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Our fathers sinned; they no longer exist,but we bear their punishment.

but each of them had four faces and four wings.

“But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them and do not be afraid of their words, even though briers and thorns are beside you and you live among scorpions. Don’t be afraid of their words or discouraged by the look on their faces, for they are a rebellious house.

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

But the house of Israel will not want to listen to you because they do not want to listen to me. For the whole house of Israel is hardheaded and hardhearted.

If I say to the wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him—you don’t speak out to warn him about his wicked way in order to save his life—that wicked person will die for his iniquity. Yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.

But if you warn a wicked person and he does not turn from his wickedness or his wicked way, he will die for his iniquity, but you will have rescued yourself.

But if you warn the righteous person that he should not sin, and he does not sin, he will indeed live because he listened to your warning, and you will have rescued yourself.”

But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you will say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says.’ Let the one who listens, listen, and let the one who refuses, refuse—for they are a rebellious house.

When you have completed these days, lie down again, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah. I have assigned you forty days, a day for each year.

But I said, “Oh, Lord God, I have never been defiled. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything that died naturally or was mauled by wild beasts. And impure meat has never entered my mouth.”

But you are to take a few strands from the hair and secure them in the folds of your robe.

I will not look on you with pity or spare you,but I will punish you for your waysand for your detestable practices within you.Then you will know that I am the Lord.”

They have blown the trumpetand prepared everything,but no one goes to war,for my wrath is on her whole crowd.

He appointed his beautiful ornaments for majesty,but they made their detestable images from them,their abhorrent things.Therefore, I have made theseinto something filthy to them.

Anguish is coming!They will look for peace, but there will be none.

Disaster after disaster will come,and there will be rumor after rumor.Then they will look for a vision from a prophet,but instruction will perish from the priestsand counsel from the elders.

Slaughter the old men, the young men and women, as well as the children and older women, but do not come near anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.

But as for me, I will not show pity or spare them. I will bring their conduct down on their own heads.”

When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved. But wherever the head faced, they would go in that direction, without pivoting as they went.