Ezekiel 10–12

¹And I look, and lo, on the expanse that is above the head of the cherubs, as a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne, He hath been seen over them. ²And He speaketh unto the man clothed with linen, and saith, ‘Go in unto the midst of the wheel, unto the place of the cherub, and fill thy hands with coals of fire from between the cherubs, and scatter over the city.’ And he goeth in before mine eyes. ³And the cherubs are standing on the right side of the house, at the going in of the man, and the cloud hath filled the inner court, ⁴and become high doth the honour of Jehovah above the cherub, over the threshold of the house, and the house is filled with the cloud, and the court hath been filled with the brightness of the honour of Jehovah. ⁵And a noise of the wings of the cherubs hath been heard unto the outer court, as the voice of God—the Mighty One—in His speaking. ⁶And it cometh to pass, in His commanding the man clothed with linen, saying, ‘Take fire from between the wheel, from between the cherubs,’ and he goeth in and standeth near the wheel, ⁷that the one cherub putteth forth his hand from between the cherubs unto the fire that is between the cherubs, and lifteth up, and giveth into the hands of him who is clothed with linen, and he receiveth, and cometh forth.

⁸And there appeareth in the cherubs the form of a hand of man under their wings, ⁹and I look, and lo, four wheels near the cherubs, one wheel near the one cherub, and another wheel near the other cherub, and the appearance of the wheels is as the colour of a beryl stone. ¹⁰As to their appearances, one likeness is to them four, as it were the wheel in the midst of the wheel. ¹¹In their going, on their four sides they go; they turn not round in their going, for to the place whither the head turneth, after it they go, they turn not round in their going. ¹²And all their flesh, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, are full of eyes round about; to them four are their wheels. ¹³To the wheels—to them is one calling in mine ears, ‘O wheel!’ ¹⁴And four faces are to each; the face of the one is the face of the cherub, and the face of the second the face of man, and of the third the face of a lion, and of the fourth the face of an eagle. ¹⁵And the cherubs are lifted up, it is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar. ¹⁶And in the going of the cherubs, the wheels go beside them; and in the cherubs lifting up their wings to be high above the earth, the wheels turn not round, even they, from being beside them. ¹⁷In their standing they stand, and in their exaltation they are exalted with them: for the living spirit is in them. ¹⁸And go forth doth the honour of Jehovah from off the threshold of the house, and standeth over the cherubs, ¹⁹and the cherubs lift up their wings, and are lifted up from the earth before mine eyes; in their going forth, the wheels also are over-against them, and he standeth at the opening of the east gate of the house of Jehovah, and the honour of the God of Israel is over them from above. ²⁰It is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar, and I know that they are cherubs. ²¹Four faces are to each, and four wings to each, and the likeness of the hands of man is under their wings. ²²As to the likeness of their faces, they are the faces that I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves; each straight forward they go.

Chapter 11

¹And lift me up doth a spirit, and it bringeth me in unto the east gate of the house of Jehovah, that is facing the east, and lo, at the opening of the gate twenty and five men, and I see in their midst Jaazaniah son of Azzur, and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, heads of the people. ²And He saith unto me, ‘Son of man, these are the men who are devising iniquity, and who are giving evil counsel in this city; ³who are saying, It is not near—to build houses, it is the pot, and we the flesh. ⁴Therefore prophesy concerning them, prophesy, son of man.’ ⁵And fall upon me doth the Spirit of Jehovah, and He saith unto me, ‘Say: Thus said Jehovah: Rightly ye have said, O house of Israel, And the steps of your spirit I have known. ⁶Ye multiplied your wounded in this city, And filled its out-places with the wounded. ⁷Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Your wounded whom ye placed in its midst, They are the flesh, and it is the pot, And you he hath brought out from its midst. ⁸A sword ye have feared, And a sword I bring in against you, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah. ⁹And I have brought you out of its midst, And given you into the hand of strangers, And I have done among you judgments. ¹⁰By the sword ye do fall, On the border of Israel I do judge you, And ye have known that I am Jehovah. ¹¹It is not to you for a pot, Nor are ye in its midst for flesh, At the border of Israel I do judge you. ¹²And ye have known that I am Jehovah, For in My statutes ye have not walked, And My Judgments ye have not done, And according to the judgments of the nations Who are round about you—ye have done!’ ¹³And it cometh to pass, at my prophesying, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah is dying, and I fall on my face, and cry—a loud voice—and say, ‘Ah, Lord Jehovah, an end Thou art making of the remnant of Israel.’

¹⁴And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, ¹⁵‘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; ¹⁶it 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. ¹⁷Therefore 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. ¹⁸And they have gone in thither. And turned aside all its detestable things, And all its abominations—out of it. ¹⁹And 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. ²⁰So 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. ²¹As 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.’

²²And 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. ²³And 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. ²⁴And 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; ²⁵and I speak unto the Removed all the matters of Jehovah that He hath shewed me.

Chapter 12

¹And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, ²‘Son of man, in the midst of the rebellious house thou art dwelling, that have eyes to see, and they have not seen; ears they have to hear, and they have not heard; for a rebellious house are they. ³And thou, son of man, make to thee vessels of removal, and remove by day before their eyes, and thou hast removed from thy place unto another place before their eyes, it may be they consider, for a rebellious house they are. ⁴And thou hast brought forth thy vessels as vessels of removal by day before their eyes, and thou, thou dost go forth at even before their eyes, as the goings forth of a removal. ⁵Before their eyes dig for thee through the wall, and thou hast brought forth by it. ⁶Before 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.’ ⁷And I do so, as I have been commanded; my vessels I have brought forth as vessels of removal by day, and at even I have dug for me through the wall with the hand; in the darkness I have brought forth, on the shoulder I have borne away, before their eyes. ⁸And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, in the morning, saying, ⁹‘Son of man, have they not said unto thee—the house of Israel—the rebellious house—What art thou doing? ¹⁰say 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. ¹¹Say: I am your type; as I have done so it is done to them, into a removal, into a captivity, they do go. ¹²As to the prince who is in their midst, on the shoulder he beareth in the darkness, and he goeth forth, through the wall they dig to bring forth by it, his face he covereth, that he may not look on the very surface of the land. ¹³And 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.

¹⁴‘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. ¹⁵And they have known that I am Jehovah, in My scattering them among nations, and I have spread them through lands; ¹⁶and 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.’

¹⁷And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, ¹⁸‘Son of man, thy bread in haste thou dost eat, and thy water with trembling and with fear thou dost drink; ¹⁹and 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…