H3027 of strangers H2114 , and will execute H6213 judgments H8201 among you.
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10. You will die by the sword. I will punish you here in Israel, so you will know that I am the Lord.
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10. Ye shall fall H5307 by the sword H2719 ; I will judge H8199 you in H5921 the border H1366 of Israel H3478 ; and ye shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 .
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11. Yes, this place will be the cooking pot, and you will be the meat cooking in it. I will punish you here in Israel.
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11. This H1931 city shall not H3808 be H1961 your caldron H5518 , neither shall ye H859 be H1961 the flesh H1320 in the midst H8432 thereof; but I will judge H8199 you in H413 the border H1366 of Israel H3478 :
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12. Then you will know that I am the Lord. It was my law that you broke. You did not obey my commands. You decided to live like the nations around you."
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12. And ye shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 : for H834 ye have not H3808 walked H1980 in my statutes H2706 , neither H3808 executed H6213 my judgments H4941 , but have done H6213 after the manners H4941 of the heathen H1471 that H834 are round about H5439 you.
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13. As soon as I finished speaking for God, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died! I fell to the ground. I bowed with my face touching the ground and said, "Oh Lord God, you are going to completely destroy all the survivors of Israel!"
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13. And it came to pass H1961 , when I prophesied H5012 , that Pelatiah H6410 the son H1121 of Benaiah H1141 died H4191 . Then fell I down H5307 upon H5921 my face H6440 , and cried H2199 with a loud H1419 voice H6963 , and said H559 , Ah H162 Lord H136 GOD H3069 ! wilt thou H859 make H6213 a full end H3617 H853 of the remnant H7611 of Israel H3478 ?
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14. But then the word of the Lord came to me. He said,
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14. Again the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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15. "Son of man, remember your brothers, the family of Israel. They were forced to leave their country, but I will bring them back. But now, the people living in Jerusalem are saying, 'Stay far away from the Lord. This land was given to us�it is ours!'
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15. Son H1121 of man H120 , thy brethren H251 , even thy brethren H251 , the men H376 of thy kindred H1353 , and all H3605 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 wholly H3605 , are they unto whom H834 the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 have said H559 , Get you far H7368 from H4480 H5921 the LORD H3068 : unto us is this H1931 land H776 given H5414 in possession H4181 .
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16. "So tell them this: The Lord God says, 'It is true, I forced my people to go far away to other nations. I did scatter them among many countries. But I will be their temple for a short time while they are in those other countries.
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16. Therefore H3651 say H559 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Although H3588 I have cast them far off H7368 among the heathen H1471 , and although H3588 I have scattered H6327 them among the countries H776 , yet will I be H1961 to them as a little H4592 sanctuary H4720 in the countries H776 where H834 H8033 they shall come H935 .
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17. But you must tell those people that the Lord God Lord will bring them back. I have scattered you among many nations, but I will gather you together and bring you back from those nations. I will give the land of Israel back to you.
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17. Therefore H3651 say H559 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; I will even gather H6908 you from H4480 the people H5971 , and assemble H622 you out of H4480 the countries H776 where H834 ye have been scattered H6327 , and I will give H5414 you H853 the land H127 of Israel H3478 .
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18. When my people come back, they will destroy all the terrible, filthy idols that are here now.
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18. And they shall come H935 thither H8033 , and they shall take away H5493 H853 all H3605 the detestable things H8251 thereof and all H3605 the abominations H8441 thereof from H4480 thence.
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19. I will bring them together and make them like one person. I will put a new spirit in them. I will take away that heart of stone, and I will put a real heart in its place.
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19. And I will give H5414 them one H259 heart H3820 , and I will put H5414 a new H2319 spirit H7307 within H7130 you ; and I will take H5493 the stony H68 heart H3820 out of their flesh H4480 H1320 , and will give H5414 them a heart H3820 of flesh H1320 :
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20. Then they will obey my laws and my commands. They will do the things I tell them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.'"
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20. That H4616 they may walk H1980 in my statutes H2708 , and keep H8104 mine ordinances H4941 , and do H6213 them H853 : and they shall be H1961 my people H5971 , and I H589 will be H1961 their God H430 .
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21. Then God said, "But now, their hearts belong to those terrible, filthy idols, and I must punish those people for the bad things they did." This is what the Lord God said.
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21. But as for them whose heart H3820 walketh H1980 after H413 the heart H3820 of their detestable things H8251 and their abominations H8441 , I will recompense H5414 their way H1870 upon their own heads H7218 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 .
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22. Then the Cherub angels raised their wings and flew into the air. The wheels went with them. The Glory of the God of Israel was above them.
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22. Then did the cherubims H3742 lift up H5375 H853 their wings H3671 , and the wheels H212 beside H5980 them ; and the glory H3519 of the God H430 of Israel H3478 was over H5921 them above H4480 H4605 .
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23. The Glory of the Lord rose into the air and left the city and stopped on the hill east of Jerusalem.
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23. And the glory H3519 of the LORD H3068 went up H5927 from H4480 H5921 the midst H8432 of the city H5892 , and stood H5975 upon H5921 the mountain H2022 which H834 is on the east side H4480 H6924 of the city H5892 .
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24. Then the Spirit lifted me into the air and brought me back to Babylonia. It brought me back to the people who were forced to leave Israel. I saw all this in the vision of God. Then {the one I saw} in the vision rose into the air and left me.
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24. Afterwards the spirit H7307 took me up H5375 , and brought H935 me in a vision H4758 by the Spirit H7307 of God H430 into Chaldea H3778 , to H413 them of the captivity H1473 . So the vision H4758 that H834 I had seen H7200 went up H5927 from H4480 H5921 me.
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25. Then I spoke to the people in exile. I told them about everything the Lord showed me.
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25. Then I spoke H1696 unto H413 them of the captivity H1473 H853 all H3605 the things H1697 that H834 the LORD H3068 had showed H7200 me.
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