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| 1 And the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me into the east gate of the house of Yahweh, which looketh eastward, and lo! in the opening of the gate, twenty-five men,–and I saw, in their midst, Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, princes of the people. |
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| 2 Then said he unto me,–Son of man, These, are the men who are devising iniquity, and who are counselling wicked counsel, in this city; |
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| 3 who are saying, Not near! let us build houses,–It, is the caldron, and, we, are the flesh!
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| 4 Therefore, prophesy against them,–prophesy, Son of man. |
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| 5 Then fell upon me the Spirit of Yahweh, and he said unto me, Say–Thus, saith Yahweh, Thus, have ye said, O house of Israel,–Yea, the things that come up on your spirit, I, know, every one. |
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| 6 Ye have multiplied your slain, in this city,–And have filled her streets, with slain. |
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| 7 Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Your slain, whom ye have laid in her midst, They, are the flesh, and, She, is the caldron,–when, ye, are taken out of her midst. |
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| 8 A sword, have ye feared,–And, a sword, will I bring in upon you, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh. |
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| 9 So will I take you forth out of her midst, and will deliver you into the hand of foreigners,–and will execute upon you judgments. |
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| 10 By the sword, shall ye fall, Upon the boundary of Israel, will I judge you,–So shall, ye know, that, I, am Yahweh. |
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| 11 This city, shall not serve you for a caldron, Neither shall, ye, serve in the midst thereof, for flesh,–Near the boundary of Israel, will I judge you. |
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| 12 So shall ye know, that, I, am Yahweh, In whose statutes, ye have not walked, And, whose appointments, ye have not executed,–But, according to the appointments of the nations that are round about you, have ye done. |
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| 13 And it came to pass, as I prophesied, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah, died,–so then I fell down upon my face, and made outcry with a loud voice, and said–Alas! My Lord, Yahweh! A full end, art thou, making of the remnant of Israel? |
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| 14 Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying: |
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| 15 Son of man, Thine own brethren, thine own brethren, the men of thy kindred, even all the house of Israel, all of it, are they to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far away from Yahweh, To us, it is, that the land, hath been given, for a possession! |
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| 16 Therefore, say, Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh, Although I have removed them far away among the nations, And although I have dispersed them throughout the lands, Yet have I become to them a sanctuary for a little while, in the lands which they have entered. |
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| 17 Therefore, say, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Therefore will I assemble you, from among the peoples, And gather you, out of the lands wherein ye have been dispersed,–And will give you the soil 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 So shall they come in thither,–and take away all her detestable things, and all her abominations, out of her; |
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| 19 And I will give them another heart, And, a new spirit, will I put within you,–And will take away the heart of stone out of their flesh, and 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 To the end that, in my statutes, they may walk, And, mine appointments, they may keep, and do them,–So shall they become my, people, And, I, will become 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 who, having a heart for their detestable things, and for their abominations, after their own heart, do walk, Their way upon their own heads, will I render, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh. |
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| 22 Then did the cherubim, lift up, their wings, the wheels also going in unison with them,–the glory of the God of Israel, being over them, above. |
The Cherubims – Representing the divine attributes. R4787:2[R4787]
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| 23 Thus went up the glory of Yahweh, out from the midst of the city,–and stood on the mountain, which is on the east 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 to Chaldea, unto them of the captivity, in the vision, by the Spirit of God,–thus went up from me, the vision which I had seen. |
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| 25 So I spake unto them of the captivity,–all the words of Yahweh, which he had shewed me. |
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