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and straight legs. Their feet resembled calves' hooves, but they gleamed like polished bronze.

Verse ConceptsFeetBrassStraight ThingsSparklingThings Like BronzeTypes Of FeetColor

Now as to their four faces and four pairs of wings, their pairs of wings overlapped each other. They moved in straight directions without turning their faces around as they moved.

Verse ConceptsNot Turning AsideAngel's WingsGoing ForwardTouching Holy Things

Each moved in straight directions. Wherever they decided to go, they went without turning themselves.

Verse ConceptsMoving ForwardNot Turning AsideGoing Forward

Their wheels and their construction details looked like gold-colored beryl. Each wheel was identical in form to the others, and they appeared to have been constructed and designed as if one wheel were within another.

Verse ConceptsJewelsPrecious StonesFour SupportsWheelsSimilar ItemsSparklingAppearances ofColorcraftsmanshipstructure

Whenever the four moved, no matter which of four directions, they moved without turning around.

Verse ConceptsFour CornersNot Turning AsideNorth, South, East And WestFour SidesDirection

Their wheel rims were ornate and terrifying. They were full of eyes that surrounded the four of them.

Verse ConceptsEyes In ProphecyFear Of Other Things

They moved around whenever they wanted to move around, and they stood still whenever they wanted to stand still; and whenever they rose from the earth, the wheels remained close beside them, because the wheels were also alive.

Verse ConceptsMotionlessnessComing To RestPersons With ThingsCreatures Going UpOther Creatures Going UpSpirit Of Creatures

and underneath the canopy, their wings spread out straight over their heads toward each other. They each also had two wings with which they covered themselves, one wing covering its body on one side and one wing covering itself on the other side.

Verse ConceptsCovering The BodyStraight ThingsAngel's Wings

I also heard the sound of their wings, like the sound of roaring water, like the voice of the Almighty, or like a boisterous crowd within an army camp. Whenever they stopped flying, they lowered their wings.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfNoiseThe AlmightyAngel's WingsThings Like WaterSoundGod's VoiceLike WaterPutting Things Down

A sound came from above the canopy that was spread out over their heads. Whenever they stood still, they lowered their wings.

Verse ConceptsThe ExpanseAngel's WingsGod's VoiceExpanse [The Firmament]Putting Things Down

"Son of Man, I'm sending you to that rebellious people, the Israelis, who have rebelled against me the same way their ancestors did. And they're still rebels to this very day!

Verse ConceptsAttitudes Of RebellionMissionaries, Call OfSon Of ManAncestorsFalse Religion To This DayGod Sending ProphetsLeaders SinningDisunityrebellion

Whether this rebellious group listens to you or not, at least they'll realize that a prophet had appeared in their midst!

Verse ConceptsPaying Attention To People

"Now as for you, Son of Man, never be afraid of them or of anything they have to say, because being with them will be like settling down to live among briers, thorn bushes, and scorpions! Don't be afraid of anything they have to say, and don't be awed by their appearance, since they are a rebellious group.

Verse ConceptsBriersThornsMinisters, Way They Should TeachWicked Described AsScorpionsDo Not Fear Men

You are to tell them whatever I have to say to them, whether they listen or not, since they are rebellious."

Verse ConceptsPaying Attention To PeopleSpeaking The Word God GivesOld Testament Claims Inspirationrebellion

"Son of Man, you are to listen to what I tell you. You are never to be rebellious like they are: a rebellious group. Now, open your mouth and eat what I'm giving you""

Verse ConceptsRebellion, Against GodEating With MouthsPay Attention To God!rebellion

This isn't a large group of people whose speech is unintelligible to you or whose language is difficult for you to comprehend. Frankly, if I had sent you to that kind of people, they would certainly have listened to you!

Verse ConceptsUnintelligiblenessNot Understanding Language

But the house of Israel won't listen to you, since they weren't willing to listen to me. That's because the entire house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.

Verse ConceptsFools, In Teaching Of Jesus ChristFools, Characteristics OfIndifferenceListeningCharacter Of WickedNature Of The HeartValidly Like God

So pay attention! I'm going to make you just as obstinate and unyielding as they are.

Verse ConceptsGod Hardening PeopleSuccess And Hard WorkNervousness

I'm making you harder than flint like diamond! So you are not to fear them or be intimidated by how they look at you, since they're a rebellious group."

Verse ConceptsForeheadsFlintMineralsRebellion, Of IsraelHardnessGod Hardening PeopleStone ItemsDo Not Fear Men

then go immediately to the exiles; that is, to your people's descendants, and tell them, "This is what the Lord GOD says"' whether they listen or not."

Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivinePeople ExiledPaying Attention To PeopleSpeaking As From God

Now pay attention! They're going to bind you with ropes, tying you up right in their midst, so you won't be able to circulate freely among them.

Verse ConceptsTying Up

Meanwhile, I'll make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you'll be mute and unable to reprove them, since they're a rebellious group.

Verse ConceptsMutenessTongueDumbnessJoining Flesh And BonesDumb

But when I speak with you, I'll open your mouth so you can say to them, "This is what the Lord GOD says: "As for those who will listen, "Let them listen,' but as for those who refuse, "Let them refuse,' since they're a rebellious group."'"

Verse ConceptsPeople UnwillingSpeaking With The MouthSpeaking The Word God GivesListening To Godrebellion

I've assigned you to sleep this way for 390 days, representing the years they've been sinning, as you bear symbolically the punishment of the house of Israel.

Verse ConceptsOne DayOne Year100 Years And MoreAssignment

He also told me, "Son of Man, look! I'm about to disrupt the source of bread in Jerusalem. As a result, they'll ration bread by weight while their terror continues to grow and they'll ration drinking water while their horror continues to mount!

Verse ConceptsBreaking SticksDrinking WaterFamine ComingFear Will ComePeople AppalledFamine Will ComeAnxiety And FearDespairweight

Indeed, they'll need bread and water, but everyone will be panic-stricken as they waste away in their iniquity."

Verse ConceptsWasteFamine ComingNo Water For PeopleSin Brings SicknessFamine Will Come

But she rebelled against my ordinances and my statutes. She practiced more evil than all the nations and territories around her. They rejected my ordinances and didn't live by my statutes.'

Verse ConceptsAttitudes Of RejectionRejecting ThingsRejection Of GodGrowth Of EvilThey Do Not Keep Commands

"Only then will I stop being angry my burning in anger. Then they'll know that I've spoken out in my arduous anger. Only then will my burning anger against them be exhausted.

Verse ConceptsEmotions, Shown By GodRageAnger Subsidingventing

Your survivors will remember me among the nations where they'll be taken captives. I've been crushed by their unfaithful hearts that have turned against me.

Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forApostasy in OTRejection Of God, Results OfHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleHedonismForsaking GodEscaping EvilIdol WorshipHating Individualsheartbroken

Then they'll know that I am the LORD. I didn't declare this evil that's intended for them without a reason.'"

Verse ConceptsUseless LabourGod Can Harm People

This is what the Lord GOD says: "Clap your hands and stamp your feet! Say, "Oh, no!' Because of all the detestable evil that has come from Israel's house, they'll fall by the sword, famine, and pestilence.

Verse ConceptsFeetPestilenceStampingClappingFamine Killing

"You'll learn that I am the LORD, when the fatally wounded will be among their idols, around their altars, on every hill, on top of the mountains, under every luxuriant tree, and under all the full-grown foliage every place where they've offered fragrant aromas to all their idols.

Verse ConceptsKnowledge, Of GodShrinesOaksIdol WorshipFate Of IdolatersWorship At Trees

I'll stretch out my hands to strike them and send devastation to the land, from the wilderness of Diblah, throughout all their dwelling places. Then they'll know that I am the LORD."

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodGod's HandDestruction Of CountriesGod's Hands Stretched Out

"They've sounded the alarm, and everyone is prepared, but no one is marching for battle, since I'm angry at the entire multitude.

Verse ConceptsTrumpetDesertionTrumpets For BattlePreparing For ActionNo War

"They'll clothe themselves with sackcloth, terror will overcome them, shame will cover their faces, and baldness will spread over their entire heads.

Verse ConceptsBaldnessHeadsKnivesMourningShavingFoul ClothesShame Will Come

They'll fling their silver into the streets, and their gold will be cast away as impure. Their silver and gold won't be able to deliver them during the time of the LORD's wrath. They won't be able to satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs, because their iniquity has tripped them up."

Verse ConceptsAbilityTo DeliverdissatisfactionGoldThrowing AwaySatisfactionStomachsStumblingTreasureSalvation Not By WorksSending Things AwayThe Entrance Of SinThings Which Cannot SaveHindering God's WorkMoney's DeficienciesSaving Money

"As for his beautiful ornament, he set it up in majesty, but they made detestable images and loathsome idols. Therefore, I'll give them something loathsome

Verse ConceptsTreasureAbominations, Idolatry IsBeauty Of Thingsjewelry

I'll turn my face away from them so that they'll defile my treasured place. Robbers will enter and profane it!

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodHeavenly FacesEntering The TempleGod Changing His MindPolluting Holy PlacesInterlopers In The Temple

"When destruction comes, they'll seek peace, but there will be none to be found.

Verse ConceptsPeace, In The WickedUnrestThe Ungodly SufferingNo Peace

Disaster upon disaster will come, followed by rumor after rumor. They'll seek an oracle from the prophet, but the Law will be gone from the priests, and counsel from the elders.

Verse ConceptsPoverty, SpiritualPriests, Function In Ot TimesProphets, Role OfRumoursVisionsDisastersCataclysmSpiritual DestitutionNo VisionsProphecy Abolishedrumors

"The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I'll deal with them according to their behavior and I will judge them by how they've judged. Then they'll learn that I am the LORD."

Verse ConceptsClothed With Bad ThingsGroups TremblingPeople Involved In JudgementPeople AppalledPeople Mourning Catastrophe

Then the Spirit told me, "Son of Man, don't you see what they're doing? The house of Israel practices awful, detestable things here, so I'm going far away from my sanctuary. But you're about to see things even more detestable than these."

Verse ConceptsSanctuarySin, Effects OfGrowth Of EvilGod Far AwayAbominations

Then he told me, "Go on through that entrance, so you may see the wicked, detestable things that they're committing here."

Verse ConceptsLooking And Seeing

the Spirit asked me, "Do you see, Son of Man, what the elders of Israel's house are doing in secret, each in the chamber of his own carved idol? They keep saying, "God doesn't see us. The LORD has abandoned the land.'"

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceShrinesSecret SinsConcealment, Of SinGod Not SeeingActing In SecretLooking And SeeingScofferselders

Then the Spirit told me, "You're about to see even more detestable practices that they're doing!"

Verse ConceptsGrowth Of Evil

"Do you see this, Son of Man?" he asked me. "Is it an insignificant thing for Judah's house to commit the detestable things that they're doing here? They've filled the land with violence and turned away from me, causing me to become angry again. Look how they're sniffing with their noses!

Verse ConceptsViolence In The EarthGod, Suffering OfProvoking GodA Little BitDoing RepeatedlyLooking And SeeingTroubling Individuals

I'm going to deal with them in rage and anger. I'll show neither pity nor compassion. They'll cry loudly directly in my ears, but I won't listen to them."

Verse ConceptsHearingCries Of Distress To GodGod Without MercyNot SparingAnger And Forgivenesspity

All of a sudden, I noticed six men approaching from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north. Each of them held a destructive weapon in his hand. Among them there was one man, clothed in linen, who was equipped with a writing set at his side. They went in and presented themselves beside the bronze altar.

Verse ConceptsSix PeopleComing To GatesFacing NorthWriting On ObjectsWeapons Of GodSetting Up The Bronze AltarDeath Penalty For Killing

You are to execute old men, young men, young women, little children, and women. But don't touch anyone who has been marked. Begin at my Holy Place!" And so they started with the elders who were in standing in front of the Temple.

Verse ConceptsTouchActivity BegunGod Will Kill His PeopleChild AbuseThe Elderly

"Desecrate my Temple," he told them, "and fill its courtyard with the dead!" So they went out and began striking down people throughout the city.

Verse ConceptsFilling The SanctuaryGoing OutsideGod KillingGod Killed His PeopleCourts Of The Temple

While they were out carrying out the executions, I was left alone. So I fell on my face and cried out, "O Lord GOD, are you going to destroy all of the survivors of Israel when you pour out your anger on Jerusalem?"

Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, At GodProstrationRemnantSurvivors Destroyed

"The house of Israel and Judah is guilty and theirs is a stubborn guilt, at that!" he replied to me. "The land is filled with blood, and the city overflows with injustice, because they keep saying, "The LORD has abandoned the land,' and "The LORD isn't watching.'

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Causes OfPerversionGod, All knowingGod Not SeeingKilling Many PeopleGod's People SinningScoffers

So as for me, I'm not going to show pity, and I won't look in their direction with mercy. I'm repaying them for what they have done."

Verse ConceptsHeadsReward, DivineThe Recompense Of The WickedGod Makes Evil ReboundGod Without MercyNot Sparingpity

In appearance, the four wheels looked like they consisted of a wheel within a wheel.

Verse ConceptsWheelsSimilar ItemsAppearances of

Whenever they moved, they proceeded without turning around as they moved, but they followed in the direction where their head was facing, without looking around as they moved.

Verse ConceptsFour CornersNot Turning AsideNorth, South, East And WestFour SidesDirection

When they stood still, the wheels stood still. When they rose up, the wheels rose up, too, because they were alive.

Verse ConceptsMotionlessnessComing To RestCreatures Going UpOther Creatures Going UpSpirit Of Creatures

The cherubim lifted their wings and rose above the earth while I watched. They went out, along with their wheels, and stood at the entrance to the east gate of the LORD's Temple as the glory of Israel's God remained above, covering them.

Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfComing To GatesMotionlessnessComing To RestAngel's WingsEast GatesPersons With ThingsCreatures Going UpOther Creatures Going Up

These were the living beings that I had seen under the God of Israel on the bank of the Chebar River. I knew that they were cherubim.

Verse ConceptsCosmic CreaturesRecognising People

As to the likeness of their faces, they were like what I had seen on the bank of the Chebar River. They each moved straight ahead.

Verse ConceptsHeavenly FacesNot Turning Aside

They keep saying, "The right time to build families hasn't yet arrived. The city is the pot and we are the meat.'

Verse ConceptsCaldronsUntimelinessNot The TimePots For Cooking And EatingWeedcookingpot

"Son of Man, your brothers, your other relatives, your fellow exiles, and the entire house of Israel are the people to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, "They've abandoned the LORD. This land was given to us for an inheritance.'"

"Therefore you are to say, "This is what the Lord GOD says, "Although I've removed them far away to live among the nations, and although I've scattered them throughout the earth, yet I've continued to be their sanctuary, even for the short time that they will be living in the lands to which they've gone."'

Verse ConceptsSanctuaryGod Scattering IsraelFar From HereRemoving People From Your Life

When they return from there and cast away all of their loathsome things and detestable practices,

Verse ConceptsRepenting Of AbominationsRemoving People From Your Life

When they live by my statutes and keep my ordinances by observing them, then they'll be my people and I will be their God.

Verse ConceptsRevival, Nature OfI Will Be Their GodKeep The Commandments!

"Son of Man, you live in a rebellious house that has eyes to see, but they can't see, and ears to hear, but they can't hear, since they're a rebellious house.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual Blindness, In UnbelieversLack Of DiscernmentHearingIndifferenceSensitivityApathyDullnessSpiritual DeafnessNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsUnhearingrebellion

"So now, Son of Man, you are to prepare your luggage for a trip into exile, and then you are to leave during the daytime so they see you leaving. Leave from your place to another while they're watching. Then perhaps they'll realize that they're a rebellious house.

Verse ConceptsUsing The DayBaggageExile In ProspectSeeing SituationsUnderstanding God's WordPreparationMoving OnMoving To A New Placerebellion

"Bring out your luggage, like you're packing to go into exile, and do this during the daytime while they're watching you. Later that evening, leave while they're watching you like someone heading into exile.

Verse ConceptsUsing The DayPlucking OutBaggageExile In ProspectSeeing Situations

While they continue to watch, dig a hole for yourself in the wall and enter through it.

Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningOpening WallsGoing OutsideSeeing Situations

"While they're watching, carry your luggage on your shoulder and go out in total darkness. Cover your face so that you won't see the land, because I'm using you as a sign to Israel's house."

Verse ConceptsDarkness Of NightPeople As SignsSeeing SituationsCarrying Other Loads

I did just as I was commanded. I brought out the luggage as if it were luggage for exile. I did this during the day. Then in the evening I dug a hole in the wall with my hand and brought the luggage out in total darkness and carried it out on my shoulder while they were watching.

Verse ConceptsUsing The DayThe Act Of OpeningOpening WallsDarkness Of NightBaggageExile In ProspectSeeing SituationsCarrying Other Loads

Tell them, "I'm a sign for you. Just as I enacted it, it's going to happen to them. They'll go into exile and captivity.

Verse ConceptsPeople As SignsExile In Prospect

Then the prince, who will be one of them, will carry his luggage on his shoulder in the dark and will go out. They'll dig a hole in the wall for him to go through. His face will be covered so that he won't be able to see the land with his eyes.

Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningOpening WallsGoing OutsideDarkness Of NightCarrying Other Loads

they'll learn that I am the LORD, when I've dispersed them among the nations and scattered them throughout the earth."'"

Verse ConceptsGod Scattering Israel

"But I'll preserve a few people out of the violent death, famine, and pestilence, so they can recount their detestable practices among the nations when they'll go there. Then they'll know that I am the LORD."

Verse ConceptsSmall RemnantsNo More FamineSurvivors Of IsraelFew PeopleRepenting Of AbominationsSin Confessed

Then tell the people of the land, "This is what the LORD says to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to Israel's land: "They'll eat their food in anxiety and drink their water in trepidation, because their land will be desolate in its entirety due to all the violence committed by all who live in it.

Verse ConceptsWorryViolence In The EarthEating And DrinkingFear Will ComeDespair

The towns that are inhabited will lie in ruins, because the land will be devastated. Then they'll learn that I am the LORD."'"

Verse ConceptsDestructionDestruction Of Cities

"Son of Man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, who even now are prophesying, and tell those prophets that keep on prophesying according to what they wish would happen, "Listen to what the LORD says.'"

Verse ConceptsSuperstitionFalse Prophets DenouncedProphesy!imagination

""They say, ""declares the LORD," even though the LORD didn't send them. And they hope for the fulfillment of their message. You've crafted a false prophesy and spoken deceptive divination, haven't you? But then you say, ""declares the LORD," although I haven't spoken a single word.

Verse ConceptsProphets Who Were Not Sent

My hand will oppose the prophets who see false visions and speak deceptive divinations. They won't be included with the council of my people, nor will they be entered into the registry of Israel's house or enter Israel's land. Then you'll know that I am the Lord GOD,

Verse ConceptsDeceit Leading to JudgmentGod's HandEntering The KingdomFalse VisionsGod OpposingGod's Hands In Opposition

"When someone builds a wall, they coat it with whitewash. Tell those who coat it with whitewash that it will fall. It will be washed off by the rain. Great hailstones will fall and a stormy wind will strip it off.

Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedShowersHailPlasterWhitewashingThings Falling

I'll also tear off your headbands and deliver my people from your grip so that they won't be under your control anymore. Then you'll know that I am the LORD.

Verse ConceptsGod Stripping PeopleGod Saving From Enemiesmagic

Later, some men from the elders of Israel came to visit me. After they had sat down in my presence,

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersSynagogueSitting At The Feet

"Son of Man, these men have taken idols into their hearts. They've placed the stumbling block that is their own iniquity right in front of their faces. Should I be consulted by them at all?

Verse ConceptsNature Of The HeartIdol WorshipIn FrontHindering God's Work

They'll bear the consequences of their guilt, and the prophet will be just as guilty as the one who seeks that prophet's guidance.

Verse ConceptsEquality Of PunishmentWicked ProphetsFound GuiltyguidanceGuiltconsequences

Then Israel's house won't wander away from me again, nor will they defile themselves again with all their transgressions. They'll become my people and I'll be their God," declares the Lord GOD.

Verse ConceptsDefilement, By SinPeople Going AstrayPeople Polluting ThemselvesI Will Be Their GodSin Clings To The Sinnerreuniting

Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job lived in that land, they would only save their own lives on account of their righteousness," declares the Lord GOD.

Verse ConceptsExamples, GoodNoahThree MenSaving Oneself

"If I were to make wild animals pass throughout the land, so that they kill its residents and it were to become desolate because no one will travel through it due to those wild animals,

Verse ConceptsLand Becoming Empty

then even though these three men were in it, as I live," says the Lord GOD, "they wouldn't be able to deliver even their sons or daughters. They would only save themselves, but the land would become desolate.

Verse ConceptsThree MenChildren SufferingSaving Oneself

though these three men lived there, as I live," declares the Lord GOD, "they couldn't deliver their own sons and daughters. They would only save themselves.

Verse ConceptsThree MenChildren SufferingSaving Oneself

even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were among them, as I live" says the Lord GOD, "they couldn't save their own sons or daughters. They would only save their own souls due to their own righteousness."

Verse ConceptsChildren SufferingSaving Oneself

But look! There will be a remnant who escapes, a few sons and daughters to be brought out. Look! They'll come out to you and you'll see how they've lived and what they've done, and you'll be comforted concerning the catastrophe that I brought on Jerusalem, including everything that I brought against her.

Verse ConceptsRemnantSurvivors Of IsraelGod Has ComfortedGod Turned Back From Harming Them

They'll comfort you when you see how they've lived and what they've done, because you'll know for certain that I haven't done anything that I've done against them without any reason," declares the Lord GOD.

Verse ConceptsUseless LabourHuman Comfort

to punishment. They may have escaped one fire, but the coming fire will burn them up completely, and they will know that I am the LORD, when I set myself in opposition to them

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodBurning JerusalemGod Opposing

"Therefore, look out! I've reached out to oppose you. I withdrew your rations and delivered you to those Philistine women who hate you. Even they were embarrassed at your wicked ways!

Verse ConceptsLewdnessStretching OutEvil DesiresPeople Being HatedShame Of Bad ConductThey Committed ImmoralityGod Will Cause DefeatGreedbehavior

therefore, watch out! I'm about to gather all your lovers from whom you've received your pleasure, everyone whom you've loved, and those whom you've hated. I'll gather them together to oppose you from every side, and they'll uncover your nakedness in their presence. Then they'll see you completely naked.

Verse ConceptsDenunciationsLooking At People For EvilGathering FriendsPeople Being Hatedlovers

"I'll also deliver you into their control, and they'll break down your mounds, tear down your high places, strip off your clothes, remove your fine jewels, and then they'll leave you stark naked!

Verse ConceptsNakednessDestruction Of Satan's WorksPeople Stripping PeopleTo Be Given Into One's Handsjewelry