“‘What you plan will never happen. You say, “We will be like the nations, like the clans of the lands, who serve gods of wood and stone.”

You will become fuel for the fire – your blood will stain the middle of the land; you will no longer be remembered, for I, the Lord, have spoken.’”

You have not kept charge of my holy things, but you have assigned foreigners to keep charge of my sanctuary for you.

Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall; the coastlands by the sea will be terrified by your passing.’

He said to me, “Son of man, look up toward the north.” So I looked up toward the north, and I noticed to the north of the altar gate was this statue of jealousy at the entrance.

“Therefore, son of man, pack up your belongings as if for exile. During the day, while they are watching, pretend to go into exile. Go from where you live to another place. Perhaps they will understand, although they are a rebellious house.

So now, bear your disgrace, because you have given your sisters reason to justify their behavior. Because the sins you have committed were more abominable than those of your sisters; they have become more righteous than you. So now, be ashamed and bear the disgrace of making your sisters appear righteous.

Again, take more of them and throw them into the fire, and burn them up. From there a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.

While I listened, he said to the others, “Go through the city after him and strike people down; do no let your eye pity nor spare anyone!

This city will not be a cooking pot for you, and you will not be meat within it; I will judge you at the border of Israel.

Its boughs were strong, fit for rulers’ scepters; it reached up into the clouds. It stood out because of its height and its many branches.

Set the empty pot on the coals, until it becomes hot and its copper glows, until its uncleanness melts within it and its rot is consumed.

they will tear out their hair because of you and put on sackcloth, and they will weep bitterly over you with intense mourning.

I will exalt and magnify myself; I will reveal myself before many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’

At the beginning of the wall of the court toward the south, facing the courtyard and the building, were chambers

By means of divine visions he brought me to the land of Israel and placed me on a very high mountain, and on it was a structure like a city, to the south.

(On the fifth day of the month – it was the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s exile –

The slain will fall among you and then you will know that I am the Lord.

I am the Lord your God; follow my statutes, observe my regulations, and carry them out.

It has tried my patience; yet its thick rot is not removed from it. Subject its rot to the fire!