EzekielChapter 11

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¹Then the Spirit lifted me up. He brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. At the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah. They were leaders of the people. ²The LORD said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who plan evil. They give wicked advice in this city. ³They are saying, 'Isn't it almost time to build houses? This city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.' ⁴So prophesy against them. Prophesy, son of man!" ⁵Then the Spirit of the LORD came on me. He told me to say, "This is what the LORD says: That is what you are thinking, house of Israel. I know the thoughts that come into your minds. ⁶You have killed more and more people in this city. You have filled its streets with the dead. ⁷So this is what the Lord GOD says: The people you have killed and left in this city are the meat. The city is the pot. But I will drive you out of it. ⁸You are afraid of the sword. So I will bring the sword against you, says the Lord GOD. ⁹I will bring you out of the city. I will hand you over to foreigners. I will punish you. ¹⁰You will be killed by the sword. I will judge you all the way to the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD. ¹¹This city will not be a pot for you. You will not be the meat inside it. I will judge you all the way to the borders of Israel. ¹²Then you will know that I am the LORD. You have not followed my rules or kept my laws. Instead, you have followed the ways of the nations around you." ¹³While I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell with my face to the ground. I cried out in a loud voice, "Oh, Lord GOD! Will you wipe out all who are left in Israel?" ¹⁴Then the word of the LORD came to me. He said, ¹⁵"Son of man, think of your brothers, your relatives, your fellow exiles, and the whole house of Israel. The people of Jerusalem have said about them, 'They are far away from the LORD. This land has been given to us to own.' ¹⁶So tell them, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: I sent them far away among the nations. I scattered them among the countries. But for a little while I have been a holy place for them in the countries where they have gone.' ¹⁷So tell them, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: I will gather you from the peoples. I will bring you together from the countries where you have been scattered. And I will give the land of Israel back to you.' ¹⁸When they return to it, they will remove all its evil things and all its disgusting idols. ¹⁹I will give them one heart. I will put a new spirit in them. I will take away their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. ²⁰I will do this so that they will follow my rules and keep my laws and obey them. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God. ²¹But some people's hearts chase after evil things and disgusting idols. I will bring what they have done down on their own heads, says the Lord GOD." ²²Then the cherubim spread their wings, with the wheels beside them. The glory of the God of Israel was above them. ²³The glory of the LORD rose up from inside the city. It stopped over the mountain east of the city. ²⁴The Spirit lifted me up. In the vision given by the Spirit of God, he carried me back to the exiles in Chaldea. Then the vision I had seen left me. ²⁵I told the exiles everything the LORD had shown me.