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They committed murders and worshiped idols, which made the land even worse. So in my anger, I punished my people

so tell the Israelites that I am saying: You have disgraced my holy name among the nations where you now live. So you don't deserve what I'm going to do for you. I will lead you home to bring honor to my name

Your trees will be filled with fruit, and crops will grow in your fields, so that you will never again feel ashamed for not having enough food.

The Lord said: Ezekiel, now say to the wind, "The Lord God commands you to blow from every direction and to breathe life into these dead bodies, so they can live again."

So tell them, "I, the Lord God, promise to open your graves and set you free. I will bring you back to Israel,

Hold these two sticks end to end, so they look like one stick.

So keep your troops prepared to fight,

You will attack my people like a storm-cloud that covers their land. I will let you invade my country Israel, so that every nation on earth will know that I, the Lord , am holy.

I, the Lord , will make the mountains of Israel turn against you. Your troops will be so terrified that they will attack each other.

I will set fire to the land of Magog and to those nations along the seacoast that think they are so secure, and they will know that I am the Lord .

The Lord said: After Gog has been destroyed, I will bury him and his army in Israel, in Travelers' Valley, east of the Dead Sea. That graveyard will be so large that it will block the way of anyone who tries to walk through the valley, which will then be known as "The Valley of Gog's Army."

Ezekiel, son of man, I am going to hold a feast on Israel's mountains and offer sacrifices there. So invite all the birds and wild animals to come from every direction and eat the meat of sacrifices and drink the blood. The birds and animals

Now I will show mercy to the people of Israel and bring them back from the nations where they are living. They are Jacob's descendants, so I will bless them and show that I am holy.

So there was a total of eight tables, four inside and four outside, where the animals were killed,

There were three levels of rooms, with thirty rooms on each level, and they rested on ledges that were attached to the temple walls, so that nothing was built into the walls.

The rooms on the bottom level supported those on the two upper levels, and so these rooms did not have columns like other buildings in the courtyard.

and so the temple area was a perfect square. The wall around this area separated what was sacred from what was ordinary.

Israel's kings built their palaces so close to my holy temple that only a wall separated them from me. Then these kings disgraced me with their evil ways, and in my fierce anger I destroyed them.

The people of Israel must suffer shame for sinning against me, so tell them about my holy temple. Let them think about it,

then if they are truly sorry, describe for them the design and shape of the temple, the gates, the measurements, and how the buildings are arranged. Explain the regulations about worshiping there, then write down these things, so they can study and obey them.