<t /><p class="bodytext">Then a wind lifted me up<n id="1" /> and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me as the glory of the <sc>Lordsc> rose from its place,<n id="2" />

He said to me, &#8220;You will see them practicing even greater abominations!&#8221;p>

He said to me, &#8220;Do you see this, son of man? You will see even greater abominations than these!&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then he shouted in my ears, &#8220;Approach,<n id="1" /> you who are to visit destruction on the city, each with his destructive weapon in his hand!&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;This will be the border of the land:<n id="1" /> On the north side, from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon to the entrance of Zedad;

On the west side the Great Sea will be the boundary to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This is the west side.p>

<p class="bodytext">He said to me, &#8220;Son of man, do you see what they are doing &#8211; the great abominations that the people<n id="1" /> of Israel are practicing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see greater abominations than these!&#8221;p>

Say to them: &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;A great eagle<n id="2" /> with broad wings, long feathers,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">with full plumage which was multi-hued,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">came to Lebanon<n id="5" /> and took the top of the cedar.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;There was another great eagle<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">with broad wings and thick plumage.p> <p class="poetry">Now this vine twisted its roots toward himp> <p class="poetry">and sent its branches toward himp> <p class="poetry">to be watered from the soil where it was planted.p>

and the sound of the living beings&#8217; wings brushing against each other, and the sound of the wheels alongside them, a great rumbling sound.

Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare<n id="1" /> them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them.&#8221;p>

Your older sister was Samaria, who lived north<n id="1" /> of you with her daughters, and your younger sister, who lived south<n id="2" /> of you, was Sodom<n id="3" /> with her daughters.

Then you will remember your conduct, and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not on account of my covenant with you.

Pharaoh with his great army and mighty horde will not help<n id="1" /> him in battle, when siege ramps are erected and siege-walls are built to kill many people.

Oholah was the name of the older and Oholibah<n id="1" /> the name of her younger sister. They became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters.<n id="2" /> Oholah is Samaria and Oholibah is Jerusalem.p>

I will exact great vengeance upon them with angry rebukes.<n id="1" /> Then they will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>, when I exact my vengeance upon them.&#8217;&#8221;p>

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

and come from your place, from the remote parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a vast army.

In my zeal, in the fire of my fury,<n id="1" /> I declare that on that day there will be a great earthquake<n id="2" /> in the land of Israel.

On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, the river,<n id="1" /> to the Great Sea. This is the south side.