Then Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you arrive in Babylon, make sure you read aloud all these prophecies.

The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed at Riblah in the territory of Hamath. So Judah was taken into exile away from its land.

Jehoiachin took off his prison clothes and ate daily in the king’s presence for the rest of his life.

כ (Kaf) The Lord fully vented his wrath; he poured out his fierce anger. He started a fire in Zion; it consumed her foundations.

O Lord, reflect on what has happened to us; consider and look at our disgrace.

Their wings were spread out above them; each had two wings touching the wings of one of the other beings on either side and two wings covering their bodies.

He said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet and I will speak with you.”

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

He unrolled it before me, and it had writing on the front and back; written on it were laments, mourning, and woe.

“Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me.

They will wear sackcloth, terror will cover them; shame will be on all their faces, and all of their heads will be shaved bald.

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

I will bring the most wicked of the nations and they will take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the arrogance of the strong, and their sanctuaries will be desecrated.

He brought me to the entrance of the court, and as I watched, I noticed a hole in the wall.

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

(The cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court.)

When the cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still, and when they rose up, the wheels rose up with them, for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.

You will die by the sword; I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Then the cherubim spread their wings with their wheels alongside them while the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.

So I told the exiles everything the Lord had shown me.