Lexicon :: Strong's G71 - agō

He stretched out what appeared to be a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the inner gate that faces north, where the offensive statue that provokes jealousy was located.

The Spirit then lifted me up and brought me to the eastern gate of the LORD’s house, which faces east, and at the gate’s entrance were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur, and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.

“But I will spread my net over him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, yet he will not see it, and he will die there.

“They will bring a mob against you to stone you and to cut you to pieces with their swords.

“Now say to that rebellious house, ‘Don’t you know what these things mean? ’ Tell them, ‘The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.

“When the nations heard about him,

he was caught in their pit.

Then they led him away with hooks

to the land of Egypt.

“ ‘So I brought them out of the land of Egypt and led them into the wilderness.

“You are guilty of the blood you have shed, and you are defiled from the idols you have made. You have brought your judgment[fn] days near and have come to your years of punishment.[fn] Therefore, I have made you a disgrace to the nations and a mockery to all the lands.

“Your rowers have brought you

onto the high seas,

but the east wind has wrecked you

in the heart of the sea.

“Through the abundance of your trade,

you were filled with violence, and you sinned.

So I expelled you in disgrace

from the mountain of God,

and banished you, guardian cherub,[fn]

from among the fiery stones.

“The day will be dark[fn] in Tehaphnehes,

when I break the yoke of Egypt there

and its proud strength

comes to an end in the city.

A cloud will cover Tehaphnehes,[fn]

and its surrounding villages will go into captivity.

“The waters caused it to grow;

the underground springs made it tall,

directing their rivers all around

the place where the tree was planted

and sending their channels

to all the trees of the field.

“ ‘I will trouble the hearts of many peoples,

when I bring about your destruction

among the nations,

in countries you have not known.

“ ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: Are you the one I spoke about in former times through my servants, the prophets of Israel, who for years prophesied in those times that I would bring you against them?

In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month in the fourteenth year after Jerusalem had been captured, on that very day the LORD’s hand was on me, and he brought me there.

He led me to the gate, the one that faces east,

He asked me, “Do you see this, son of man? ” Then he led me back to the bank of the river.