Ezekiel 11:14-25

14Then the Lord spoke his word to me. He said,

15“Son of man, the people who live in Jerusalem are talking about your own relatives and about the entire nation of Israel. The people who live in Jerusalem say, ‘They are far away from the Lord. This land has been given to us as our own property.’

16“So tell them, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, I have been their sanctuary for a little while among the countries where they’ve gone.’

17“So tell them, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: I will bring them together from the nations and gather them from the countries where I’ve scattered them. I will give them the land of Israel.

18They will come and remove all the disgusting and detestable things that are there.

19I will give them a single purpose and put a new spirit in them. I will remove their stubborn hearts and give them obedient hearts.

20Then they will live by my laws and obey my rules. They will be my people, and I will be their God.

21But as for those whose minds are set on following detestable and disgusting idols, I will pay them back for what they have done, declares the Almighty Lord.’ ”

22Then the angels  raised their wings, with the wheels beside them. The glory of the God of Israel was above them.

23The Lord’s glory left the middle of the city and stopped above the mountain east of the city.

24In this vision from God’s Spirit, the Spirit lifted me and brought me to the exiles in Babylonia. Then the vision I saw left me.

25I told the exiles everything the Lord had shown me.