1And the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me into the east gate of the house of Yahweh, which looketh eastward, and lo! in the opening of the gate, twenty-five men,—and I saw, in their midst, Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 2Then said he unto me,—Son of man, These, are the men who are devising iniquity, and who are counselling wicked counsel, in this city; 3who are saying, Not near! let us build houses,—It, is the caldron, and, we, are the flesh! 4Therefore, prophesy against them,—prophesy, Son of man. 5Then fell upon me the Spirit of Yahweh, and he said unto me, Say—Thus, saith Yahweh, Thus, have ye said, O house of Israel,—Yea, the things that come up on your spirit, I, know, every one. 6Ye have multiplied your slain, in this city,—And have filled her streets, with slain. 7Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Your slain, whom ye have laid in her midst, They, are the flesh, and, She, is the caldron,—when, ye, are taken out of her midst. 8A sword, have ye feared,—And, a sword, will I bring in upon you, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh. 9So will I take you forth out of her midst, and will deliver you into the hand of foreigners,—and will execute upon you judgments. 10By the sword, shall ye fall, Upon the boundary of Israel, will I judge you,—So shall, ye know, that, I, am Yahweh. 11This city, shall not serve you for a caldron, Neither shall, ye, serve in the midst thereof, for flesh,—Near the boundary of Israel, will I judge you. 12So shall ye know, that, I, am Yahweh, In whose statutes, ye have not walked, And, whose appointments, ye have not executed,—But, according to the appointments of the nations that are round about you, have ye done. 13And it came to pass, as I prophesied, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah, died,—so then I fell down upon my face, and made outcry with a loud voice, and said—Alas! My Lord, Yahweh! A full end, art thou, making of the remnant of Israel?

14Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying: 15Son of man, Thine own brethren, thine own brethren, the men of thy kindred, even all the house of Israel, all of it, are they to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far away from Yahweh, To us, it is, that the land, hath been given, for a possession! 16Therefore, say, Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh, Although I have removed them far away among the nations, And although I have dispersed them throughout the lands, Yet have I become to them a sanctuary for a little while, in the lands which they have entered. 17Therefore, say, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Therefore will I assemble you, from among the peoples, And gather you, out of the lands wherein ye have been dispersed,—And will give you the soil of Israel. 18So shall they come in thither,—and take away all her detestable things, and all her abominations, out of her; 19And I will give them another heart, And, a new spirit, will I put within you,—And will take away the heart of stone out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh: 20To the end that, in my statutes, they may walk, And, mine appointments, they may keep, and do them,—So shall they become my, people, And, I, will become their, God. 21But, as for them who, having a heart for their detestable things, and for their abominations, after their own heart, do walk, Their way upon their own heads, will I render, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.

22Then did the cherubim, lift up, their wings, the wheels also going in unison with them,—the glory of the God of Israel, being over them, above. 23Thus went up the glory of Yahweh, out from the midst of the city,—and stood on the mountain, which is on the east of the city. 24And, the spirit, lifted me up, and brought me to Chaldea, unto them of the captivity, in the vision, by the Spirit of God,—thus went up from me, the vision which I had seen. 25So I spake unto them of the captivity,—all the words of Yahweh, which he had shewed me.