1 Then ^athe Spirit lifted me up and brought me to ^bthe East Gate of the Lord’s house, which faces eastward; and there ^cat the door of the gate were twenty-five men, among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.  ‡

3 who say, ‘The time is not ^anear to build houses; ^bthis city is the caldron, and we are the meat.’  ‡

4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man!”