God’s Sure Judgment on Jerusalem
1Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the Lord that faces east. There at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men, and I saw among them Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people. 2The Lord said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who are plotting evil and giving wicked advice in this city. 3They say, ‘Haven’t our houses been recently rebuilt? This city is a pot, and we are the meat in it.’ 4Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, son of man.”
5Then the Spirit of the Lord came on me, and he told me to say: “This is what the Lord says: That is what you are saying, you leaders in Israel, but I know what is going through your mind. 6You have killed many people in this city and filled its streets with the dead.
7“Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: The bodies you have thrown there are the meat and this city is the pot, but I will drive you out of it. 8You fear the sword, and the sword is what I will bring against you, declares the Sovereign Lord. 9I will drive you out of the city and deliver you into the hands of foreigners and inflict punishment on you. 10You will fall by the sword, and I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord. 11This city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat in it; I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel. 12And you will know that I am the Lord, for you have not followed my decrees or kept my laws but have conformed to the standards of the nations around you.”
13Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! Will you completely destroy the remnant of Israel?”
The Promise of Israel’s Return
14The word of the Lord came to me: 15“Son of man, the people of Jerusalem have said of your fellow exiles and all the other Israelites, ‘They are far away from the Lord; this land was given to us as our possession.’
16“Therefore say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries where they have gone.’
17“Therefore say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will gather you from the nations and bring you back from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you back the land of Israel again.’
18“They will return to it and remove all its vile images and detestable idols. 19I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. 20Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God. 21But as for those whose hearts are devoted to their vile images and detestable idols, I will bring down on their own heads what they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord.”
22Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them. 23The glory of the Lord went up from within the city and stopped above the mountain east of it. 24The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the exiles in Babylonia11:24 Or Chaldea in the vision given by the Spirit of God.
Then the vision I had seen went up from me, 25and I told the exiles everything the Lord had shown me.
审判以色列的首领
1那时，耶和华的灵将我举起，带我到耶和华殿的东门，我见门口那里有二十五个人，当中有百姓的首领押朔的儿子雅撒尼亚和比拿雅的儿子毗拉提。 2耶和华对我说：“人子啊，这些人在这城里专给人出毒计，设恶谋。 3他们说，‘建造房屋的时候还没有到。我们的城像铁锅一样坚固，我们像在锅里的肉一样得到保护。’ 4人子啊，你要说预言，说预言斥责他们。”
5耶和华的灵降在我身上，并吩咐我说：“耶和华这样说，‘以色列人啊，我知道你们口中在说什么，心里在想什么。 6你们在城中大肆屠杀，大街小巷遍地尸体。 7所以，主耶和华说，你们在城中杀死的人就是肉，这城就是锅，但我必把你们从锅中拉出来。 8你们惧怕刀剑，我必使刀剑临到你们。这是主耶和华说的。 9我必把你们从城中赶出去，交给外族人。我必审判你们， 10使你们死于刀下。我要审判整个以色列，这样你们就知道我是耶和华。 11这城必不是你们的锅，你们也必不是其中的肉，我必在以色列全境施行审判。 12这样你们就知道我是耶和华。因为你们没有遵行我的律例，没有顺从我的典章，却效法你们四邻外族的规矩。’”
13我正在说预言的时候，比拿雅的儿子毗拉提就死了。我便俯伏在地大喊：“唉，主耶和华啊，你要灭绝以色列的余民吗？”
14耶和华对我说： 15“人子啊，留在耶路撒冷的居民会这样谈论你、你的亲人和一切被掳的以色列人，说，‘他们远离了耶和华，这地方已经给了我们。’ 16因此，你要说，‘主耶和华这样说，我虽然把以色列人赶到远方各国，分散在列邦，却要在他们所去的国家暂作他们的圣所。’
17“你要说，‘主耶和华这样说，我必从各国召集你们，从你们被驱散到的列邦中聚集你们，将以色列的土地再赐给你们。’ 18他们回来后，必除掉此地一切丑恶可憎的事。 19我必赐给他们一颗专一的心，将新灵放在他们里面，除去他们的石心，赐给他们肉心， 20使他们恪守我的律例，谨遵我的典章。他们要做我的子民，我要做他们的上帝。 21至于那些心里恋慕丑恶可憎之物的人，我必按他们所行的报应他们。这是主耶和华说的。”
22于是，基路伯天使展开翅膀，轮子跟在他们旁边，在他们上面有以色列上帝的荣耀。 23耶和华的荣耀从城中升起，停在城东的山上。 24上帝的灵将我举起，在祂所赐的异象中把我带到迦勒底被掳的人那里，我所见的异象从我面前上升消失了。 25我把耶和华让我看到的一切都告诉了那些被掳的人。
