God

`Son of man, thy brethren, thy brethren, men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel--all of it, are they to whom inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Keep far off from Jehovah;

it is ours, the land hath been given for an inheritance; therefore say: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because I put them afar off among nations, And because I scattered them through lands, I also am to them for a little sanctuary, In lands whither they have gone in.

Therefore say: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And I have assembled you from the peoples, And I have gathered you from the lands, Into which ye have been scattered, And I have given to you the ground of Israel.

And I have given to them one heart, And a new spirit I do give in your midst, And I have turned the heart of stone out of their flesh, And I have given to them a heart of flesh.

So that in My statutes they walk, And My judgments they keep, and have done them, And they have been to me for a people, And I am to them for God.

As to those whose heart is going unto the heart Of their detestable and their abominable things, Their way on their head I have put, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'

And the cherubs lift up their wings, and the wheels are over-against them, and the honour of the God of Israel is over them above.

And the honour of Jehovah goeth up from off the midst of the city, and standeth on the mountain, that is on the east of the city.

And a spirit hath lifted me up, and bringeth me in to Chaldea, unto the Removed, in a vision, by the Spirit of God, and go up from off me doth the vision that I have seen;

and I speak unto the Removed all the matters of Jehovah that He hath shewed me.

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

Before their eyes on the shoulder thou dost bear, in the darkness thou dost bring forth, thy face thou dost cover, and thou dost not see the earth, for a type I have given thee to the house of Israel.'

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, in the morning, saying,

say unto them, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: `The prince is this burden in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel who are in their midst.

Say: I am your type; as I have done so it is done to them, into a removal, into a captivity, they do go.

And I have spread My net for him, and he hath been caught in My snare, and I have brought him in to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, and it he doth not see--and there doth he die.

`And all who are round about him to help him, and all his bands, I do scatter to every wind, and a sword I draw out after them.

And they have known that I am Jehovah, in My scattering them among nations, and I have spread them through lands;

and I have left of them, a few in number, from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence, so that they recount all their abominations among the nations whither they have come, and they have known that I am Jehovah.'

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

and thou hast said unto the people of the land, Thus said the Lord Jehovah concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, concerning the land of Israel: Their bread with fear they do eat, and their water with astonishment drink, because its land is desolate, because of its fulness, because of the violence of all who are dwelling in it.

And the cities that are inhabited are laid waste, and the land is a desolation, and ye have known that I am Jehovah.'

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

therefore say unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have caused this simile to cease, And they use it not as a simile again in Israel, But speak to them: Drawn near have the days, And spoken hath every vision.

For I am Jehovah, I speak, The word that I speak--it is done, It is not prolonged any more, For, in your days, O rebellious house, I speak a word, and I have done it, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'