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"And you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel: "An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.

"Thus says the Lord GOD: "A disaster, a singular disaster; Behold, it has come!

And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house with the elders of Judah sitting before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me there.

He stretched out the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my hair; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven, and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the north gate of the inner court, where the seat of the image of jealousy was, which provokes to jealousy.

And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, like the vision that I saw in the plain.

Now the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherub, where it had been, to the threshold of the temple. [fn] And He called to the man clothed with linen, who had the writer's inkhorn at his side;

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?"

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.

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.

This is the living creature I saw under the God of Israel by the River Chebar, and I knew they were cherubim.

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.

You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you," says the Lord GOD.

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?"

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."'

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."'

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.

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.

So the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was high above them.

Then the Spirit took me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, [fn] to those in captivity. And the vision that I had seen went up from me.

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."'