Ezekiel 11
1 A spirit lifted me up and brought me to the eastern gate of the house of the LORD, the one facing east. There at the entrance to the gate were twenty-five men, and among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.
2 He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.
3 They are the ones who say, ‘It is not time to build houses. This city is the pot, and we are the meat.’
4 Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, son of man.”
5 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon me, and he said to me, “Say: ‘This is what the LORD says: «That is what you have said, house of Israel, and I know what rises in your spirit.
6 You have multiplied your slain in this city and filled its streets with the dead.»
7 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: «The dead you have placed in the middle of it are the meat, and the city is the pot; but he has brought you out from its midst.
8 You feared the sword, and I will bring the sword upon you, declares the Lord GOD.
9 I will bring you out from its midst, hand you over to foreigners, and execute judgments against you.
10 You will fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel, and you will know that I am the LORD.
11 The city will not be a pot for you, and you will not be meat inside it. I will judge you at the border of Israel.
12 Then you will know that I am the LORD, because you did not walk in my decrees or keep my laws, but acted according to the laws of the nations around you.»’”
13 While I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown, cried out loudly, and said, “Alas, Lord GOD! Will you make a complete end of the remnant of Israel?”
14 The word of the LORD came to me:
15 “Son of man, the people living in Jerusalem have said of your brothers—your own brothers, your fellow kin, and all the house of Israel: ‘Keep far away from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a possession.’
16 Therefore say: ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: «Though I have sent them far away among the nations and scattered them across the lands, I have been a small sanctuary for them in the lands where they went.»’
17 Therefore say: ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: «I will gather you from among the peoples, bring you together from the lands where you have been scattered, and give you the land of Israel.
18 They will return there and remove from it all its detestable idols and all its abominations.
19 I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh.
20 Then they will walk in my decrees, keep my laws, and follow them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
21 But as for those whose hearts pursue the hearts of their detestable idols and abominations, I will bring their deeds down on their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.»’”
22 Then the cherubim spread their wings, and the wheels were beside them. The glory of the God of Israel was above them.
23 The glory of the LORD rose from the middle of the city and stopped over the mountain east of the city.
24 A spirit lifted me up and brought me to Chaldea, to the exiles, in a vision by the Spirit of God. Then the vision I had seen rose and left me.
25 I told the exiles all the words of the LORD that he had shown me.
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