<t /><p class="bodytext">Then he led me out to the outer court, toward the north, and brought me to the chamber which was opposite the courtyard and opposite the building on the north.

I saw<n id="1" /> the glory of the God of Israel<n id="2" /> coming from the east;<n id="3" /> the sound was like that of rushing water;<n id="4" /> and the earth radiated<n id="5" /> his glory.

The prince will not take away any of the people&#8217;s inheritance by oppressively removing them from their property. He will give his sons an inheritance from his own possessions so that my people will not be scattered, each from his own property.&#8217;&#8221;p>

On the east side, between Hauran and Damascus, and between Gilead and the land of Israel, will be the Jordan. You will measure from the border to the eastern sea. This is the east side.

The city will have open spaces: On the north there will be 437½ feet,<n id="1" /> on the south 437½ feet, on the east 437½ feet, and on the west 437½ feet.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;And you, son of man, say to your people,<n id="1" /> &#8216;The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him if he rebels.<n id="2" /> As for the wicked, his wickedness will not make him stumble if he turns from it.<n id="3" /> The righteous will not be able to live by his righteousness<n id="4" /> if he sins.&#8217;<n id="5" />

When I say to the wicked, &#8220;You will certainly die,&#8221;<n id="1" /> and you do not warn him &#8211; you do not speak out to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked deed and wicked lifestyle so that he may live &#8211; that wicked person will die for his iniquity,<n id="2" /> but I will hold you accountable for his death.<n id="3" />

Then your survivors will remember me among the nations where they are exiled. They will realize<n id="1" /> how I was crushed by their unfaithful<n id="2" /> heart which turned from me and by their eyes which lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves<n id="3" /> because of the evil they have done and because of all their abominable practices.

They will discard their silver in the streets, and their gold will be treated like filth.<n id="1" /> Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them on the day of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s fury.<n id="2" /> They will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs because their wealth<n id="3" /> was the obstacle leading to their iniquity.<n id="4" />

and say &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Woe to those who sew bands<n id="1" /> on all their wrists<n id="2" /> and make headbands<n id="3" /> for heads of every size to entrap people&#8217;s lives!<n id="4" /> Will you entrap my people&#8217;s lives, yet preserve your own lives?

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;Therefore, this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Take note<n id="1" /> that I am against your wristbands with which you entrap people&#8217;s lives<n id="2" /> like birds. I will tear them from your arms and will release the people&#8217;s lives, which you hunt like birds.

therefore, take note: I am about to gather all your lovers whom you enjoyed, both all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around, and I will expose your nakedness to them, and they will see all your nakedness.<n id="1" />

So now, bear your disgrace, because you have given your sisters reason to justify their behavior.<n id="1" /> Because the sins you have committed were more abominable than those of your sisters; they have become more righteous than you. So now, be ashamed and bear the disgrace of making your sisters appear righteous.p>

I brought them to the land which I swore<n id="1" /> to give them, but whenever they saw any high hill or leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices there and presented the offerings that provoke me to anger. They offered their soothing aroma there and poured out their drink offerings.

When you present your sacrifices<n id="1" /> &#8211; when you make your sons pass through the fire &#8211; you defile yourselves with all your idols to this very day. Will I allow you to seek me,<n id="2" /> O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>, I will not allow you to seek me!<n id="3" />p>

Foreigners from the most terrifying nations have cut it down and left it to lie there on the mountains. In all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its boughs lie broken in the ravines of the land. All the peoples of the land<n id="1" /> have departed<n id="2" /> from its shade and left it.

<p class="poetry">I will shock many peoples with you,p> <p class="poetry">and their kings will shiver with horror because of you.p> <p class="poetry">When I brandish my sword before them,p> <p class="poetry">every moment each one will tremble for his life, on the day of your fall.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Elam is there with all her hordes around her grave; all of them struck down by the sword. They went down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth, those who spread terror in the land of the living. Now they will bear their shame with those who descend to the pit.

They do not lie with the fallen warriors of ancient times,<n id="1" /> who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, having their swords placed under their heads and their shields on their bones,<n id="2" /> when the terror of these warriors was in the land of the living.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;All the leaders of the north are there, along with all the Sidonians; despite their might they have gone down in shameful terror with the dead. They lie uncircumcised with those killed by the sword, and bear their shame with those who descend to the pit.p>