Ezekiel 11
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1Moreover, the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the LORD'S house which faced eastward. And behold, there were twenty-five men at the entrance of the gate, and among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.1Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD'S house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
2He said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil advice in this city,2Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
3who say, 'Is not the time near to build houses? This city is the pot and we are the flesh.'3Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.
4"Therefore, prophesy against them, son of man, prophesy!"4Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.
5Then the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and He said to me, "Say, 'Thus says the LORD, "So you think, house of Israel, for I know your thoughts.5And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.
6"You have multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with them."6Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.
7Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of the city are the flesh and this city is the pot; but I will bring you out of it.7Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.
8"You have feared a sword; so I will bring a sword upon you," the Lord GOD declares.8Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.
9"And I will bring you out of the midst of the city and deliver you into the hands of strangers and execute judgments against you.9And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
10"You will fall by the sword. I will judge you to the border of Israel; so you shall know that I am the LORD.10Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
11"This city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be flesh in the midst of it, but I will judge you to the border of Israel.11This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:
12"Thus you will know that I am the LORD; for you have not walked in My statutes nor have you executed My ordinances, but have acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you."'"12And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.
13Now it came about as I prophesied, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, "Alas, Lord GOD! Will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?"13And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
14Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,14Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
15"Son of man, your brothers, your relatives, your fellow exiles and the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'Go far from the LORD; this land has been given us as a possession.'15Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession.
16"Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Though I had removed them far away among the nations and though I had scattered them among the countries, yet I was a sanctuary for them a little while in the countries where they had gone."'16Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.
17"Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries among which you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel."'17Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
18"When they come there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from it.18And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
19"And I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them. And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,19And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
20that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God.20That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
21"But as for those whose hearts go after their detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down on their heads," declares the Lord GOD.21But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.
22Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them.22Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
23The glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city and stood over the mountain which is east of the city.23And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
24And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God to the exiles in Chaldea. So the vision that I had seen left me.24Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
25Then I told the exiles all the things that the LORD had shown me.25Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed me.
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