Ezekiel 11
1. Moreover the spirit lifted me up * , and brought * me unto 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. Then said * he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise * mischief, and give * wicked counsel in this city:
3. 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 * , O son of man.
5. And the Spirit of the LORD fell * upon me, and said * unto 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. Ye have multiplied * your slain in this city, and ye have filled * the streets thereof with the slain.
7. 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. Ye have feared * the sword; and I will bring * a sword upon you, saith * the Lord GOD.
9. And I will bring you out * of the midst thereof, and deliver * you into the hands of strangers * , and will execute * judgments among you.
10. 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 shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge * you in the border of Israel:
12. 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 round about you.
13. And it came to pass, when I prophesied * , that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died * . Then fell I 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. Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying * ,
15. Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants * of Jerusalem have said * , Get you far * from the LORD:unto us is this land given * in possession.
16. 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 * , 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. And they shall come * thither, and they shall take away * all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
19. 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. That they may walk * in my statutes,and keep * mine ordinances, and do * them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
21. 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. Then did the cherubims lift up * their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
23. 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. 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 spake * unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed * me.
