| New American Standard Bible 1995 | International Standard Version |
| 1Moreover, the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the LORD'S house which faced eastward. And behold, there were twenty-five men at the entrance of the gate, and among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people. | 1The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east facing gate of the LORD's Temple. At the entrance of the gate I saw 25 men. Included among them were Azzur's son Jaazaniah and Benaiah's son Pelatiah, who were princes of the people. |
| 2He said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil advice in this city, | 2Then he told me, "Son of Man, these men are plotting evil and are giving wicked advice in this city. |
| 3who say, 'Is not the time near to build houses? This city is the pot and we are the flesh.' | 3They keep saying, 'The right time to build families hasn't yet arrived. The city is the pot and we are the meat.' |
| 4"Therefore, prophesy against them, son of man, prophesy!" | 4Therefore you are to prophesy against them. Prophesy, Son of Man!" |
| 5Then the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and He said to me, "Say, 'Thus says the LORD, "So you think, house of Israel, for I know your thoughts. | 5Just then the Spirit of the LORD took control of me and told me, "You are to say, 'This is what the LORD says: "You've said, O house of Israel, that I know what goes through your mind. |
| 6"You have multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with them." | 6You've increased the number of fatally wounded in this city and you've filled your streets with the dead." |
| 7Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of the city are the flesh and this city is the pot; but I will bring you out of it. | 7Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says, "The corpses that you've laid out in your midst are the meat, and this city is the cooking pot. But you'll be taken out from the middle of it. |
| 8"You have feared a sword; so I will bring a sword upon you," the Lord GOD declares. | 8You've feared the sword, but I'm bringing violent death in your direction," declares the Lord GOD. |
| 9"And I will bring you out of the midst of the city and deliver you into the hands of strangers and execute judgments against you. | 9"I'm bringing you out from the middle of it and I'm going to deliver you into the hands of strangers, because I'm going to carry out my sentence against you. |
| 10"You will fall by the sword. I will judge you to the border of Israel; so you shall know that I am the LORD. | 10You're going to die violently, and I'll judge you as far as the borders of Israel. Then you'll learn that I am the LORD. |
| 11"This city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be flesh in the midst of it, but I will judge you to the border of Israel. | 11This city won't be your cooking pot and neither will you be the meat in it, because I'm going to judge you as far as the borders of Israel. |
| 12"Thus you will know that I am the LORD; for you have not walked in My statutes nor have you executed My ordinances, but have acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you."'" | 12Then you'll learn that I am the LORD, because you didn't live by my statues or obey my ordinances. Instead, you obeyed the ordinances of the nations around you."'" |
| 13Now it came about as I prophesied, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, "Alas, Lord GOD! Will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?" | 13While I was prophesying, Benaiah's son Pelatiah died, so I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice. "Ah, Lord GOD," I said, "are you going to put an end to the survivors within Israel?" |
| 14Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, | 14Then this message came to me from the LORD: |
| 15"Son of man, your brothers, your relatives, your fellow exiles and the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'Go far from the LORD; this land has been given us as a possession.' | 15"Son of Man, your brothers, your other relatives, your fellow exiles, and the entire house of Israel are the people to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'They've abandoned the LORD. This land was given to us for an inheritance.'" |
| 16"Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Though I had removed them far away among the nations and though I had scattered them among the countries, yet I was a sanctuary for them a little while in the countries where they had gone."' | 16"Therefore you are to say, 'This is what the Lord GOD says, "Although I've removed them far away to live among the nations, and although I've scattered them throughout the earth, yet I've continued to be their sanctuary, even for the short time that they will be living in the lands to which they've gone."' |
| 17"Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries among which you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel."' | 17"Therefore you are to say, 'This is what the Lord GOD says, "I'm going to gather you from among the nations, assembling you from the lands among which you have been dispersed. I'll give you the land of Israel. |
| 18"When they come there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from it. | 18When they return from there and cast away all of their loathsome things and detestable practices, |
| 19"And I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them. And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, | 19then I'll give them a united heart, placing a new spirit within them. I'll remove their stubborn heart and give them a heart that's sensitive to me. |
| 20that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God. | 20When they live by my statutes and keep my ordinances by observing them, then they'll be my people and I will be their God. |
| 21"But as for those whose hearts go after their detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down on their heads," declares the Lord GOD. | 21But to those whose hearts delight in loathsome things and detestable practices, I'll bring the consequences of their behavior crashing down on their own heads," declares the Lord GOD.'" |
| 22Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them. | 22Then the cherubim arose, with their wheels alongside, and the glory of Israel's God remained above and over them. |
| 23The glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city and stood over the mountain which is east of the city. | 23The glory of the LORD went up from the middle of the city and stood on the mountain, east of the city. |
| 24And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God to the exiles in Chaldea. So the vision that I had seen left me. | 24Then in a vision from the Spirit of God, the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the exiles in Chaldea. At that point, the vision that I had been observing ended. |
| 25Then I told the exiles all the things that the LORD had shown me. | 25Later, I spoke to the exiles concerning everything the LORD had spoken that I had witnessed. |
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