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He has hedged me in so that I cannot get out; He has made my chain heavy.

They wandered blind in the streets; They have defiled themselves with blood, So that no one would touch their garments.

They tracked our steps So that we could not walk in our streets. Our end was near; Our days were over, For our end had come.

Why do You forget us forever, And forsake us for so long a time?

As for their rims, they were so high they were awesome; and their rims were full of eyes, all around the four of them.

Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. So when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking.

So I opened my mouth, and He caused me to eat that scroll.

And He said to me, "Son of man, feed your belly, and fill your stomach with this scroll that I give you." So I ate, and it was in my mouth like honey in sweetness.

So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.

So I arose and went out into the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, like the glory which I saw by the River Chebar; and I fell on my face.

And you, O son of man, surely they will put ropes on you and bind you with them, so that you cannot go out among them.

I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be mute and not be one to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious house.

For I have laid on you the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days; so you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

And surely I will restrain you so that you cannot turn from one side to another till you have ended the days of your siege.

Then the LORD said, "So shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, where I will drive them."

So I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Indeed I have never defiled myself from my youth till now; I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has abominable flesh ever come into my mouth."

So it [fn] shall be a reproach, a taunt, a lesson, and an astonishment to the nations that are all around you, when I execute judgments among you in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I, the Lord, have spoken.

So I will send against you famine and wild beasts, and they will bereave you. Pestilence and blood shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken."'

In all your dwelling places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate, so that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, your idols may be broken and made to cease, your incense altars may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.

"Yet I will leave a remnant, so that you may have some who escape the sword among the nations, when you are scattered through the countries.