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They will not need to take wood out of the field or cut down any trees in the forests, for they will make their fires of the weapons; they will despoil those who despoiled them, and plunder those who plundered them, says the Lord God .

All the people of the land shall bury them; and it will bring them honor on the day that I show my glory, says the Lord God .

As for you, mortal, thus says the Lord God : Speak to the birds of every kind and to all the wild animals: Assemble and come, gather from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great sacrificial feast on the mountains of Israel, and you shall eat flesh and drink blood.

And you shall be filled at my table with horses and charioteers, with warriors and all kinds of soldiers, says the Lord God .

The house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God, from that day forward.

Therefore thus says the Lord God : Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name.

Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God because I sent them into exile among the nations, and then gathered them into their own land. I will leave none of them behind;

and I will never again hide my face from them, when I pour out my spirit upon the house of Israel, says the Lord God .

He brought me, in visions of God, to the land of Israel, and set me down upon a very high mountain, on which was a structure like a city to the south.

And there, the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the east; the sound was like the sound of mighty waters; and the earth shone with his glory.

Then he said to me: Mortal, thus says the Lord God : These are the ordinances for the altar: On the day when it is erected for offering burnt offerings upon it and for dashing blood against it,

you shall give to the levitical priests of the family of Zadok, who draw near to me to minister to me, says the Lord God , a bull for a sin offering.

When these days are over, then from the eighth day onward the priests shall offer upon the altar your burnt offerings and your offerings of well-being; and I will accept you, says the Lord God .

The Lord said to me: This gate shall remain shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter by it; for the Lord , the God of Israel, has entered by it; therefore it shall remain shut.

Say to the rebellious house, to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God : O house of Israel, let there be an end to all your abominations

Thus says the Lord God : No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the people of Israel, shall enter my sanctuary.

Because they ministered to them before their idols and made the house of Israel stumble into iniquity, therefore I have sworn concerning them, says the Lord God , that they shall bear their punishment.

But the levitical priests, the descendants of Zadok, who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, shall come near to me to minister to me; and they shall attend me to offer me the fat and the blood, says the Lord God .

On the day that he goes into the holy place, into the inner court, to minister in the holy place, he shall offer his sin offering, says the Lord God .

Thus says the Lord God : Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Cease your evictions of my people, says the Lord God .