<p class="bodytext">Then the Spirit of the <sc>Lordsc> came<n id="1" /> upon me and said to me, &#8220;Say: This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says: &#8216;This is what you are thinking,<n id="2" /> O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds.<n id="3" />

I will break down the wall you coated with whitewash and knock it to the ground so that its foundation is exposed. When it falls you will be destroyed beneath it,<n id="1" /> and you will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>.

All the choice men<n id="1" /> among his troops will die<n id="2" /> by the sword and the survivors will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the <sc>Lord,sc> have spoken!p>

<p class="poetry">I will send a plague into the city<n id="1" /> and bloodshed into its streets;p> <p class="poetry">the slain will fall within it, by the sword that attacks it<n id="2" /> from every side.p> <p class="poetry">Then they will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">A sword will come against Egyptp> <p class="poetry">and panic will overtake Ethiopiap> <p class="poetry">when the slain fall in Egyptp> <p class="poetry">and they carry away her wealthp> <p class="poetry">and dismantle her foundations.p>

<p class="poetry">By the swords of the mighty warriors I will cause your hordes to fall &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">all of them are the most terrifying among the nations.p> <p class="poetry">They will devastate the pride of Egypt,p> <p class="poetry">and all its hordes will be destroyed.p>

Their<n id="1" /> graves are located in the remote slopes of the pit.<n id="2" /> Her assembly is around her grave, all of them struck down by the sword, those who spread terror in the land of the living.p>

You will fall dead on the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the people who are with you. I give you as food to every kind of bird and every wild beast.

<p class="bodytext">Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. As I watched, I noticed<n id="1" /> the glory of the <sc>Lordsc> filling the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple, and I threw myself face down.

You must divide it equally just as I vowed to give it to your forefathers;<n id="1" /> this land will be assigned as your inheritance.<n id="2" />p>

like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds after the rain.<n id="1" /> This was the appearance of the surrounding brilliant light; it looked like the glory of the <sc>Lordsc>. When I saw<n id="2" /> it, I threw myself face down, and I heard a voice speaking.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Clap your hands, stamp your feet, and say, &#8220;Ah!&#8221; because of all the evil, abominable practices of the house of Israel, for they will fall by the sword, famine, and pestilence.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month,<n id="1" /> as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting in front of me, the hand<n id="2" /> of the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> seized me.<n id="3" />

While they were striking them down, I was left alone, and I threw myself face down and cried out, &#8220;Ah, sovereign <sc>Lordsc>! Will you destroy the entire remnant of Israel when you pour out your fury on Jerusalem?&#8221;p>

<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>

I will direct<n id="1" /> my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in rage. They will cut off your nose and your ears,<n id="2" /> and your survivors will die<n id="3" /> by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your survivors will be consumed by fire.

<p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;Therefore this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">Woe to the city of bloodshed,p> <p class="poetry">the pot whose rot<n id="1" /> is in it,p> <p class="poetry">whose rot has not been removed<n id="2" /> from it!p> <p class="poetry">Empty it piece by piece.p> <p class="poetry">No lot has fallen on it.<n id="3" />p>

Say to the house of Israel, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Realize I am about to desecrate my sanctuary &#8211; the source of your confident pride,<n id="1" /> the object in which your eyes delight,<n id="2" /> and your life&#8217;s passion.<n id="3" /> Your very own sons and daughters whom you have left behind will die<n id="4" /> by the sword.

So this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: I will stretch out my hand against Edom, and I will kill the people and animals within her,<n id="1" /> and I will make her desolate; from Teman to Dedan they will die<n id="2" /> by the sword.

<p class="poetry">Your wealth, products, and merchandise, your sailors and captains,p> <p class="poetry">your ship&#8217;s carpenters,<n id="1" /> your merchants,p> <p class="poetry">and all your fighting men within you,p> <p class="poetry">along with all your crew who are in you,p> <p class="poetry">will fall into the heart of the seas on the day of your downfall.p>