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So I got up and went out to the plain. The Lord 's glory was present there, like the glory I had seen by the Chebar Canal, and I fell facedown.

And you, son of man, they will put ropes on you and bind you with them so you cannot go out among them.

Take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign for the house of Israel.

For I have assigned you the years of their iniquity according to the number of days you lie down, 390 days; so you will bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

Be aware that I will put cords on you so you cannot turn from side to side until you have finished the days of your siege.

So they will lack bread and water; everyone will be devastated and waste away because of their iniquity.

So you will be a disgrace and a taunt, a warning and a horror, to the nations around you when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and furious rebukes. I, Yahweh, have spoken.

Wherever you live the cities will be in ruins and the high places will be desolate, so that your altars will lie in ruins and be desecrated, your idols smashed and obliterated, your incense altars cut down, and your works wiped out.

So I will bring the most evil of nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the pride of the strong, and their sacred places will be profaned.

He said to me, "Son of man, do you see what they are doing here, more detestable things that the house of Israel is committing, so that I must depart from My sanctuary? You will see even more detestable things."

He said to me, "Son of man, dig through the wall." So I dug through the wall, and there was a doorway.

So He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the Lord 's house, and I saw women sitting there weeping for Tammuz.

So He brought me to the inner court of the Lord 's house, and there were about 25 men at the entrance of the Lord 's temple, between the portico and the altar, with their backs to the Lord 's temple and their faces turned to the east. They were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.

Slaughter the old men, the young men and women, as well as the older women and little children, but do not come near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary." So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.

Then He said to them, "Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go!" So they went out killing people in the city.

The Lord spoke to the man clothed in linen and said, "Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with hot coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city." So he went in as I watched.

You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you." This is the declaration of the Lord God .

so you will know that I am Yahweh, whose statutes you have not followed and whose ordinances you have not practiced. Instead, you have acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you."

so they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.

And while they look on, lift the bags to your shoulder and take them out in the dark; cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have made you a sign to the house of Israel."