Their rims were high and awesome, and the rims of all four wheels were full of eyes all around.

They will enter my sanctuary, and approach my table to minister to me; they will keep my charge.

And as for them, whether they listen or not – for they are a rebellious house – they will know that a prophet has been among them.

So take note, I am about to make you slaves of the tribes of the east. They will make camps among you and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.

According to their uncleanness and rebellion I have dealt with them, and I hid my face from them.

You must speak my words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious.

I will turn my face away from them and they will desecrate my treasured place. Vandals will enter it and desecrate it.

He said to me, “Go in and see the evil abominations they are practicing here.”

He said to me, “You will see them practicing even greater abominations!”

The leaders of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your skilled men, O Tyre, were your captains.

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your clients; they exchanged slaves and bronze items for your merchandise.

Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your trade partners; for lambs, rams, and goats they traded with you.

They traded with you choice garments, purple clothes and embroidered work, and multicolored carpets, bound and reinforced with cords; these were among your merchandise.

“Yet your people say, ‘The behavior of the Lord is not right,’ when it is their behavior that is not right.

My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.

They may eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, and every devoted thing in Israel will be theirs.

But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words – even though briers and thorns surround you and you live among scorpions – do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, for they are a rebellious house!

Yet they will be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the temple, and serving the temple. They will slaughter the burnt offerings and the sacrifices for the people, and they will stand before them to minister to them.

I have made your forehead harder than flint – like diamond! Do not fear them or be terrified of the looks they give you, for they are a rebellious house.”

I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to reprove them, for they are a rebellious house.