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As for me, my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; I will bring their deeds upon their heads."

And as for their appearance, the four had the same likeness, as if a wheel were within a wheel.

As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing "the whirling wheels."

When they stood still, these stood still, and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in them.

And as for the likeness of their faces, they were the same faces whose appearance I had seen by the Chebar canal. Each one of them went straight forward.

And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and he said to me, "Say, Thus says the Lord : So you think, O house of Israel. For I know the things that come into your mind.

and you shall know that I am the Lord . For you have not walked in my statutes, nor obeyed my rules, but have acted according to the rules of the nations that are around you."

"Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, your kinsmen, the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those of whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Go far from the Lord ; to us this land is given for a possession.'

Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God : Though I removed them far off among the nations, and though I scattered them among the countries, yet I have been a sanctuary to them for a while in the countries where they have gone.'

But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their deeds upon their own heads, declares the Lord God ."

"Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see, but see not, who have ears to hear, but hear not, for they are a rebellious house.

As for you, son of man, prepare for yourself an exile's baggage, and go into exile by day in their sight. You shall go like an exile from your place to another place in their sight. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.

You shall bring out your baggage by day in their sight, as baggage for exile, and you shall go out yourself at evening in their sight, as those do who must go into exile.

In their sight you shall lift the baggage upon your shoulder and carry it out at dusk. You shall cover your face that you may not see the land, for I have made you a sign for the house of Israel."

And I did as I was commanded. I brought out my baggage by day, as baggage for exile, and in the evening I dug through the wall with my own hands. I brought out my baggage at dusk, carrying it on my shoulder in their sight.

Say, ‘I am a sign for you: as I have done, so shall it be done to them. They shall go into exile, into captivity.'

For there shall be no more any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.

For I am the Lord ; I will speak the word that I will speak, and it will be performed. It will no longer be delayed, but in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and perform it, declares the Lord God ."

"Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, ‘The vision that he sees is for many days from now, and he prophesies of times far off.'

You have not gone up into the breaches, or built up a wall for the house of Israel, that it might stand in battle in the day of the Lord .