3 He directed his heart toward the Lord;at a time of lawlessness,he made devotion to God stronger.
4 Except for David, Hezekiah, and Josiah,all of them struck a bad chord,because they abandonedthe Law of the Most High.The kings of Judah came to an end.
5 They gave their power to othersand their glory to a foreign nation,
6 which set fire to Jerusalem, the chosen city, and its sanctuaryand made its streets desolate,as Jeremiah said.
7 They mistreated him,even though he had been set apartfrom the womb to be a prophetto uproot, ruin, destroy,and likewise to build and plant.
8 Ezekiel saw a vision of glory,when God showed himthe chariot of the winged creatures.
9 He remembered the enemiesin the storm,and favored those keepingto a righteous path.