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I am sending you to people who are stubborn and who do not obey. You will say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says.'

Then go to the captives, your own people, and say to them, ‘The Lord God says this.' Tell them this whether they listen or not."

But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth, and you will say to them, ‘The Lord God says this.' Those who will listen, let them listen. Those who refuse, let them refuse, because they are a people who turn against me.

"This is what the Lord God says: This is Jerusalem. I have put her at the center of the nations with countries all around her.

"So this is what the Lord God says: You have caused more trouble than the nations around you. You have not followed my rules or obeyed my laws. You have not even obeyed the laws of the nations around you.

"So this is what the Lord God says: I myself am against you, and I will punish you as the nations watch.

So the Lord God says: You have made my Temple unclean with all your evil idols and the hateful things you do. Because of this, as surely as I live, I will cut you off. I will have no pity, and I will show no mercy.

Say, ‘Mountains of Israel, listen to the word of the Lord God . The Lord God says this to the mountains, the hills, the ravines, and the valleys: I will bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your places of idol worship.

"‘This is what the Lord God says: Clap your hands, stamp your feet, and groan because of all the hateful, evil things the people of Israel have done. They will die by war, hunger, and disease.

"Human, the Lord God says this to the land of Israel: An end! The end has come on the four corners of the land.

"This is what the Lord God says: Disaster on top of disaster is coming.

Then the Spirit of the Lord entered me and told me to say: "This is what the Lord says: You have said these things, people of Israel, and I know what you are thinking.

"So this is what the Lord God says: Those people you have killed and left in the middle of the city are like the best meat, and this city is like the cooking pot. But I will force you out of the city.

You have feared the sword, but I will bring a sword against you, says the Lord God .

"So say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: I sent the people far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries. But for a little while I have become a Temple to them in the countries where they have gone.'

"So say: ‘This is what the Lord God says: I will gather you from the nations and bring you together from the countries where you have been scattered. Then I will give you back the land of Israel.'

But those who want to serve their evil statues and hateful idols, I will pay back for their evil ways, says the Lord God ."

"Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: This message is about the king in Jerusalem and all the people of Israel who live there.'

Then say to the people of the land: ‘This is what the Lord God says about the people who live in Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They will eat their food with fear and drink their water in shock, because their land will be stripped bare because of the violence of the people who live in it.

So say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: I will make them stop saying this, and nobody in Israel will use this saying anymore.' But tell them, ‘The time is near when every vision will come true.