He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? You will see even greater abominations than these!”p>

I saw that she was defiled; both of them followed the same path.

The man said to me, &#8220;Son of man, watch closely, listen carefully, and pay attention<n id="1" /> to everything I show you, for you have been brought here so that I can show it to you.<n id="2" /> Tell the house of Israel everything you see.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">As I watched, I saw<n id="1" /> on the platform<n id="2" /> above the top of the cherubim something like a sapphire, resembling the shape of a throne, appearing above them.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father&#8217;s example.<n id="1" />

(The cherubim appeared to have the form<n id="1" /> of human hands under their wings.)p>

<p class="bodytext">The cherubim rose up; these were the living beings<n id="1" /> I saw at the Kebar River.

They were haughty and practiced abominable deeds before me. Therefore when I saw it I removed them.

It was like the vision I saw when he<n id="1" /> came to destroy the city, and the vision I saw by the Kebar River. I threw myself face down.

<p class="bodytext">Then I looked,<n id="1" /> and I saw one wheel<n id="2" /> on the ground<n id="3" /> beside each of the four beings.

<p class="bodytext">Then I looked and realized a hand was stretched out to me, and in it was a written scroll.

Then I perceived that the glory of the God of Israel was there, as in the vision I had seen earlier in the valley.p>

<p class="bodytext">He brought me to the entrance of the court, and as I watched, I noticed a hole in the wall.

<p class="bodytext">He said to me, &#8220;Go in and see the evil abominations they are practicing here.&#8221;

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

So I told the exiles everything<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> had shown me.p>

Because he considered<n id="1" /> and turned from all the sins he had done, he will surely live; he will not die.

<p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;When she realized that she waited in vain, her hope was lost.p> <p class="poetry">She took another of her cubs<n id="1" /> and made him a young lion.p>

And everyone<n id="1" /> will see that I, the <sc>Lord,sc> have burned it; it will not be extinguished.&#8217;&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Her sister Oholibah watched this,<n id="1" /> but she became more corrupt in her lust than her sister had been, and her acts of prostitution were more numerous than those of her sister.