18 When my people come back, they will destroy all the terrible, filthy idols that are here now.
19 I will bring them together and make them like one person. I will put a new spirit in them. I will take away that heart of stone, and I will put a real heart in its place.
20 Then they will obey my laws and my commands. They will do the things I tell them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.’”
21 Then God said, “But now, their hearts belong to those terrible, filthy idols, and I must punish those people for the bad things they have done.” This is what the Lord GOD said.
22 Then the Cherub angels raised their wings and flew into the air. The wheels went with them. The Glory of the God of Israel was above them.
23 The Glory of the Lord rose into the air and left the city and stopped on the hill east of Jerusalem.
24 Then the Spirit lifted me into the air and brought me back to Babylonia. It brought me back to the people who were forced to leave Israel. I saw all this in the vision from God. Then the one I saw in the vision rose into the air and left me.