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;

So this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: I vow<n id="1" /> that the nations around you will endure insults as well.p>

But when they arrived in the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name. It was said of them, &#8216;These are the people of the <sc>Lordsc>, yet they have departed from his land.&#8217;

I will multiply the fruit of the trees and the produce of the fields, so that you will never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations.

Then you will remember your evil behavior<n id="1" /> and your deeds which were not good; you will loathe yourselves on account of your sins and your abominable deeds.

Then the nations which remain around you will know that I, the <sc>Lord,sc> have rebuilt the ruins and replanted what was desolate. I, the <sc>Lordsc>, have spoken &#8211; and I will do it!&#8217;p>

<p class="bodytext">So I prophesied as I was commanded. There was a sound when I prophesied &#8211; I heard<n id="1" /> a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to bone.

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

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.

They will bear their shame for all their unfaithful acts against me, when they live securely on their land with no one to make them afraid.

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>

Its windows, its porches, and its decorative palm trees had the same measurement as the gate which faced east. Seven steps led up to it, and its porch was in front of them.

On the outside of the porch as one goes up at the entrance of the north gate were two tables, and on the other side of the porch of the gate were two tables.

and the chamber which faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the descendants of Zadok, from the descendants of Levi, who may approach the <sc>Lordsc> to minister to him.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, with its galleries on either side as 175 feet.<n id="1" />p> <p class="bodytext">The interior of the outer sanctuary and the porch of the court,<n id="2" />

On the doors of the outer sanctuary were carved cherubim and palm trees, like those carved on the walls, and there was a canopy<n id="1" /> of wood on the front of the outside porch.

As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, it was 87½ feet<n id="1" /> long.

For the chambers on the outer court were 87½ feet<n id="1" /> long, while those facing the temple were 175 feet<n id="2" /> long.

with a passage in front of them. They looked like the chambers on the north. Of the same length and width, and all their exits according to their arrangements and entrances

were the chambers<n id="1" /> which were toward the south. There was an opening at the head of the passage, the passage in front of the corresponding wall toward the east when one enters.p>