“Therefore, as surely as I live, says the sovereign Lord, because you defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominable practices, I will withdraw; my eye will not pity you, nor will I spare ¹  you.

Each moved straight ahead ¹  – wherever the spirit ²  would go, they would go, without turning as they went.

He measured the east side with the measuring stick ¹  as 875 feet ²  by the measuring stick.

Bring out your belongings packed for exile during the day while they are watching. And go out at evening, while they are watching, as if for exile.

“Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Like the wood of the vine is among the trees of the forest which I have provided as fuel for the fire – so I will provide the residents of Jerusalem ¹  as fuel. ² 

As for my food that I gave you – the fine flour, olive oil, and honey I fed you – you placed it before them as a soothing aroma. That is exactly what happened, declares the sovereign Lord.

Say, ‘I am an object lesson for you. Just as I have done, it will be done to them; they will go into exile and captivity.’

“‘You took your sons and your daughters whom you bore to me and you sacrificed them ¹  as food for the idols to eat. As if your prostitution not enough,

But as for me, my eye will not pity them nor will I spare ¹  them; I hereby repay them for what they have done.” ² 

They will bear their punishment; ¹  the punishment of the one who sought an oracle will be the same as the punishment of the prophet who gave it ² 

“‘I passed by you and saw you kicking around helplessly in your blood. I said to you as you lay there in your blood, “Live!” I said to you as you lay there in your blood, “Live!” ¹ 

as well as the thresholds, narrow windows and galleries all around on three sides facing the threshold were paneled with wood all around, from the ground up to the windows (now the windows were covered),

“‘As for you, my sheep, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to judge between one sheep and another, between rams and goats.

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.

They had sex with her ¹  as one does with a prostitute. In this way they had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, promiscuous women.

So I prophesied as I was commanded, and the breath came into them; they lived and stood on their feet, an extremely great army.

“‘As for you, profane and wicked prince of Israel, ¹  whose day has come, the time of final punishment,

Next I noticed the man dressed in linen with the writing kit at his side bringing back word: “I have done just as you commanded me.”

As for his father, because he practices extortion, robs his brother, and does what is not good among his people, he will die for his iniquity.

So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. In the morning ¹  I acted just as I was commanded.