But you, son of man, hear what I tell you; don't be rebellious like that rebellious house: open your mouth, and eat that which I give you.

He said to me, Son of man, do you see what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel do commit here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? But you shall again see yet other great abominations.

Then he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his rooms of imagery? for they say, Yahweh doesn't see us; Yahweh has forsaken the land.

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 are prolonged, and every vision fails?

Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?

Say now to the rebellious house, Don't you know what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon:

What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?

and say, What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her cubs.

Then I said to them, What does the high place where you go mean? So its name is called Bamah to this day.

For there is a trial; and what if even the rod that condemns shall be no more? says the Lord Yahweh.

The people said to me, Won't you tell us what these things are to us, that you do so?

As for you, son of man, the children of your people talk of you by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, everyone to his brother, saying, Please come and hear what is the word that comes forth from Yahweh.

When the children of your people shall speak to you, saying, Will you not show us what you mean by these?

It shall happen, that in what tribe the stranger lives, there you shall give him his inheritance, says the Lord Yahweh.