Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 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.
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Then the Spirit lifted me and took me to the east gate of the LORD's temple. (It's the gate that faces east.) Twenty-five men were at the entrance of the gate. I saw among them Azzur's son Jaazaniah and Benaiah's son Pelatiah. They were leaders of the people.
2 And he said to me: Son of man, these are the men that study iniquity, and frame a wicked counsel in this city,
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Then the LORD said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who plan evil and give bad advice in this city.
3 Saying: Were not houses lately built? This city is the caldron, and we the flesh.
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They say, 'It's almost time to rebuild homes. This city is a cooking pot, and we're the meat.'
4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, thou son of man.
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So prophesy against them. Prophesy, son of man."
5 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.
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The LORD's Spirit came to me and told me to say, "This is what the LORD says: You are saying these things, nation of Israel. But I know what's going through your mind.
6 You have killed a great many in this city, and you have filled the streets thereof with the slain.
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You have killed many people in this city and have filled its streets with corpses.
7 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.
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"So this is what the Almighty LORD says: The corpses that you put in the middle of the city are the meat, and the city is the cooking pot. I will force you out of the city.
8 You have feared the sword, and I will bring the sword upon you, saith the Lord God.
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You are afraid of swords, so I will bring swords to attack you, declares the Almighty LORD.
9 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.
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I will force you out of the city. I will hand you over to foreigners, and I will punish you.
10 You shall fall by the sword: I will judge you in the borders of Israel, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
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You will die in battle. I will judge you at Israel's borders. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
11 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.
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The city will not be your cooking pot, and you will not be the meat in it. I will judge you at Israel's borders.
12 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.
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Then you will know that I am the LORD. You haven't lived by my laws, and you haven't obeyed my rules. You have followed the standards set by the nations around you."
13 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?
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While I was prophesying, Benaiah's son Pelatiah died. I immediately bowed down and cried out, "Almighty LORD, will you completely destroy all the remaining people in Israel?"
14 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
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Then the LORD spoke his word to me. He said,
15 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.
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"Son of man, the people who live in Jerusalem are talking about your own relatives and about the entire nation of Israel. The people who live in Jerusalem say, 'They are far away from the LORD. This land has been given to us as our own property.'
16 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.
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"So tell them, 'This is what the Almighty LORD says: Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, I have been their sanctuary for a little while among the countries where they've gone.'
17 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.
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"So tell them, 'This is what the Almighty LORD says: I will bring them together from the nations and gather them from the countries where I've scattered them. I will give them the land of Israel.
18 And they shall go in thither, and shall take away all the scandals, and all the abominations thereof from thence.
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They will come and remove all the disgusting and detestable things that are there.
19 And I will give them one heart, and will put a new spirit in their bowels: and I will take away the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh:
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I will give them a single purpose and put a new spirit in them. I will remove their stubborn hearts and give them obedient hearts.
20 That they may walk in my commandments, and keep my judgments, and do them: and that they may be my people, and I may be their God.
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Then they will live by my laws and obey my rules. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
21 But as for them whose heart walketh after their scandals and abominations, I will lay their way upon their head, saith the Lord God.
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But as for those whose minds are set on following detestable and disgusting idols, I will pay them back for what they have done, declares the Almighty LORD.'"
22 And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and the wheels with them: and the glory of the God of Israel was over them.
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Then the angels raised their wings, with the wheels beside them. The glory of the God of Israel was above them.
23 And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood over the mount that is on the east side of the city.
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The LORD's glory left the middle of the city and stopped above the mountain east of the city.
24 And the spirit lifted me up, and brought me into Chaldea, to them of the captivity, in vision, by the spirit of God: and the vision which I had seen was taken up from me.
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In this vision from God's Spirit, the Spirit lifted me and brought me to the exiles in Babylonia. Then the vision I saw left me.
25 And I spoke to them of the captivity all the words of the Lord, which he had shewn me.
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I told the exiles everything the LORD had shown me.