Then they will know that I, the <sc>Lordsc> their God, am with them,<n id="1" /> and that they are my people, the house of Israel, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;You have shown unrelenting hostility and poured the people of Israel onto the blades of a sword<n id="1" /> at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment.

Then you will know that I, the <sc>Lordsc>, have heard all the insults you spoke against the mountains of Israel, saying, &#8220;They are desolate, they have been given to us for food.&#8221;

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>

&#8220;Son of man, when the house of Israel was living on their own land, they defiled it by their behavior<n id="1" /> and their deeds. In my sight their behavior was like the uncleanness of a woman having her monthly period.

Understand that<n id="1" /> it is not for your sake I am about to act, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>. Be ashamed and embarrassed by your behavior, O house of Israel.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: I will allow the house of Israel to ask me to do this for them:<n id="1" /> I will multiply their people like sheep.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Then he said to me, &#8220;Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying, &#8216;Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.&#8217;

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Therefore, prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog: &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: On that day when my people Israel are living securely, you will take notice<n id="1" />

On that day, when Gog invades<n id="1" /> the land of Israel, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>, my rage will mount up in my anger.

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.

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">&#8220;Therefore this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Now I will restore<n id="1" /> the fortunes of Jacob, and I will have mercy on the entire house of Israel. I will be zealous for my holy name.

I will no longer hide my face from them, when I pour out my Spirit on the house of Israel,<n id="1" /> declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>

By means of divine visions<n id="1" /> he brought me to the land of Israel and placed me on a very high mountain,<n id="2" /> and on it was a structure like a city, to the south.

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.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, so that they will be ashamed of their sins and measure the pattern.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;But the Levites who went far from me, straying off from me after their idols when Israel went astray, will be responsible for<n id="1" /> their sin.

They must not marry a widow or a divorcee, but they may marry a virgin from the house of Israel<n id="1" /> or a widow who is a priest&#8217;s widow.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;Alongside the portion set apart as the holy allotment, you will allot for the city an area one and two-thirds miles<n id="1" /> wide and eight and a quarter miles<n id="2" /> long; it will be for the whole house of Israel.p>