Ezekiel 11

1 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people.

Moreover the Ruach lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of the LORD's house, which looks eastward: and see, at the door of the gate twenty-five men; and I saw in their midst Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, officials of the people.

2 And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.

He said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who give wicked counsel in this city;

3 They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’

who say, 'The time is not near to build houses: this is the caldron, and we are the meat.'

4 Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man!”

Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, son of man."

5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me and told me to declare that this is what the LORD says: “That is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your minds.

The Ruach of the LORD fell on me, and he said to me, "Speak, Thus says the LORD: 'Thus you have said, house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.

6 You have multiplied those you killed in this city and filled its streets with the dead.

You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain.'

7 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: The slain you have laid within this city are the meat, and the city is the pot; but I will remove you from it.

Therefore thus says the LORD: 'Your slain whom you have laid in its midst, they are the meat, and this is the caldron; but I will bring you out of it.

8 You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you, declares the Lord GOD.

You have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword on you,' says the LORD.

9 I will bring you out of the city and deliver you into the hands of foreigners, and I will execute judgments against you.

'I will bring you forth out of its midst, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.

10 You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you even to the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

You shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and you shall know that I am the LORD.

11 The city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat within it. I will judge you even to the borders of Israel.

This shall not be your caldron, neither shall you be the meat in its midst; I will judge you in the border of Israel;

12 Then you will know that I am the LORD. For you have neither followed My statutes nor practiced My ordinances, but you have conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.”

and you shall know that I am the LORD: for you have not walked in my statutes, neither have you executed my ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are around you.'"

13 Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”

It happened, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, "Ah, LORD. Will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?"

14 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

15 “Son of man, your brothers—your relatives, your fellow exiles, and the whole house of Israel—are those of whom the people of Jerusalem have said, ‘They are far away from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a possession.’

"Son of man, your brothers, the men of your relatives, and all the house of Israel, all of them, to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'Go far away from the LORD. This land has been given to us for a possession.'

16 Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries to which they have gone.’

Therefore say, 'Thus says the LORD: "Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they have come."'

17 Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries to which you have been scattered, and I will give back to you the land of Israel.’

Therefore say, 'Thus says the LORD: "I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel."

18 When they return to it, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations.

They shall come there, and they shall take away all the detestable things of it and all its abominations from there.

19 And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,

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 a heart of flesh;

20 so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.

that they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

21 But as for those whose hearts pursue detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”

But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way on their own heads,' says the LORD."

22 Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

23 And the glory of the LORD rose up from within the city and stood over the mountain east of the city.

The glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood on the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

24 And the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Chaldea, to the exiles in the vision given by the Spirit of God. After the vision had gone up from me,

The Ruach lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Ruach of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.

25 I told the exiles everything the LORD had shown me.

Then I spoke to them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shown me.