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In the vision the spirit of God lifted me up and brought me back to the exiles in Babylonia. Then the vision faded,

I will do this to keep the Israelites from deserting me and defiling themselves by their sins. They are to be my people, and I will be their God." The Sovereign Lord has spoken.

and even if those three men lived there—as surely as I, the Sovereign Lord , am the living God—they would not be able to save even their own children. They would save only their own lives, and the land would become a wilderness.

and even if those three men lived there—as surely as I, the Sovereign Lord , am the living God—they would not be able to save even their children, but only their own lives.

even if Noah, Danel, and Job lived there—as surely as I, the Sovereign Lord , am the living God—they would not be able to save even their own children. Their goodness would save only their own lives."

"As surely as I am the living God," the Sovereign Lord says, "your sister Sodom and her villages never did the evil that you and your villages have done.

"As surely as I am the living God," says the Sovereign Lord , "this king will die in Babylonia because he broke his oath and the treaty he had made with the king of Babylonia, who put him on the throne.

The Sovereign Lord says, "As surely as I am the living God, I will punish him for breaking the treaty which he swore in my name to keep.

"As surely as I am the living God," says the Sovereign Lord , "you will not repeat this proverb in Israel any more.

"Mortal man," he said, "speak to these leaders and tell them that the Sovereign Lord is saying: You have come to ask my will, have you? As surely as I am the living God, I will not let you ask me anything. I, the Sovereign Lord , have spoken.

Tell them what I am saying. When I chose Israel, I made them a promise. I revealed myself to them in Egypt and told them: I am the Lord your God.

I told them to throw away the disgusting idols they loved and not to make themselves unclean with the false gods of Egypt, because I am the Lord their God.

I am the Lord your God. Obey my laws and my commands.

Make the Sabbath a holy day, so that it will be a sign of the covenant we made, and will remind you that I am the Lord your God.

Even today you offer the same gifts and defile yourselves with the same idols by sacrificing your children to them in the fire. And then you Israelites still come to ask what my will is! As surely as I, the Sovereign Lord , am the living God, I will not let you ask me anything.

"As surely as I, the Sovereign Lord , am the living God, I warn you that in my anger I will rule over you with a strong hand, with all my power.

"Mortal man," he said, "tell the ruler of Tyre what I, the Sovereign Lord , am saying to him: Puffed up with pride, you claim to be a god. You say that like a god you sit on a throne, surrounded by the seas. You may pretend to be a god, but, no, you are mortal, not divine.

"Now then, this is what I, the Sovereign Lord , am saying: Because you think you are as wise as a god,

When they come to kill you, will you still claim that you are a god? When you face your murderers, you will be mortal and not at all divine.

You lived in Eden, the garden of God, and wore gems of every kind: rubies and diamonds; topaz, beryl, carnelian, and jasper; sapphires, emeralds, and garnets. You had ornaments of gold. They were made for you on the day you were created.