Ezekiel 11

1 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the eastern gate of Yahweh's house, facing east, and behold, in the doorway of the gate there were twenty-five men. I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people, among them.

Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of the LORD’s house, which looks 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.

2 God said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who decide wicked plans in this city.

Then said he to me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:

3 They are saying, 'The time to build houses is not now; this city is the pot, and we are the meat.'

Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.

4 Therefore prophesy against them. Prophesy, son of man.”

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

5 Then the Spirit of Yahweh fell on me and he said for me to say: This is what Yahweh says, “That is what you are saying, house of Israel; for I know what goes through your mind.

And the Spirit of the LORD fell on me, and said to me, Speak; Thus says the LORD; Thus have you said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.

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

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

7 Therefore, the Lord Yahweh says this: The people you have killed, whose bodies you have laid in the midst of Jerusalem, are the meat, and this city is the pot. But you are going to be brought out from the midst of this city.

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Your slain whom you have laid in the middle of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the middle of it.

8 You have feared the sword, so I am bringing the sword upon you—this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh.

You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword on you, says the Lord GOD.

9 I will bring you out of the midst of the city, and put you into the hands of foreigners, for I will bring judgment against you.

And I will bring you out of the middle 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 within the borders of Israel so you will know that I am Yahweh.

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 This city will not be your cooking pot, nor will you be the meat within her midst. I will judge you within the borders of Israel.

This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall you be the flesh in the middle thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:

12 Then you will know that I am Yahweh, the one whose statutes you have not walked in and whose decrees you have not carried out. Instead, you have carried out the decrees of the nations that surround you.”

And you shall know that I am the LORD: for you have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.

13 It came about that as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah, died. So I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, “Alas, Lord Yahweh, will you completely destroy the remnant of Israel?”

And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?

14 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

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

15 “Son of man, your brothers! Your brothers! The men of your clan and all the house of Israel! All of them are those of whom it is said by those living in Jerusalem, 'They are far away from Yahweh! This land was given to us as our possession.'

Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, the men of your kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: to us is this land given in possession.

16 Therefore say, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Though I have removed them far off among the nations, and though I have scattered them among the lands, yet I have been a sanctuary for them for a little while in the lands where they have gone.'

Therefore say, Thus says 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, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you from the lands where you were scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.'

Therefore say, Thus says the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.

18 Then they will go there and remove every detestable thing and every abomination from that place.

And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from there.

19 I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them. I will take out the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,

And 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:

20 so that they will walk in my statutes, they will carry out my decrees and do 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 to those who walk with affection toward their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their conduct on their own heads—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.”

But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way on their own heads, says the Lord GOD.

22 The cherubim lifted up their wings and the wheels that were beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was high up over them.

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

23 Then the glory of Yahweh went up from within the midst of the city and stood on the mountain to the east of the city.

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

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

Afterwards 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.

25 Then I declared to the exiles all the things of Yahweh that I had seen.

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