He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the house of Israel, to rebellious nations who have rebelled against me; both they and their fathers have revolted against me to this very day.

But the house of Israel is unwilling to listen to you, because they are not willing to listen to me, for the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.

When I bring you out from the nations and gather you from the lands where you are scattered, I will accept you along with your soothing aroma. I will display my holiness among you in the sight of the nations.

It is sharpened for slaughter, it is polished to flash like lightning! “‘Should we rejoice in the scepter of my son? No! The sword despises every tree!

They will steal your wealth and loot your merchandise. They will tear down your walls and destroy your luxurious homes. Your stones, your trees, and your soil he will throw into the water.

On that day I will make Israel powerful, and I will give you the right to be heard among them. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

They will no longer be prey for the nations and the wild beasts will not devour them. They will live securely and no one will make them afraid.

Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, with its galleries on either side as 175 feet. The interior of the outer sanctuary and the porch of the court,

Then I looked, and I saw one wheel on the ground beside each of the four beings.

I have determined that the number of the years of their iniquity are to be the number of days for you – 390 days. So bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

Doom is coming upon you who live in the land! The time is coming, the day is near. There are sounds of tumult, not shouts of joy, on the mountains.

“‘For testing will come, and what will happen when the scepter, which the sword despises, is no more? declares the sovereign Lord.’

To arouse anger, to take vengeance, I have placed her blood on an exposed rock so that it cannot be covered up.

So I prophesied as I was commanded, and the breath came into them; they lived and stood on their feet, an extremely great army.

Then he measured the width from before the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court as 175 feet on the east and on the north.

I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the sovereign Lord.”

Then I said, “O sovereign Lord! They are saying of me, ‘Does he not simply speak in eloquent figures of speech?’”

“And you, son of man, groan with an aching heart and bitterness; groan before their eyes.

But she increased her prostitution. She saw men carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans carved in bright red,

Yet she increased her prostitution, remembering the days of her youth when she engaged in prostitution in the land of Egypt.