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

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

their wings touched each other; they did not turn as they moved, but went straight ahead.

The food you eat will be eight ounces a day by weight; you must eat it at fixed times.

And you must eat the food like you would a barley cake. You must bake it in front of them over a fire made with dried human excrement.”

But take a few strands of hair from those and tie them in the ends of your garment.

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

Can wood be taken from it to make anything useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?

you slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols.

“‘Observe – everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you: “Like mother, like daughter.”

so it would be a lowly kingdom which could not rise on its own but must keep its treaty with him in order to stand.

(though the father did not do any of them). He eats pagan sacrifices on the mountains, defiles his neighbor’s wife,

Her officials are like wolves in her midst rending their prey – shedding blood and destroying lives – so they can get dishonest profit.

In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:

“‘Tarshish was your trade partner because of your abundant wealth; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your products.

You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the choice animals, but you do not feed the sheep!

There were porches all around, 43¾ feet long and 8¾ feet wide.

Then he brought me to the north gate, and he measured it; it had the same dimensions as the others –

He said to me, “This chamber which faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,

It was made with cherubim and decorative palm trees, with a palm tree between each cherub. Each cherub had two faces: