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 looketh 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.'

Who say, [It is] not near; let us build houses: this [city is] the caldron, and we [are] 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 upon me, and said to me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye 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.

Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled its streets 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 saith the Lord God; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they [are] the flesh, and this [city is] the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.

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

Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith 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 midst of it, 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.

Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye 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 ye be the flesh in the midst of it; [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 ye shall know that I [am] the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that [are] around 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 I fell down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou 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, thy brethren, [even] thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, [are] they to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Retire 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 saith 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 saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye 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 from thence all its detestable things, and all its abominations.

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 a 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 walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith 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 the cherubim raised 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 midst of the city, and stood upon 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 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 shown me.