## Judgment on Evil Counselors 

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Moreover, the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the house of Yahweh which faced eastward. And behold, at the entrance of the gate, _there were_ twenty-five men, and I saw among them Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, officials of the people. 

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He said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise wickedness and give evil counsel in this city, 

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who say, '_The time_ is not near to build houses. This _city_ is the pot, and we are the flesh.' 

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Therefore, prophesy against them, son of man, prophesy!" 

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Then the Spirit of Yahweh fell upon me, and He said to me, "Say, 'Thus says Yahweh, "So you say, house of Israel, for I know what comes up in your spirit. 

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You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with them." 

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Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh, "Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of the city are the flesh, and this _city_ is the pot; but I will bring you out of it. 

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You have feared a sword; so a sword I will bring upon you," Lord Yahweh declares. 

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"And I will bring you out of the midst of the city and give you into the hands of strangers and execute judgments against you. 

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You will fall by the sword. I will judge you to the border of Israel; so you shall know that I am Yahweh. 

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This _city_ will not be a pot for you, nor will you be flesh in the midst of it, _but_ I will judge you to the border of Israel. 

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Thus you will know that I am Yahweh; for you have not walked in My statutes, nor have you executed My judgments, but have executed according to the judgments of the nations around you."'" 

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Now it happened as I prophesied, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, "Alas, Lord Yahweh! Will You bring the remnant of Israel to complete destruction?" 

## Yahweh Will Gather the Exiles 

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Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 

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"Son of man, your brothers, your relatives, your fellow exiles, and the whole house of Israel, all of them, _are those_ to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'Go far from Yahweh; this land has been given to us as a possession.' 

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Therefore say, 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "Though I had removed them far away among the nations, and though I had scattered them among the countries, yet I was a sanctuary for them a little while in the countries where they had gone."' 

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Therefore say, 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries among which you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel."' 

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When they come there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from it. 

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And I will give them one heart and give within them a new spirit. And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, 

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that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God. 

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But as for those whose hearts walk after their detestable things and abominations, I will give _what is due_ for their way on their heads," declares Lord Yahweh. 

## The Glory of Yahweh Leaves Jerusalem 

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Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them. 

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The glory of Yahweh went up from the midst of the city and stood over the mountain which is east of the city. 

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Now the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God to the exiles in Chaldea. So the vision that I had seen went up _and_ away from me. 

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Then I told the exiles all the things that Yahweh had shown me.