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| 1 Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of Jehovah’s house, which looketh eastward: and behold, at the door of the gate twenty-five men; and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. |
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| 2 And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and that give wicked counsel in this city; |
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| 3 that say, The time is not near to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh. |
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| 4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man. |
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| 5 And the Spirit of Jehovah fell upon me, and he said unto me, Speak, Thus saith Jehovah: Thus have ye said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind. |
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| 6 Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain. |
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| 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron; but ye shall be brought forth out of the midst of it. |
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| 8 Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword upon you, saith the Lord Jehovah. |
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| 9 And I will bring you forth out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hand of strangers, and will execute judgments among you. |
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| 10 Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah. |
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| 11 This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; I will judge you in the border of Israel; |
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| 12 and ye shall know that I am Jehovah: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither have ye executed mine ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you. |
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| 13 And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord Jehovah! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel? |
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| 14 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, |
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| 15 Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel, all of them, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from Jehovah; unto us is this land given for a possession. |
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| 16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they are come. |
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| 17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. |
Even gather you – Even now beginning to be fulfilled. R1630:2[R1630]
Not only out from among all nations, but also out of your graves. R1630:2[R1630]
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| 18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence. |
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| 19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh; |
I will give – The King of Glory, the Good Physician, will fulfill God's promise to Israel, and from Israel to all the families of the earth. R4674:2[R4674]
Them – A promise to natural Israel. SM368:T[SM367:2]
I will take – In the incoming age, man's likeness of Satan will give place to the original likeness of God. R376:5[R376]
Stony heart – Of selfishness. R1244:6[R1244]
An heart of flesh – Proper fleshly minds. R376:5[R376]
Restore the original image of God--restitution. A333[A333]; R4729:4[R4729], R5068:4
Tender, sympathetic, generous, God-like. R3202:6[R3202], R1244:6[R1244], R4777:2[R4777]
The work of the Kingdom when set up in power and great glory. R5886:1[R5885]
During the Millennial reign of Christ. R1617:5[R1617]
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| 20 that they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. |
That they may walk – Under the New covenant--the real Law covenant. R5071:3[R5071]
The heart of flesh will enable them to keep his covenant, and walk before him with a perfect heart, and be a channel of blessing to all the families of the earth. R1617:5[R1617]
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| 21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord Jehovah. |
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| 22 Then did the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. |
The Cherubims – Representing the divine attributes. R4787:2[R4787]
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| 23 And the glory of Jehovah went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city. |
Upon the mountain – Kingdom. A318[A318]
On the east side – Open to the Sun of Righteousness. D653[D653]
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| 24 And the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me. |
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| 25 Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that Jehovah had showed me. |
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