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The appearance of the wheels and their construction was like the appearance of beryl, and they all looked alike, and their appearance and their construction was like a wheel within a wheel.

Wherever the spirit went they would go there, and the wheels rose, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

At their going, they go, and at their standing, they stood, and at their being lifted up from on the earth, the wheels rose, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

And I heard the sound of their wings like the sound of many waters, like the voice of Shaddai, and when they moved there was a sound of tumult like the sound of an army; when they stood still they lowered their wings.

And there was a sound from above the expanse that was above their heads, and when they stood they lowered their wings.

And he said to me, "Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to nations who are rebelling, who rebelled against me, they and their ancestors, they transgressed against me until this very day.

And they, whether they listen or whether they fail to listen, for they are a rebellious house, they will know that a prophet was in their midst.

And you, son of man, you must not be afraid of them, and you must not be afraid of their words, because briers and thorns are with you, and you are sitting among scorpions. You must not be afraid of their words, and you must not be dismayed because of their looks, for they are a rebellious house.

And you must speak my words to them whether they listen or whether they fail to listen, for they are rebellious.

and not to many nations of obscure speech and a difficult language whose words you do not understand, for if I had sent you to them they would have listened to you.

And the house of Israel, they are not willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me, for all of the house of Israel is hard of forehead, and they are hard of heart.

Like a diamond harder than flint I have made your forehead; you must not fear them, and you must not be dismayed on account of them, for they are a rebellious house.

And come, go to the exiles, to the children of your people, and you must speak to them, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh!' whether they listen or whether they fail to listen."

And I went to the exiles at Tel Abib, who were dwelling near the Kebar River, and I sat where they were dwelling. I sat there seven days in the midst of them, stunned.

and you, son of man, look, they will place cords on you, and they will tie you up with them. Then you will not go out into the midst of them.

And I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silenced, and you will not be a reproving man for them, for they are a rebellious house.

And when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you must say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "The one hearing him, let him hear, and the one failing to hear, let him fail,"' for they are a rebellious house.

And he said to me, "Son of man, look, I am going to break the supply of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread by weight, anxiously, and rationed water, and they will drink with horror,

so that they will lack food and water, and they will be appalled with one another, and they will waste away because of their guilt.

But she has rebelled against my regulations to the point of wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are around her; for they rejected my regulations, and as for my statutes, they did not walk in them.