Ezekiel 11

1 And [the] Spirit lifts me up, and it brings me to the east gate of the house of YHWH, that is facing the east, and behold, at the opening of the gate [are] twenty-five men, and I see in their midst Jaazaniah son of Azzur, and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, heads of the people.

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.

2 And He says to me, “Son of man, these [are] the men who are devising iniquity, and who are giving evil counsel in this city;

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

3 who are saying, It [is] not near—to build houses, it [is] the pot, and we [are] the flesh.

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

4 Therefore prophesy concerning them, prophesy, son of man.”

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

5 And [the] Spirit of YHWH falls on me, and He says to me, “Say, Thus said YHWH: You have said correctly, O house of Israel, And I have known the steps of your spirit.

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.

6 You multiplied your wounded in this city, And filled its out-places with the wounded.

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

7 Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: Your wounded whom you placed in its midst, They [are] the flesh, and it [is] the pot, And He has brought you out from its midst.

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.

8 You have feared a sword, And I bring in a sword against you, A declaration of Lord YHWH.

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

9 And I have brought you out of its midst, And given you into the hand of strangers, And I have done judgments among you.

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

10 You fall by the sword, I judge you on the border of Israel, And you have known that I [am] YHWH.

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.

11 It is not for a pot for you, Nor are you for flesh in its midst, I judge you at the border of Israel.

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.

12 And you have known that I [am] YHWH, For you have not walked in My statutes, And you have not done My judgments, And according to the judgments of the nations Who are around you, you have done!”

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.”

13 And it comes to pass, at my prophesying, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah is dying, and I fall on my face, and cry—a loud voice—and say, “Aah! Lord YHWH, You are making an end of the remnant of Israel.”

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?”

14 And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,

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

15 “Son of man, your brothers, your brothers, men of your family, and all the house of Israel—all of it—[are] they to whom inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Keep far off from YHWH;

“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.’

16 it [is] ours, the land has been given for an inheritance; therefore say, Thus said Lord YHWH: Because I put them far off among nations, And because I scattered them through lands, I am also for a little sanctuary to them, In lands to where they have gone in.

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.’

17 Therefore say, Thus said Lord YHWH: And I have assembled you from the peoples, And I have gathered you from the lands, Into which you have been scattered, And I have given the ground of Israel to you.

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.’

18 And they have gone in there, And turned aside all its detestable things, And all its abominations—out of it.

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

19 And I have given one heart to them, And I give a new spirit in your midst, And I have turned the heart of stone out of their flesh, And I have given a heart of flesh to them.

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,

20 So that they walk in My statutes, And keep My judgments, and have done them, And they have been to Me for a people, And I am to them for God.

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.

21 As for those whose heart is going to the heart Of their detestable things and their abominations, I have put their way on their head, A declaration of Lord YHWH.”

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.”

22 And the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels [are] alongside them, and the glory of the God of Israel [is] over them above.

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

23 And the glory of YHWH goes up from off the midst of the city, and stands on the mountain, that [is] on the east of the city.

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

24 And [the] Spirit has lifted me up, and brings me to Chaldea, to the expulsion, in a vision, by [the] Spirit of God, and the vision that I have seen goes up from off me;

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,

25 and I speak to the expulsion all the matters of YHWH that He has showed me.

I told the exiles everything the LORD had shown me.