<p class="poetry">The young men of On and of Pi-beseth<n id="1" /> will die by the sword;p> <p class="poetry">and the cities will go<n id="2" /> into captivity.p>

<p class="poetry">Then I will make their waters calm,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and will make their streams flow like olive oil, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.p>

I will put my Spirit within you;<n id="1" /> I will take the initiative and you will obey my statutes<n id="2" /> and carefully observe my regulations.<n id="3" />

He said to me, &#8220;Son of man, have you seen this?&#8221;p> <p class="bodytext">Then he led me back to the bank of the river.

In the middle<n id="1" /> of the living beings was something like<n id="2" /> burning coals of fire<n id="3" /> or like torches. It moved back and forth among the living beings. It was bright, and lightning was flashing out of the fire.

When they moved, I heard the sound of their wings &#8211; it was like the sound of rushing waters, or the voice of the Almighty,<n id="1" /> or the tumult<n id="2" /> of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.p>

<p class="bodytext">He said to me, &#8220;Son of man, eat what you see in front of you<n id="1" /> &#8211; eat this scroll &#8211; and then go and speak to the house of Israel.&#8221;

As for the form of their faces, they were the faces whose appearance I had seen at the Kebar River. Each one moved straight ahead.p>

Then you will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>, whose statutes you have not followed and whose regulations you have not carried out. Instead you have behaved according to the regulations of the nations around you!&#8217;&#8221;p>

so that they may follow my statutes and observe my regulations and carry them out. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.<n id="1" />

This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit but have seen nothing!

and follows my statutes and observes my regulations by carrying them out.<n id="1" /> That man<n id="2" /> is righteous; he will certainly live,<n id="3" /> declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.p>

refrains from wrongdoing,<n id="1" /> does not engage in usury or charge interest, carries out my regulations and follows my statutes. He will not die for his father&#8217;s iniquity;<n id="2" /> he will surely live.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;But I said to their children<n id="1" /> in the wilderness, &#8220;Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations,<n id="2" /> nor defile yourselves with their idols.

<p class="poetry">I placed you there with an anointed<n id="1" /> guardian<n id="2" /> cherub;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">you were on the holy mountain of God;p> <p class="poetry">you walked about amidst fiery stones.p>

<p class="poetry">In Tahpanhes the day will be dark<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when I break the yoke of Egypt there.p> <p class="poetry">Her confident pride will cease within her;p> <p class="poetry">a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.p>

<p class="poetry">The water made it grow;p> <p class="poetry">underground springs made it grow tall.p> <p class="poetry">Rivers flowed all around the place it was planted,p> <p class="poetry">while smaller channels watered all the trees of the field.<n id="1" />p>

He<n id="1" /> returns what was taken in pledge, pays back what he has stolen, and follows the statutes that give life,<n id="2" /> committing no iniquity. He will certainly live &#8211; he will not die.

I will lead people, my people Israel, across you; they will possess you and you will become their inheritance. No longer will you bereave them of their children.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;My servant David will be king over them; there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow<n id="1" /> my regulations and carefully observe my statutes.<n id="2" />