Then he measured the temple as 175 feet long, the courtyard of the temple and the building and its walls as 175 feet long,

“‘No longer will Israel suffer from the sharp briers or painful thorns of all who surround and scorn them. Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.

All who know you among the peoples are shocked at you; you have become terrified and will be no more.’”

“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: In the first month, on the first day of the month, you must take an unblemished young bull and purify the sanctuary.

you are guilty because of the blood you shed and defiled by the idols you made. You have hastened the day of your doom; the end of your years has come. Therefore I will make you an object of scorn to the nations, an object to be mocked by all lands.

“Son of man, of all the woody branches among the trees of the forest, what happens to the wood of the vine?

does not oppress anyone or keep what has been given in pledge, does not commit robbery, gives his food to the hungry, and clothes the naked,

In the fire were what looked like four living beings. In their appearance they had human form,

I gave them my statutes and revealed my regulations to them. The one who carries them out will live by them!

Mark out the routes for the sword to take: “Rabbah of the Ammonites” and “Judah with Jerusalem in it.”

Again he measured 1,750 feet and led me through the water, which was now knee deep. Once more he measured 1,750 feet and led me through the water, which was waist deep.

Their legs were straight, but the soles of their feet were like calves’ feet. They gleamed like polished bronze.

I will hand it over, along with the Ammonites, to the tribes of the east, so that the Ammonites will no longer be remembered among the nations.

“This is what the sovereign Lord says: I will allow the house of Israel to ask me to do this for them: I will multiply their people like sheep.

They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became notorious among women, and they executed judgments against her.

On that day you will be able to speak again; you will talk with the fugitive and be silent no longer. You will be an object lesson for them, and they will know that I am the Lord.”

From the base of the ground to the lower edge is 3½ feet, and the width 1¾ feet; and from the smaller ledge to the larger edge, 7 feet, and the width 1¾ feet;

They had human hands under their wings on their four sides. As for the faces and wings of the four of them,

“‘But I will spare some of you. Some will escape the sword when you are scattered in foreign lands.

Each had four faces; each had four wings and the form of human hands under the wings.