Thy brethren, etc... He speaks of them that had been carried away captives before; who were despised by them that remained in Jerusalem: but as the prophet here declares to them from God, should be in a more happy condition than they, and after some time return from their captivity. 11:16. Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Because I have removed them far off among the Gentiles, and because I have scattered them among the countries: I will be to them a little sanctuary in the countries whither they are come. 11:17. Therefore speak to them: Thus saith the Lord God: I will gather you from among the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries wherein you are scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. 11:18. And they shall go in thither, and shall take away all the scandals, and all the abominations thereof from thence. 11:19. And I will give them one heart, and will put a new spirit in their bowels: and I will take away the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh: 11:20. That they may walk in my commandments, and keep my judgments, and do them: and that they may be my people, and I may be their God. 11:21. But as for them whose heart walketh after their scandals and abominations, I will lay their way upon their head, saith the Lord God. 11:22. And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and the wheels with them: and the glory of the God of Israel was over them. 11:23. And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood over the mount that is on the east side of the city. 11:24. And the spirit lifted me up, and brought me into Chaldea, to them of the captivity, in vision, by the spirit of God: and the vision which I had seen was taken up from me. 11:25. And I spoke to them of the captivity all the words of the Lord, which he had shewn me. Ezechiel Chapter 12 The prophet forsheweth, by signs, the captivity of Sedecias, and the desolation of the people: all which shall quickly come to pass. 12:1. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 12:2. Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a provoking house: who have eyes to see, and see not: and ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a provoking house. 12:3. Thou, therefore, O son of man, prepare thee all necessaries for removing, and remove by day into their sight: and thou shalt remove out of thy place to another place in their sight, if so be they will regard it: for they are a provoking house. 12:4. And thou shalt bring forth thy furniture as the furniture of one that is removing by day in their sight: and thou shalt go forth in the evening in their presence, as one goeth forth that removeth his dwelling. 12:5. Dig thee a way through the wall before their eyes: and thou shalt go forth through it.