Ezekiel 11

1 Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of YHWH'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.

And the wind, lifting me up, took me to the east doorway of the Lord's house, looking to the east: and at the door I saw twenty-five men; and among them I saw Jaazaniah, the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, rulers of the people.

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

Then he said to me, Son of man, these are the men who are designing evil, who are teaching evil ways in this town:

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

Who say, This is not the time for building houses: this town is the cooking-pot and we are the flesh.

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

For this cause be a prophet against them, be a prophet, O son of man.

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

And the spirit of the Lord came on me, and he said to me, Say, These are the words of the Lord: This is what you have said, O children of Israel; what comes into your mind is clear to me.

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

You have made great the number of your dead in this town, you have made its streets full of dead men.

7 Therefore thus says YHWH: '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.

For this reason the Lord has said: Your dead whom you have put down in its streets, they are the flesh, and this town is the cooking-pot: but I will make you come out from inside it.

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

You have been fearing the sword, and I will send the sword on you, says the Lord.

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

I will make you come out from inside the town and will give you up into the hands of men from other lands, and will be judge among you.

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

You will come to your death by the sword; and I will be your judge in the land of Israel; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

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

This town will not be your cooking-pot, and you will not be the flesh inside it; I will be your judge at the limit of the land of Israel;

12 and you shall know that I am YHWH: 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.'"

And you will be certain that I am the Lord: for you have not been guided by my rules or given effect to my orders, but you have been living by the orders of the nations round about you.

13 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, YHWH. Will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?"

Now while I was saying these things, death came to Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah. Then falling down on my face and crying out with a loud voice, I said, Ah, Lord! will you put an end to all the rest of Israel?

14 The word of YHWH came to me, saying,

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

15 "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 YHWH. This land has been given to us for a possession.'

Son of man, your countrymen, your relations, and all the children of Israel, all of them, are those to whom the people of Jerusalem have said, Go far from the Lord; this land is given to us for a heritage:

16 Therefore say, 'Thus says YHWH: "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."'

For this reason say, This is what the Lord has said: Though I have had them moved far off among the nations, and though I have sent them wandering among the countries, still I have been a safe place for them for a little time in the countries where they have come.

17 Therefore say, 'Thus says YHWH: "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."

Then say, This is what the Lord has said: I will get you together from the peoples, and make you come out of the countries where you have been sent in flight, and I will give you the land of Israel.

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

And they will come there, and take away all the hated and disgusting things from it.

19 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;

And I will give them a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in them; and I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh:

20 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.

So that they may be guided by my rules and keep my orders and do them: and they will be to me a people, and I will be to them a God.

21 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 YHWH."

But as for those whose heart goes after their hated and disgusting things, I will send on their heads the punishment of their ways, says the Lord.

22 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.

Then the wings of the winged ones were lifted up, and the wheels were by their side; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them on high.

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

And the glory of the Lord went up from inside the town, and came to rest on the mountain on the east side of the town.

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

And the wind, lifting me up, took me in the visions of God into Chaldaea, to those who had been taken away as prisoners. So the vision which I had seen went away from me.

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

Then I gave an account to those who had been taken prisoners of all the things which the Lord had made me see.