<p class="poetry">Fine linen from Egypt, woven with patterns, was used for your sailp> <p class="poetry">to serve as your banner;p> <p class="poetry">blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah<n id="1" /> was used for your deck&#8217;s awning.p>

<p class="bodytext">So I said to them: &#8220;The word of the <sc>Lordsc> came to me:

When all this comes true &#8211; and it certainly will<n id="1" /> &#8211; then they will know that a prophet was among them.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">I heard someone speaking to me from the temple, while the man was standing beside me.

<p class="poetry">She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion.p> <p class="poetry">He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion.p> <p class="poetry">He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month,<n id="1" /> the word of the <sc>Lordsc> came to me:

and casks of wine<n id="1" /> from Izal<n id="2" /> they exchanged for your products. Wrought iron, cassia, and sweet cane were among your merchandise.

<t /><p class="bodytext">In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month,<n id="1" /> the word of the <sc>Lordsc> came to me:

<p class="bodytext">In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month,<n id="1" /> the word of the <sc>Lordsc> came to me:

<p class="bodytext">In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month,<n id="1" /> the word of the <sc>Lordsc> came to me:

<t /><p class="bodytext">In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month,<n id="1" /> the word of the <sc>Lordsc> came to me:

<p class="poetry">It was beautiful in its loftiness, in the length of its branches;p> <p class="poetry">for its roots went down deep to plentiful waters.p>

<p class="bodytext">In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month,<n id="1" /> the word of the <sc>Lordsc> came to me:

the word of the <sc>Lordsc> came to the priest Ezekiel<n id="1" /> the son of Buzi,<n id="2" /> at the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians.<n id="3" /> The hand<n id="4" /> of the <sc>Lordsc> came on him there).p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;See here &#8211; this was the iniquity<n id="1" /> of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help<n id="2" /> the poor and needy.

And as for them,<n id="1" /> whether they listen<n id="2" /> or not &#8211; for they are a rebellious<n id="3" /> house<n id="4" /> &#8211; they will know that a prophet has been among them.

Tell the ones who coat it with whitewash that it will fall. When there is a deluge of rain, hailstones<n id="1" /> will fall and a violent wind will break out.<n id="2" />

&#8220;Son of man, of all the woody branches among the trees of the forest, what happens to the wood of the vine?<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">A fire has gone out from its branch; it has consumed its shoot and its fruit.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">No strong branch was left in it, nor a scepter to rule.&#8217;p> <p class="bodytext">This is a lament song, and has become a lament song.&#8221;p>