north, every one having a pestilent weapon in his hand. But there was one of them that had on linen, and a writing instrument by his side. So they went in and stood beside the bronze altar.

And the glory of the God of Israel rose up from the cherub that was over it unto the threshold of the house, and called unto him that had the linen on, and the writing by his side.

And the LORD said unto him, Pass through the city of Jerusalem, and mark with a sign in the foreheads the men that sigh and lament for all the abominations that are done therein.

And he said unto them, that I might hear it, Go after this man through the city, and smite thee: let not thine eyes spare nor overlook.

Slay both old men, and young men, and virgins, and children, and women, all dead: but them that have the mark upon them touch none of them. But begin at my sanctuary! And they began at the old men that were before the house.

And he said unto them: Defile the house, and make the courts full of dead bodies; come out.
And they went out, and smote in the city.

And when they had struck out, I was left. And I fell on my face, and cried, saying, O Lord GOD, wilt thou destroy all the remnant of Israel, and pour out thy wrath upon Jerusalem?

And he said unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and of Judah is too great: there is violence in the land, and iniquity in the city. For they say: The LORD hath forsaken the land, and the LORD looketh not upon us.

Therefore also mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have mercy, but I will cast their doings upon their heads.

And, behold, the man that had the linen on, and the writing by his side, answered and said: I have done as thou hast commanded me.
(Ezekial)
Chapter 10
Face of burning coals and the glory of the Lord.

And I looked, and, behold, in heaven above the head of the cherubims it was fashioned like a sapphire, and above them it was like the appearance of a throne.

And he said unto the man clothed in linen, Go in among the wheels under the cherub, and take the hands full of burning coals that are between the cherubims, and scatter them upon the city. And he went in, and I saw it, as he went in.

And the cherubims stood on the right hand of the house, and the court was filled with mist within.

And the glory of the LORD was lifted up from the cherub unto the threshold of the house: and the house was filled with mist, and the court with the glory of the LORD.

And the wings of the cherubims were heard to come out of the court, as the voice of the Almighty God, when he spake.

And when he had commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels under the cherubims, the same went in, and stood by the wheel.

And the cherub put forth his hand from between the cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took of it, and put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen: and he received it, and went out.

And appeared unto the cherubims as the hand of a man under their wings.

And I looked, and, behold, there were four wheels upon the cherubims, and upon every cherub a wheel; and the wheels were as it were a turquoise in appearance.

And all four were one like unto another, as one wheel within another.

When they should go, they could go into all their four places, and could not turn when they went: but whither the first went, there they went after, and could not turn, 12. And all their bodies, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings. And the wheels were full of eyes round about upon all four wheels.

And he cried unto the wheels: Galgal, that I might hear.

Each had four faces. The first face was a cherub, the second a man, the third a lion, the fourth an eagle.

And the cherubims went up. It is the very beast that I saw by the waters of Chebar.

When the cherubims walked, the wheels also walked beside them: and when the cherubims swung their wings, so as to lift them up from the earth, neither did the wheels turn from them.

If those were slow, these also were slow: if they were exalted, these also were exalted: for there was a living wind in them.

And the glory of the LORD went out again from the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.

And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and came up from the earth before mine eyes: and as they went out, the wheels went beside them. And they entered into the gate of the house of the LORD toward the east: and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

This is the beast that I saw among the God of Israel by the water of Chebar, and perceived that they were cherubims,

For every one had four faces, and four wings, and under the wings were as the hands of men.

Their faces were fashioned as I saw them by the waters of Chebar, and they went straight before them.
(Ezekial)
Chapter 11
Of the safety and punishment of princes.

And a wind took me up, and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD, which is toward the east: and, behold, there were twenty and five men under the gate. And I saw among them Jazaniah the son of Assyria, and Platiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

And he said unto me, Son of man, these men have evil thoughts and evil counsels in this city.

For they say: It is not so near, let us only build houses; she is the pot, so are we the flesh.

Therefore shalt thou, O son of man, prophesy against them.

And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Say, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have spoken thus, O house of Israel; and I know the thoughts of your mind.

Ye have slain many in this city, and the streets thereof are full of the dead.

Therefore thus saith the LORD GOD; They which ye have killed within are the flesh, and she is the pot: but ye must go forth.

The sword that ye fear, that will I bring upon you, saith the LORD GOD.

I will cast you out from thence, and will deliver you into the hand of strangers, and will do you justice.

Ye shall fall by the sword, and I will judge you within the borders of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

But the city shall not be your pot, neither ye the flesh that is therein: but within the borders of Israel will I judge you;

And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither kept my judgments, but have done after the manner of the heathen that are round about you.

And it came to pass, as I prophesied, that Platiah the son of Benaiah died. And I fell on my face, and cried with a loud voice, saying, O Lord GOD, thou wilt make an end of the remnant of Israel.

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

Son of man, thy brethren, and thy near friends, and all the house of Israel that dwell at Jerusalem, speak well among themselves: they are fled from the LORD afar off, but we have the land.

Therefore say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yea, I have driven them afar off among the heathen, and scattered them abroad: but I will soon be their saviour in the countries whither they are come.

Say therefore, Thus saith the LORD GOD; I will gather you out of the nations, and will
gather you out of the countries whither ye are scattered, and will give you the land of Israel.

And they shall come and put away all the abominations and detestableness thereof.

And I will give you one heart of one accord, and put a new spirit within you: and I will take out of your body the heart of stone, and will give you a heart of flesh, 20. That they may walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

But unto them that walk after the abominations and the abominations of their heart will I cast their doings upon their heads, saith the LORD GOD.

Then the cherubims swung their wings, and the wheels went beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

And the glory of the LORD arose out of the city, and stood upon the mountain that lieth on the east side before the city.

And a wind lifted me up, and brought me in the vision and spirit of God into Chaldea unto the captives. And the vision which I had seen vanished from before me.

And I told the prisoners all the words of the LORD, which he had shewed me.
(Ezekial)
Chapter 12
Model of the calamity to befall Zedekiah and his kinsmen.

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

Son of man, thou dwellest in a rebellious house, which hath eyes to see, and will not see; ears to hear, and will not hear: but it is a rebellious house.

Wherefore, thou son of man, take thy travelling device, and depart in the daylight from before