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1046 Prophecy of Ezechiel

Gentiles, and because I have scattered them provoking house: who have eyes to see, and see
among the countries: I will be to them a lit- not: and ears to hear, and hear not: for they are
tle sanctuary in the countries whither they are a provoking house.
come. 3 Thou, therefore, O son of man, prepare thee
17 Therefore speak to them: Thus saith the all necessaries for removing, and remove by day
Lord God: I will gather you from among the into their sight: and thou shalt remove out of
peoples, and assemble you out of the countries thy place to another place in their sight, if so
wherein you are scattered, and I will give you be they will regard it: for they are a provoking
the land of Israel. house.
18 And they shall go in thither, and shall take 4 And thou shalt bring forth thy furniture as
away all the scandals, and all the abominations the furniture of one that is removing by day
thereof from thence. in their sight: and thou shalt go forth in the
19 And I will give them one heart, and will evening in their presence, as one goeth forth that
put a new spirit in their bowels: and I will take removeth his dwelling.
away the stony heart out of their flesh, and will 5 Dig thee a way through the wall before their
give them a heart of flesh: eyes: and thou shalt go forth through it.
20 That they may walk in my commandments, 6 In their sight thou shalt be carried out upon
and keep my judgments, and do them: and that men’s shoulders, thou shalt be carried out in the
they may be my people, and I may be their God. dark: thou shalt cover thy face, and shalt not
21 But as for them whose heart walketh after see the ground: for I have set thee for a sign of
their scandals and abominations, I will lay their things to come to the house of Israel.
way upon their head, saith the Lord God. 7 I did therefore as he had commanded me: I
22 And the cherubims lifted up their wings, brought forth my goods by day, as the goods of
and the wheels with them: and the glory of the one that removeth: and in the evening I digged
God of Israel was over them. through the wall with my hand, and I went forth
23 And the glory of the Lord went up from in the dark, and was carried on men’s shoulders
the midst of the city, and stood over the mount in their sight.
that is on the east side of the city. 8 And the word of the Lord came to me in the
morning, saying:
24 And the spirit lifted me up, and brought me
9 Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the
into Chaldea, to them of the captivity, in vision,
by the spirit of God: and the vision which I had provoking house, said to thee: What art thou
doing?
seen was taken up from me.
10 Say to them: Thus saith the Lord God:
25 And I spoke to them of the captivity all
This burden concerneth my prince that is in
the words of the Lord, which he had shewn me.
Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel, that are
among them.
Chapter 12 11 Say: I am a sign of things to come to you:
as I have done, so shall it be done to them: they
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: shall be removed from their dwellings, and go
2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a into captivity.