All his retinue – his attendants and his troops – I will scatter to every wind; I will unleash a sword behind them.

“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘I will throw my net over you ¹  in the assembly of many peoples; and they will haul you up in my dragnet.

Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and raise you from your graves, my people.

When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will magnify myself among them in the sight of many nations.

Then the glory of the Lord moved away from the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim.

Your rowers have brought you into surging waters. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.

I will give them one heart and I will put a new spirit within them; ¹  I will remove the hearts of stone from their bodies ²  and I will give them tender hearts, ³ 

The water made it grow; underground springs made it grow tall. Rivers flowed all around the place it was planted, while smaller channels watered all the trees of the field. ¹ 

The bravest of the warriors will speak to him from the midst of Sheol along with his allies, saying: ‘The uncircumcised have come down; they lie still, killed by the sword.’

I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the Lord when I place my sword in the hand of the king of Babylon and he extends it against the land of Egypt.

I will tear off your headbands and rescue my people from your power; ¹  they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

“‘But you trusted in your beauty and capitalized on your fame by becoming a prostitute. You offered your sexual favors to every man who passed by so that your beauty ¹  became his.

I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone ¹  from your body and give you a heart of flesh. ² 

Therefore prophesy, and tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to open your graves and will raise you from your graves, my people. I will bring you to the land of Israel.

In the fire ¹  were what looked like ²  four living beings. ³  In their appearance they had human form, ⁴ 

The food you eat will be eight ounces ¹  a day by weight; you must eat it at fixed ²  times.

And you must drink water by measure, a pint and a half; ¹  you must drink it at fixed times.

And you must eat the food like you would a barley cake. You must bake it in front of them over a fire made with dried human excrement.” ¹ 

And everyone ¹  will see that I, the Lord, have burned it; it will not be extinguished.’”

I will put an end to the obscene conduct in the land; all the women will learn a lesson from this and not engage in obscene conduct.