¹Then I looked, and there, in the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim, appeared the likeness of a throne over them, like the appearance of a sapphire stone.

And He spoke to the man clothed in linen and said, Go in between the whirling wheels, under the cherub, and fill the hollow of your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. And he went in, in my sight.

And the cherubim were standing on the right side of the house when the man went in, and the cloud filled the inner court.

And the glory of Jehovah rose up from the cherub to a place above the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of Jehovah.

And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of the Almighty God when He speaks.

And when He had commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim, the man went and stood beside the wheel.

And the cherub stretched out his hand from between the cherubim toward the fire that was between the cherubim, and he took some up and put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen; and the man took it and went forth.

And with the cherubim appeared the form of a man's hand under their wings.

And I looked, and there were four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like the sight of beryl.

And as for their appearance, the four of them had one likeness, as it were a wheel within a wheel.

As they went, they went in their four directions; they did not turn as they went, but to the place that the head faced they followed; they did not turn as they went.

And their whole body, their backs, their hands, and their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes all around, their wheels belonging to the four of them.

The wheels were called in my hearing the whirling wheels.

And every one had four faces. The first face was the face of a cherub; the second face was the face of a man; the third, the face of a lion; and the fourth, the face of an eagle.

Then the cherubim rose up. This was the living creature that I had seen by the river Chebar.

And whenever the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and whenever the cherubim lifted their wings to rise up from the earth, the wheels also did not turn from beside them.

When those stood still, these stood still; and when those rose up, these rose up with them; for the Spirit of the living creature was in them.

And the glory of Jehovah went forth from over the threshold of the house and stood over the cherubim.

And the cherubim lifted their wings and rose up from the earth in my sight when they went forth, and the wheels were next to them. And they stood at the entrance of the east gate of the house of Jehovah, and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

This was the living creature that I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the river Chebar, and I knew that they were cherubim.

Each one had four faces, and each one had four wings; and the likeness of a man's hands was under their wings.

And as for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces that I had seen by the river Chebar, both their appearance and themselves. Each went  ¹straight forward.

And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the house of Jehovah that faces east; and there, at the entrance of the gate, were twenty-five men. And among them I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azzur and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, rulers of the people.

And He said to me, Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil counsel in this city,

Who say, It is not the time to build houses; the city is the pot and we are the flesh.

Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, son of man.

Then the Spirit of Jehovah fell upon me and said to me, Say, Thus says Jehovah, You speak in this way, O house of Israel, for I know the things that come up in your spirit.

You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain.

Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah, Your slain whom you have put in the midst of the city, they will be the flesh, and the city, the pot; but you  ¹I will bring forth from the midst of it.

You have feared the sword, so I will bring a sword upon you, declares the Lord Jehovah.

I will bring you forth from the midst of it and will give you into the hands of strangers; and I will execute judgments upon you.

You will fall by the sword; I will judge you in the borders of Israel, and you will know that I am Jehovah.

The city will not be a pot to you so that you will be in its midst as flesh; I will judge you in the borders of Israel.

And you will know that I am Jehovah; for you have not walked in My statutes, nor have you done My ordinances, but you have done according to the ordinances of the nations that surround you.

And when I prophesied, Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died; and I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice, and I said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! Are You making a full end to the remnant of Israel?

Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

Son of man, your brothers, your brothers, your kinsmen and the whole house of Israel, all of them, are the ones to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Stay far away from Jehovah; to us was this land given as an inheritance.

Therefore say, Thus says the Lord Jehovah, Though I have sent them far away among the nations and though I have scattered them among the countries, I have been a  ¹sanctuary to them for a little while in the countries where they went.

Therefore say, Thus says the Lord Jehovah, I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries among which you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.

And they will come there and take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from it.

 ¹And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within  ²them; and I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,

That they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them; and they will be My people, and I will be their God.

But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their ways upon their heads, declares the Lord Jehovah.

Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels were next to them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

And the  ¹glory of Jehovah went up from the midst of the city and stood upon the  ²mountain which is east of the city.

And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to Chaldea, to the captives, in a vision by the Spirit of God. And the vision that I had seen went up from me.

Then I told the captives all the things that Jehovah had shown me.

And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

Son of man, you are dwelling in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see but do not see and have ears to hear but do not hear; for they are a rebellious house.

Therefore you, son of man, prepare for yourself baggage for captivity, and go into captivity by day in their sight; indeed you shall go into captivity from your place to another place in their sight. Perhaps they will see that they are a rebellious house.

And you shall bring your baggage forth by day in their sight like baggage for captivity, and you shall go forth in the evening in their sight as captives go forth.

In their sight you shall dig through the wall and bring your baggage through it.

In their sight you shall take it up on your shoulder; in the dark you shall bring it forth. You shall cover your face so that you cannot see the ground, for I have given you as a sign to the house of Israel.

And I did as I was commanded: I brought forth my baggage by day like baggage for captivity, and in the evening I dug through the wall with my hand; in the dark I brought forth the baggage; on my shoulder I took it up in their sight.

Then the word of Jehovah came to me in the morning, saying,

Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, What are you doing?

Say to them, Thus says the Lord Jehovah, This burden pertains to the prince in Jerusalem and to all the house of Israel, which is in it.

Say, I am a sign of you. As I have done, so will it be done to them. They will go into exile, into captivity;

And the prince who is in their midst will take up his baggage on his shoulder in the dark and will go forth; they will dig through the wall in order to bring his baggage forth through it; he will hide his face so that he does not see the  ¹land with his eyes.

I will also spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare; and I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, yet he will not see it and will die there.

And all who surround him to help him and all his armies, I will scatter into every wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.

And they will know that I am Jehovah, when I scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the countries.

But I will keep a small number of men from among them from sword, from famine, and from pestilence that they may recount all their abominations among the nations to which they go; and they will know that I am Jehovah.

Moreover the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with quivering and anxious carefulness;

And say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord Jehovah to the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel, They will eat their bread with anxious carefulness and drink their water with horror so that  ¹their land may be emptied of its fullness because of the violence of all who dwell in it.

And the inhabited cities will be laid waste, and the land will be a desolation; and you will know that I am Jehovah.

And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

Son of man, what is this proverb that you all have concerning the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged and every vision fails?

Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord Jehovah, I will bring this proverb to an end, so that they will no longer have the proverb in Israel. But say to them, The days have drawn near as well as the fulfillment of every vision.

For there will no longer be vain vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.

For it is I, Jehovah, who speaks; whatever word I speak will be performed; it will no longer be delayed; for in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a word and I will perform it, declares the Lord Jehovah.

And again the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

Son of man, the house of Israel now says, The vision that he sees pertains to things many days from now, and he prophesies concerning distant times.

Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord Jehovah, No words of Mine will be delayed any longer, but the word that I have spoken will be performed, declares the Lord Jehovah.