1And the spirit raised me [up], and led me within to the east gate of the house of the Lord, that beholdeth the rising of the sun. And lo! in the entering of the gate were five and twenty men; and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah, the son of Azur, and Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

2And he said to me, Thou, son of man, these be the men that think wickedness, and treat the worst counsel in this city,

3and say, Whether houses were not builded a while ago? this is the cauldron, forsooth we be fleshes.

4Therefore prophesy thou of them, prophesy thou, son of man.

5And the Spirit of the Lord fell into me, and said to me, Speak thou, The Lord saith these things, Ye house of Israel spake thus, and I knew the thoughts of your heart;

6ye killed full many men in this city, and ye filled the ways thereof with slain men.

7Therefore the Lord saith these things, Your slain men, which ye putted in the midst thereof, these be the fleshes, and this is the cauldron; and I shall lead you out of the midst thereof.

8Ye dreaded sword, and I shall bring in a sword on you, saith the Lord God.

9And I shall cast you out of the midst thereof, and I shall give you into the hand of enemies, and I shall make dooms in you.

10By sword ye shall fall down, I shall deem you in the ends of Israel; and ye shall know, that I am the Lord.

11This shall not be to you into a cauldron, and ye shall not be into fleshes in the midst thereof; I shall deem you in the ends of Israel,

12and ye shall know, that I am the Lord. For ye went not in my behests, and ye did not my dooms, but ye wrought by the dooms of heathen men, that be in your compass.

13And it was done, when I prophe-sied, Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, was dead; and I fell down on my face, and I cried with great voice, and said, Alas! alas! alas! Lord God, thou makest [an] ending of the remnants of Israel.

14And the word of the Lord was made to me, and said,

15Son of man, thy brethren, thy brethren, thy kinsmen, and all the house of Israel, and all men, to whom the dwellers of Jerusalem said, Go ye away far from the Lord, the land is given to us into possession.

16Therefore the Lord God saith these things, For I made them to be far off among heathen men, and for I scattered them in lands, I shall be to them into a little hallowing, in the lands to which they came.

17Therefore speak thou, The Lord God saith these things, I shall gather you from peoples, and I shall gather you together from lands, in which ye be scattered; and I shall give the earth of Israel to you.

18And they shall enter thither, and shall do away all offences, [or grievings], and all abominations thereof in that day.

19And I shall give to them one heart, and I shall give a new spirit in the entrails of them; and I shall take away a stony heart from the flesh of them, and I shall give to them an heart of flesh;

20that they go in my commandments, and keep my dooms, and do those [or them]; and that they be into a people to me, and I be into God to them.

21But of which the heart goeth after their offendings and abominations, I shall set [or put] the way of them in their head, saith the Lord God.

22And the cherubims raised [up] their wings, and the wheels went with those [or them], and the glory of God of Israel was on those [or them].

23And the glory of the Lord ascended [or went up] from the midst of the city, and stood on the hill, which is at the east of the city.

24And the spirit raised me, and brought me into Chaldea, to the passing over, in [a] vision by the spirit of God; and the vision which I had seen, was taken away from me.

25And I spake to the passing over all the words of the Lord, which he had showed to me.