12. You will realize that while you were following the laws of nearby nations, you were disobeying my laws and teachings. And I am the Lord!
13. Before I finished speaking, Pelatiah dropped dead. I bowed down and cried out, “Please, Lord God, don't kill everyone left in Israel.”
14. The Lord replied:
15. Ezekiel, son of man, the people living in Jerusalem claim that you and the other Israelites who were taken to Babylonia are too far away to worship me. They also claim that the land of Israel now belongs only to them.