Ezekiel 24

1 And the cherubims were lifted up: this is the living creature that I had seen by the river Chobar. 2 And when the cherubims went, the wheels also went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings, to mount up from the earth, the wheels stayed not behind, but were by them. 3 When they stood, these stood: and when they were lifted up, these were lifted up: for the spirit of life was in them. 4 And the glory of the Lord went forth from the threshold of the temple: and stood over the cherubims. 5 And the cherubims lifting up their wings, were raised from the earth before me: and as they went out, the wheels also followed: and it stood in the entry of the east gate of the house of the Lord: and the glory of the God of Israel was over them. 6 This is the living creature, which I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chobar: and I understood that they were cherubims. 7 Each one had four faces, and each one had four wings: and the likeness of a man’s hand was under their wings. 8 And as to the likeness of their faces, they were the same faces which I had seen by the river Chobar, and their looks, and the impulse of every one to go straight forward. 10 And the spirit lifted me up, and brought me into the east gate of the house of the Lord, which looketh towards the rising of the sun: and behold in the entry of the gate five and twenty men: and I saw in the midst of them Jezonias the son of Azur, and Pheltias the son of Banaias, princes of the people. 11 And he said to me: Son of man, these are the men that study iniquity, and frame a wicked counsel in this city, 12 Saying: Were not houses lately built? This city is the caldron, and we the flesh. 13 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, thou son of man. 14 And the spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and said to me: Speak: Thus saith the Lord: Thus have you spoken, O house of Israel, for I know the thoughts of your heart. 15 You have killed a great many in this city, and you have filled the streets thereof with the slain. 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Your slain, whom you have laid in the midst thereof, they are the flesh, all this is the caldron: and I will bring you forth out of the midst thereof. 17 You have feared the sword, and I will bring the sword upon you, saith the Lord God. 18 And I will cast you out of the midst thereof, and I will deliver you into the hand of the enemies, and I will execute judgments upon you. 19 You shall fall by the sword: I will judge you in the borders of Israel, and you shall know that I am the Lord. 20 This shall not be as a caldron to you, and you shall not be as flesh in the midst thereof: I will judge you in the borders of Israel. 21 And you shall know that I am the Lord: because you have not walked in my commandments, and have not done my judgments, but you have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you. 22 And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pheltias the son of Banaias died: and I fell down upon my face, and I cried with a loud voice: and said: Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God: wilt thou make an end of all the remnant of Israel? 23 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 24 Son of man, thy brethren, thy brethren, thy kinsmen, and all the house of Israel, all they to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said: Get ye far from the Lord, the land is given in possession to us. 25 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Because I have removed them far off among the Gentiles, and because I have scattered them among the countries: I will be to them a little sanctuary in the countries whither they are come. 26 Therefore speak to them: Thus saith the Lord God: I will gather you from among the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries wherein you are scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. 27 And they shall go in thither, and shall take away all the scandals, and all the abominations thereof from thence.