But you, son of man, hear what I am saying to you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.

And He said to me, Son of man, eat what you find. Eat this roll, and go speak to the house of Israel.

And He said to me, Son of man, do you see what they do; even the great abominations which the house of Israel is doing here, that I should go far off from My sanctuary? But turn again, and you shall see greater abominations.

And He said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, each man in his image room? For they are saying, Jehovah does not see us; Jehovah has forsaken the earth.

Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, What are you doing?

Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days will go on and every vision shall fail?

Say now to the rebellious house: Do you not know what these things mean? Tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon has come to Jerusalem and has taken its king and its rulers, and brings them to himself to Babylon.

What is it to you that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes and the teeth of the sons are dull?

But a man that is just and does what is just and right,

His father, because he extorted, robbed his brother by robbery, and did what is not good among his people; lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.

and say: What is your mother? A lioness. She lay down among lions; she multiplied her cubs among young lions.

And I said to them, What is the high place to which you go? And the name of it is called High Place to this day.

And what comes up on your spirit shall not happen at all, that you say, We will be like the nations, like the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.

Because it is a trial, and what if even the despising rod shall not be? says the Lord Jehovah.

And the people said to me, Will you not tell us what these things mean to us, that you do so?

if the wicked gives back the pledge, gives again what he had robbed, walks in the statutes of life without committing iniquity, then he shall surely live; he shall not die.

And you, son of man, the sons of your people are still talking about you by the walls, and in the doors of the houses, and speaking to one another, each man to his brother, saying, I pray you, come and hear what is the Word which comes from Jehovah.

And My flock, they eat what your feet have trampled, and they drink what your feet have fouled.

And when the sons of your people shall speak to you, saying, Will you not declare to us what these mean to you?

The width of the wall, which was for the side chamber to the outside, was five cubits, and what was left between the side chambers that were of the house.