Moreover the spiritlifted me up, and broughtme untothe eastgateof the LORD's house, which looketheastward: and beholdat the doorof the gatefiveand twentymen; amongwhom I sawJaazaniahthe sonof Azur, and Pelatiahthe sonof Benaiah, princesof the people. Then saidhe untome, Sonof man, these are the menthat devisemischief, and givewickedcounselin thiscity: Which say, It is notnear; let us buildhouses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh. Thereforeprophesyagainstthem, prophesy, O sonof man. And the Spiritof the LORDfelluponme, and saiduntome, Speak; Thussaiththe LORD; Thushave ye said, O houseof Israel: for Iknowthe things that comeinto your mind, every one of them. Ye have multipliedyour slainin thiscity, and ye have filledthe streetsthereof with the slain. Thereforethussaiththe LordGOD; Your slainwhomye have laidin the midstof it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forthout of the midstof it. Ye have fearedthe sword; and I will bringa sworduponyou, saiththe LordGOD. And I will bringyou out of the midstthereof, and deliveryou into the handsof strangers, and will executejudgmentsamong you. Ye shall fallby the sword; I will judgeyou inthe borderof Israel; and ye shall knowthatI am the LORD. This city shall notbeyour caldron, neither shall yebethe fleshin the midstthereof; but I will judgeyou inthe borderof Israel: And ye shall knowthatI am the LORD: forye have notwalkedin my statutes, neitherexecutedmy judgments, but have doneafter the mannersof the heathenthat are round aboutyou. And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiahthe sonof Benaiahdied. Then fell I downuponmy face, and criedwith a loudvoice, and said, AhLordGOD! wilt thoumakea full endof the remnantof Israel? Again the wordof the LORDcameuntome, saying, Sonof man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the menof thy kindred, and allthe houseof Israelwholly, are they unto whomthe inhabitantsof Jerusalemhave said, Get you farfromthe LORD: unto us is thislandgivenin possession. Thereforesay, Thussaiththe LordGOD; AlthoughI have cast them far offamong the heathen, and althoughI have scatteredthem among the countries, yet will I beto them as a littlesanctuaryin the countrieswherethey shall come. Thereforesay, Thussaiththe LordGOD; I will even gatheryou fromthe people, and assembleyou out ofthe countrieswhereye have been scattered, and I will giveyou the landof Israel. And they shall comethither, and they shall take awayallthe detestable thingsthereof and allthe abominationsthereof fromthence. And I will givethem oneheart, and I will puta newspiritwithinyou; and I will takethe stonyheartout of their flesh, and will givethem a heartof flesh: Thatthey may walkin my statutes, and keepmine ordinances, and dothem: and they shall bemy people, and Iwill betheir God. But as for them whose heartwalkethafterthe heartof their detestable thingsand their abominations, I will recompensetheir wayupon their own heads, saiththe LordGOD. Then did the cherubimslift uptheir wings, and the wheelsbesidethem; and the gloryof the Godof Israel was overthem above. And the gloryof the LORDwent upfromthe midstof the city, and stooduponthe mountainwhich is on the east sideof the city. Afterwards the spirittook me up, and broughtme in a visionby the Spiritof Godinto Chaldea, tothem of the captivity. So the visionthatI had seenwent upfromme. Then I spokeuntothem of the captivityallthe thingsthatthe LORDhad showedme.