In whatever tribe the foreigner resides, there you will give him his inheritance,&#8221; declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.p>

The allotment you set apart to the <sc>Lordsc> will be eight and a quarter miles<n id="1" /> in length and three and one-third miles<n id="2" /> in width.

They must not sell or exchange any of it; they must not transfer this choice portion of land, for it is set apart<n id="1" /> to the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

The circumference of the city will be six miles.<n id="1" /> The name of the city from that day forward will be: &#8216;The <sc>Lordsc> Is There.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

the word of the <sc>Lordsc> came to the priest Ezekiel<n id="1" /> the son of Buzi,<n id="2" /> at the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians.<n id="3" /> The hand<n id="4" /> of the <sc>Lordsc> came on him there).p>

<p class="bodytext">He said to me, &#8220;The sin of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of murder, and the city is full of corruption,<n id="1" /> for they say, &#8216;The <sc>Lordsc> has abandoned the land, and the <sc>Lordsc> does not see!&#8217;<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">All the trees of the field will know that I am the <sc>Lord.sc>p> <p class="poetry">I make the high tree low; I raise up the low tree.p> <p class="poetry">I make the green tree wither, and I make the dry tree sprout.p> <p class="poetry">I, the <sc>Lord,sc> have spoken, and I will do it!&#8217;&#8221;p>

&#8220;Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them: &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Are you coming to seek me? As surely as I live, I will not allow you to seek me,<n id="1" /> declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.&#8217;

therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>: This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says to the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, and to the desolate ruins and the abandoned cities that have become prey and an object of derision to the rest of the nations round about &#8211;

The <sc>Lordsc> said to me: &#8220;This gate will be shut; it will not be opened, and no one will enter by it. For the <sc>Lordsc>, the God of Israel, has entered by it; therefore it will remain shut.

The <sc>Lordsc> said to me: &#8220;Son of man, pay attention,<n id="1" /> watch closely and listen carefully to<n id="2" /> everything I tell you concerning all the statutes of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s house and all its laws. Pay attention to the entrances<n id="3" /> to the temple with all the exits of the sanctuary.

<t /><p class="bodytext">The hand<n id="1" /> of the <sc>Lordsc> rested on me there, and he said to me, &#8220;Get up, go out to the valley,<n id="2" /> and I will speak with you there.&#8221;

So I got up and went out to the valley, and the glory of the <sc>Lordsc> was standing there, just like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River,<n id="1" /> and I threw myself face down.p>

And the <sc>Lordsc> said, &#8220;This is how the people of Israel will eat their unclean food among the nations<n id="1" /> where I will banish them.&#8221;p>

Then my anger will be fully vented; I will exhaust my rage on them, and I will be appeased.<n id="1" /> Then they will know that I, the <sc>Lordsc>, have spoken in my jealousy<n id="2" /> when I have fully vented my rage against them.p>

You will be<n id="1" /> an object of scorn and taunting,<n id="2" /> a prime example of destruction<n id="3" /> among the nations around you when I execute judgments against you in anger and raging fury.<n id="4" /> I, the <sc>Lord,sc> have spoken!

I will send famine and wild beasts against you and they will take your children from you.<n id="1" /> Plague and bloodshed will overwhelm you,<n id="2" /> and I will bring a sword against you. I, the <sc>Lord,sc> have spoken!&#8221;p>

I will stretch out my hand against them<n id="1" /> and make the land a desolate waste from the wilderness to Riblah,<n id="2" /> in all the places where they live. Then they will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>!&#8221;p>

My eye will not pity you; I will not spare<n id="1" /> you.<n id="2" /> For I will hold you responsible for your behavior,<n id="3" /> and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices.<n id="4" /> Then you will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>!p>

My eye will not pity you; I will not spare<n id="1" /> you. For your behavior I will hold you accountable,<n id="2" /> and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that it is I, the <sc>Lord,sc> who is striking you.<n id="3" />p>