Ezekiel 10–12

10Then I looked, and, behold, in ^athe firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them ^bas it were a sapphire stone, ^bas the appearance of the likeness of ^ca throne. ²And he spake unto ^dthe man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between ^ethe wheels, even under the cherub, and fill ^†thine hand with ^fcoals of fire from between the cherubims, and ^gscatter them over the city. And he went in ^hin my sight. ³Now the cherubims stood ⁱon the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled ^jthe inner court. ⁴Then ^kthe glory of the Lord ^†went up from the cherub, and stood over ^lthe threshold of the house; and ^mthe house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of ^knthe brightness of the Lord’s glory. ⁵And ⁿⁿthe sound of the cherubims’ wings was heard even to the outer court, ⁿas the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh. ⁶And it came to pass, that when he had commanded ^dthe man clothed with linen, saying, ^oTake fire from between ^ethe wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels. ⁷And one cherub ^†stretched forth his hand from between the cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took thereof, and put it into ^othe hands of ^dhim that was clothed with linen: who took it, and went out.

^8pAnd there appeared in the cherubims ^qthe form of a man’s hand under their wings. ^9rAnd when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and ^sthe appearance of the wheels was as ^tthe colour of a beryl stone. ¹⁰And as for their appearances, ^sthey four had one likeness, ^sas if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. ^11uWhen they went, they went ^vupon their four sides; ^uthey turned not as they went, but ^wto the place whither the head looked they followed it; ^uthey turned not as they went. ¹²And their whole ^†body, and ^xtheir backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were ^xfull of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had. ¹³As for ^ethe wheels, ^||it was cried unto them in my hearing, ^eO wheel. ^14zAnd every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and ^athe second face was the face of a man, and ^athe third the face of a lion, and ^athe fourth the face of an eagle. ¹⁵And the cherubims ^bwere lifted up. ^cThis is the living creature that I saw ^dby the river of Chebar. ^16eAnd when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: ^eand when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them. ^17fWhen they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these ^blifted up themselves also: for ^gthe spirit ^||of the living creature was in them.

¹⁸Then ^hthe glory of the Lord ⁱdeparted from off ^hthe threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims. ^19jAnd the cherubims lifted up their wings, and ^bmounted up from the earth ^kin my sight: when they went out, ^jthe wheels also were ^lbeside them, and every one stood at the door of ^mthe east gate of the Lord’s house; and ^hjthe glory of the God of Israel was over them above. ^20cThis is the living creature that I saw ⁿunder the God of Israel ^dby the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the ^ocherubims. ^21pEvery one had four faces apiece, ^pand every one four wings; and ^qthe likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. ^22rAnd the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw ^dby the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: ^sthey went every one straight forward.

11Moreover ^athe spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto ^bthe east gate of the Lord’s house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate ^cfive and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of ^dAzur, and ^ePelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. ²Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: ^3fWhich say, ^||gIt is not near; ^hlet us build houses: ⁱthis city is the caldron, and we be the flesh. ⁴Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man. ^5kAnd the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the Lord; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know ^lthe things that come into your mind, every one of them. ^6mYe have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain. ⁷Therefore thus saith the Lord God; ⁿYour slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, ^othey are the flesh, and this city is ⁱthe caldron: but ^pI will bring you forth out of the midst of it. ^8qYe have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord God. ⁹And ^pI will bring you out of the midst thereof, and ^rdeliver you into the hands of strangers, and ^swill execute judgments among you. ^10tYe shall fall by the sword; I will judge you ^uin the border of Israel; ^vand ye shall know that I am the Lord. ^11oThis city shall not be your ⁱcaldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but ^sI will judge you ^uin the border of Israel: ^12vAnd ye shall know that I am the Lord: ^||for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but ^whave done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.

¹³And it came to pass, when I prophesied, ^xthat ^ePelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then ^yfell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, ^zAh Lord God! ^ywilt thou ^amake a full end of the remnant of Israel? ¹⁴Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, ¹⁵Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the Lord: unto us is this land given in possession. ¹⁶Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet ^bwill I be to them as ^ca little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. ¹⁷Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; ^dI will even gather you from the people, ^dand assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, ^dand I will give you the land of Israel. ¹⁸And they shall come thither, and ^ethey shall take away all ^fthe detestable things thereof and all ^fthe abominations thereof from thence. ¹⁹And ^gI will give them one heart, and I will put ^ha new spirit within you; and I ⁱwill take the stony heart out of their flesh, and ⁱwill give them an heart of flesh: ^20kThat they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and ^lthey shall be my people, ^land I will be their God. ²¹But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of ^ftheir detestable things and ^ftheir abominations, ^mI will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord God.

²²Then ⁿdid the cherubims lift up their wings, and ⁿthe wheels beside them; and ^nothe glory of the God of Israel was over them above. ²³And ^othe glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon ^pthe mountain which is on the east side of the city. ²⁴Afterwards ^qthe spirit took me up, and brought me ^rin a vision by the Spirit of God ^sinto Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me. ²⁵Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the Lord had shewed me.

12The word of the Lord also came unto me, saying, ²Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of ^aa rebellious house, ^bwhich have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: ^afor they are a rebellious house. ³Therefore, thou son of man, ^cprepare thee ^||dstuff for removing, and remove by day ^ddin their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: ^eit may be they will ^eeconsider, ^athough they be a rebellious house. ⁴Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, ^das stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth ^fat even in their sight, ^†as they that go forth into captivity. ^5†gDig thou ^fthrough the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby. ⁶In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in ^hthe twilight: ^fthou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for ⁱI have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel. ⁷And I did so ^jas I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, ^das stuff for captivity, and in the even I ^†digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in ^hthe twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight.

⁸And in the morning came the word of the Lord unto me, saying, ⁹Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, ^athe rebellious house, said unto thee, ^kWhat doest thou? ¹⁰Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; This ^lburden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them. ¹¹Say, ⁱI am your sign: ^mlike as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: ^†they shall remove and go into captivity. ¹²And ^fthe prince that is among them ⁿshall bear upon his shoulder in ^hthe twilight, and shall go forth: ⁿthey shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: ⁿhe shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes. ^13opMy net also will I spread upon him, ^oand he shall be taken in ^qmy snare: and I ^rwill bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; ^syet shall he not see it, ^tthough he shall die there. ¹⁴And ^uvI will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his ^wbands; ^vand I will draw out the sword after them. ^15xAnd they shall know that I am the Lord, ^uwhen ^yI shall scatter them among the nations, and ^ydisperse them in the countries. ^16yyBut I will leave ^†a few men of them ^zfrom the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; ^yythat they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; ^xand they shall know that I am the Lord.

¹⁷Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ¹⁸Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and ^awith…