1And the Spirit lifted me up, and he brought me to the east gate of the house of the Lord, which looks toward the rising of the sun. And behold, at the entrance to the gate were twenty-five men. And I saw, in their midst, Jaazaniah, the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.

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Ezekiel 3:12, Ezekiel 11:24, Ezekiel 3:14, Ezekiel 8:16, Ezekiel 11:13

2And he said to me: “Son of man, these are men who devise iniquity. And they offer a wicked counsel in this city,

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Isaiah 30:1, Isaiah 30:1, Psalms 52:2, Psalms 2:1, Psalms 2:2

3saying: ‘Was it so long ago that houses were being built? This city is a cooking pot, and we are the meat.’

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Ezekiel 12:27, Ezekiel 12:22, Ezekiel 12:27, Ezekiel 12:22, Isaiah 5:19

4Therefore, prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.”

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Ezekiel 20:46, Ezekiel 20:47, Ezekiel 3:17, Ezekiel 3:21, Isaiah 58:1

5And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and he said to me: “Speak: Thus says the Lord: So have you spoken, O house of Israel. And I know the thoughts of your heart.

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Jeremiah 17:10, Jeremiah 17:10, Ezekiel 2:2, Ezekiel 2:2, Ezekiel 38:10

6You have killed very many in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain.

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Ezekiel 7:23, Ezekiel 7:23, Ezekiel 22:2, Ezekiel 22:6, Isaiah 1:15

7Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Your slain, whom you have placed in its midst, these are the meat, and this city is the cooking pot. And I will draw you out of its midst.

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Micah 3:2, Micah 3:3, Ezekiel 24:3, Ezekiel 24:13, Micah 3:2

8You have dread the sword, and so I will lead the sword over you, says the Lord God.

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Proverbs 10:24, Proverbs 10:24, Isaiah 24:17, Isaiah 24:18, Isaiah 66:4

9And I will cast you out of its midst, and I will give you over to the hand of the enemies, and I will execute judgments among you.

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Ezekiel 5:8, Ezekiel 5:8, Psalms 106:41, Deuteronomy 28:36, Psalms 106:41

10You will fall by the sword. I will judge you within the borders of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord.

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2 Kings 14:25, 2 Kings 14:25, Jeremiah 39:6, 2 Kings 25:19, 2 Kings 25:21

11This city will not be a cooking pot for you, and you will not be like meat in its midst. I will judge you within the borders of Israel.

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Ezekiel 11:3, Ezekiel 11:3, Ezekiel 11:7, Ezekiel 11:10, Ezekiel 11:7

12And you shall know that I am the Lord. For you have not walked in my precepts, and you have not accomplished my judgments. Instead, you have acted in accord with the judgments of the Gentiles, who are all around you.”

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Ezekiel 8:10, Ezekiel 8:10, Ezekiel 8:14, Ezekiel 8:16, Ezekiel 8:14

13And it happened that, when I prophesied, Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, died. And I fell upon my face, and I cried out with a loud voice, and I said: “Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! Will you cause the consummation of the remnant of Israel?”

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Ezekiel 11:1, Ezekiel 11:1, Ezekiel 9:8, Ezekiel 9:8, Acts 5:5

14And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

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15“Son of man, your brothers, the men among your close relatives, your brothers and the entire house of Israel, are all among those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said: ‘Withdraw far from the Lord; the earth has been given to us as a possession.’

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Ezekiel 33:24, Ezekiel 33:24, John 16:2, Isaiah 66:5, Isaiah 65:5

16Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Since I have caused them to be far away, among the Gentiles, and since I have dispersed them among the lands, I will be a little sanctuary for them within the lands to which they have gone.

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Isaiah 8:14, Isaiah 8:14, Psalms 90:1, Psalms 90:1, Leviticus 26:44

17Because of this, say to them: Thus says the Lord God: I will gather you from among the peoples, and I will unite you, from the lands into which you were dispersed, and I will give the soil of Israel to you.

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Ezekiel 28:25, Ezekiel 28:25, Ezekiel 34:13, Jeremiah 3:18, Ezekiel 34:13

18And they shall go to that place, and they shall remove all the offenses and all its abominations from that place.

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Ezekiel 5:11, Ezekiel 37:23, Ezekiel 5:11, Ezekiel 37:23, Ezekiel 7:20

19And I will give them one heart. And I will distribute a new spirit to their interior. And I will take away the heart of stone from their body. And I will give them a heart of flesh.

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Ezekiel 36:26, Ezekiel 36:27, Ezekiel 36:26, Ezekiel 36:27, Jeremiah 31:33

20So may they may walk in my precepts, and observe my judgments, and accomplish them. And so may they be my people, and I will be their God.

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Ezekiel 14:11, Ezekiel 14:11, Psalms 105:45, Psalms 105:45, Jeremiah 30:22

21But as for those whose heart walks after their offenses and abominations, I will set their own way upon their head, says the Lord God.”

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Ezekiel 9:10, Ecclesiastes 11:9, Ezekiel 9:10, Ecclesiastes 11:9, Ezekiel 11:18

22And the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels with them. And the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

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Ezekiel 10:19, Ezekiel 10:19, Ezekiel 1:19, Ezekiel 1:20, Ezekiel 1:19

23And the glory of the Lord ascended from the midst of the city and stood above the mountain, which is to the east of the city.

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Zechariah 14:4, Zechariah 14:4, Ezekiel 8:4, Ezekiel 8:4, Ezekiel 10:4

24And the Spirit lifted me up, and he brought me into Chaldea, to those of the transmigration, in a vision, in the Spirit of God. And the vision that I had seen was raised up, away from me.

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Ezekiel 8:3, Ezekiel 11:1, Ezekiel 3:12, Ezekiel 8:3, Ezekiel 11:1

25And I spoke, to those of the transmigration, all the words of the Lord that he had revealed to me.

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Ezekiel 3:4, Ezekiel 3:4, Ezekiel 3:27, Ezekiel 3:17, Ezekiel 3:27