- Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. There at the entrance to the gate were twenty-five men, and I saw among them Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.
- The LORD said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who are plotting evil and giving wicked advice in this city.
- They say, 'Will it not soon be time to build houses? This city is a cooking pot, and we are the meat.'
- Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, son of man."
- Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon me, and he told me to say: "This is what the LORD says: That is what you are saying, O house of Israel, but I know what is going through your mind.
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- Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
- Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
- Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.
- Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.
- And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.
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