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Our fathers sinned, and are gone; It is we who have been burdened with the punishment for their wrongdoings.

The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned!

Why will You forget us forever? Why do You abandon us for so long?

Under their wings on their four sides were human hands. As for the faces and wings of the four of them,

As for the form of their faces, each had a human face; all four had the face of a lion on the right and the face of a bull on the left, and all four had the face of an eagle.

Now as I looked at the living beings, behold, there was one wheel on the ground beside the living beings, for each of the four of them.

As for their rims, they were high and awesome, and the rims of all four of them were covered with eyes all around.

Wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go in that direction. And the wheels rose just as they did; for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.

Whenever those went, they went; and whenever those stopped, they stopped. And whenever those rose from the earth, the wheels rose just as they did; for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.

"As for them, whether they listen or not—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.

"And as for you, son of man, you are not to fear them nor fear their words, though thistles and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions; you are not to fear their words nor be dismayed at their presence, since they are a rebellious house.

"But you shall speak My words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious.

"For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel,

Then I came to the exiles who lived beside the river Chebar at Tel-abib, and I sat there for seven days where they were living, causing consternation among them.

"Son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman for the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from My mouth, warn them from Me.

"When I say to the wicked, 'You will certainly die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way so that he may live, that wicked person shall die for wrongdoing, but his blood I will require from your hand.

"However if you have warned the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he shall die for wrongdoing, but you have saved yourself.

"And as for you, son of man, they will put ropes around you and bind you with them so that you do not go out among them.

"But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you will say to them, 'This is what the Lord GOD says:' The one who hears, let him hear; and the one who refuses, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house.

"Then you are to lie down on your left side and put the wrongdoing of the house of Israel on it; you shall bear their wrongdoing for the number of days that you lie on it.