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The inhabitants will believe this is a false divination because of the oaths upon oaths [that their false prophets have sworn to the contrary]. But it will cause [God] to remember their guilt and thus insure their capture.

"Human being, tell the prince of Tzor that Adonai Elohim says: ‘Because you are so proud and have said, "I am a god; I sit on the throne of God, surrounded by the sea"; yet you are a man, not God, even though you think that you think like God.

"Therefore Adonai Elohim says, ‘Because you think that you think like God,

Will you still say, "I am God," to them who are about to kill you? You are a man, you are not God, in the hands of those who defile you.

you were in ‘Eden, the garden of God; covered with all kinds of precious stones — carnelians, topaz, diamonds, beryl, onyx, jasper, sapphires, green feldspar, emeralds; your pendants and jewels were made of gold, prepared the day you were created.

"‘When your commerce grew, you became filled with violence; and in this way you sinned. Therefore I have thrown you out, defiled, from the mountain of God; I have destroyed you, protecting keruv, from among the stones of fire.

They will have security when they live there, building houses and planting vineyards; yes, they will live in safety, once I have executed judgments against all their contemptuous neighbors. Then they will know that I am Adonai their God.'"

I, Adonai , will be their God; and my servant David will be prince among them. I, Adonai , have spoken.

They will know that I, Adonai their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Isra'el, are my people,' says Adonai Elohim .

‘You, my sheep, the sheep in my pasture, are human beings; and I am your God,' says Adonai Elohim ."

You will live in the land I gave to your ancestors. You will be my people, and I will be your God.

"‘They will never again defile themselves with their idols, their detestable things, or any of their transgressions; but I will save them from all the places where they have been living and sinning; and I will cleanse them, so that they will be my people, and I will be their God.

My home will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.

From that day on, the house of Isra'el will know that I am Adonai their God;

Then they will know that I am Adonai their God, since it was I who caused them to go into exile among the nations, and it was I who regathered them to their own land. I will leave none of them there any more,

In visions God brought me into the land of Isra'el and put me down on a very high mountain; on it, toward the south, it seemed that a city was being built.

There I saw the glory of the God of Isra'el approaching from the east. His voice was like the sound of rushing water, and the earth shone with his glory.

Adonai said to me, "This gate will remain shut; it will not be opened, and no one will go through it; because Adonai , the God of Isra'el, has gone through it. Therefore, it is to be kept shut.

They are to eat the grain offerings, sin offerings and guilt offerings; and everything in Isra'el devoted [to God] will be theirs.

and Adonai handed Y'hoyakim king of Y'hudah over to him, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He took them to the land of Shin‘ar, to the house of his god and placed the articles in the storehouse of his god.