Gate for the Prince

1 Then He brought me back by the way of the aouter gate of the sanctuary, which faces the east; and it was shut.

2 The Lord said to me, “This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter by it, for the aLord God of Israel has entered by it; therefore it shall be shut.

3 “As for the aprince, he shall sit in it as prince to beat bread before the Lord; he shall center by way of the dporch of the gate and shall go out 1by the same way.”

4 Then He brought me by way of the anorth gate to the front of the house; and I looked, and behold, the bglory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord, and I cfell on my face.

5 The Lord said to me, “Son of man, 1amark well, see with your eyes and hear with your ears all that I say to you concerning all the bstatutes of the house of the Lord and concerning all its laws; and 1mark well the entrance of the house, with all exits of the sanctuary.

6 “You shall say to the 1arebellious ones, to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord 2God, “bEnough of all your abominations, O house of Israel,