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So the Babylonian king gave him a regular food allowance as long as he lived. This continued until the day of his death.

Jerusalem, once so full of people, is now deserted. She who was once great among the nations now sits alone like a widow. Once the queen of all the earth, she is now a slave.

Jerusalem has sinned greatly, so she has been tossed away like a filthy rag. All who once honored her now despise her, for they have seen her stripped naked and humiliated. All she can do is groan and hide her face.

Your prophets have said so many foolish things, false to the core. They did not save you from exile by pointing out your sins. Instead, they painted false pictures, filling you with false hope.

So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the Lord .

You have hidden yourself in a cloud so our prayers cannot reach you.

They wandered blindly through the streets, so defiled by blood that no one dared touch them.

"Get away!" the people shouted at them. "You're defiled! Don't touch us!" So they fled to distant lands and wandered among foreign nations, but none would let them stay.

Why do you continue to forget us? Why have you abandoned us for so long?

Under each of their four wings I could see human hands. So each of the four beings had four faces and four wings.

The spirit of the living beings was in the wheels. So wherever the spirit went, the wheels and the living beings also went.

So I opened my mouth, and he fed me the scroll.

I have made your forehead as hard as the hardest rock! So don't be afraid of them or fear their angry looks, even though they are rebels."

So I got up and went, and there I saw the glory of the Lord , just as I had seen in my first vision by the Kebar River. And I fell face down on the ground.

There, son of man, you will be tied with ropes so you cannot go out among the people.

And I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be speechless and unable to rebuke them, for they are rebels.

Show the city under siege. Build a wall around it so no one can escape. Set up the enemy camp, and surround the city with siege ramps and battering rams.

I will tie you up with ropes so you won't be able to turn from side to side until the days of your siege have been completed.

"So I will turn you into a ruin, a mockery in the eyes of the surrounding nations and to all who pass by.

Disease will strike down those who are far away in exile. War will destroy those who are nearby. And anyone who survives will be killed by famine. So at last I will spend my fury on them.