<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" />

<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="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>

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.

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.

<p class="bodytext">As I watched, I noticed<n id="1" /> a windstorm<n id="2" /> coming from the north &#8211; an enormous cloud, with lightning flashing,<n id="3" /> such that bright light<n id="4" /> rimmed it and came from<n id="5" /> it like glowing amber<n id="6" /> from the middle of a fire.

<p class="bodytext">He said to me, &#8220;The sin of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of murder, and the city is full of corruption,<n id="1" /> for they say, &#8216;The <sc>Lordsc> has abandoned the land, and the <sc>Lordsc> does not see!&#8217;<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Now, while I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I threw myself face down and cried out with a loud voice, &#8220;Alas, sovereign <sc>Lordsc>! You are completely wiping out the remnant of Israel!&#8221;<n id="1" />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>

Sheba and Dedan and the traders of Tarshish with all its young warriors<n id="1" /> will say to you, &#8220;Have you come to loot? Have you assembled your armies to plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to haul away a great amount of spoils?&#8221;&#8217;p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;As for you, son of man, this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Tell every kind of bird and every wild beast: &#8216;Assemble and come! Gather from all around to my slaughter<n id="1" /> which I am going to make for you, a great slaughter on the mountains of Israel! You will eat flesh and drink blood.