Eze 11 | NASB2020 | STEP | Now the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord’s house which faced eastward . And behold , there were twenty-five men at the entrance of the gate , and among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah , leaders of the people .

Ezekiel 11

Evil Rulers to Be Judged

1 Now the ^aSpirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord’s house which faced eastward. And behold, there were twenty-five men at the entrance of the gate, and among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and ^bPelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people. 2 Then He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise wrongdoing and ^cgive evil advice in this city, 3 who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses. ^{▼▼Or This is}This ^ecity is the pot and we are the meat.’ 4 Therefore, ^fprophesy against them, prophesy, son of man!”

5 Then the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and He said to me, “Say, ‘This is what the Lord says: “This is how you think, house of Israel, for ^gI know ^{▼▼Lit what comes up in your spirit}your ⁱthoughts. 6 You have ^jmultiplied your slain in this city, and filled its streets with ^{▼▼Lit the slain}them.” 7 Therefore, this is what the Lord ^{▼▼Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch}God says: “Your ^mslain whom you have laid in the midst of ^{▼▼Lit it}the city are the meat and this city is the pot; but ^{▼▼As in LXX; MT he will bring you out}I will ^pbring you out of it. 8 You have ^qfeared a sword; so I will ^rbring a sword upon you,” the Lord God declares. 9 “And I will bring you out of the midst of ^{▼▼Lit it}the city, and hand you over to ^tstrangers, and ^uexecute judgments against you. 10 You will ^vfall by the sword. I will judge you to the ^wborder of Israel; so you shall know that I am the Lord. 11 This city will ^xnot be a pot for you, nor will you be meat in the midst of it; I will judge you to the border of Israel. 12 So you will know that I am the Lord; for you have not walked in My statutes, nor have you ^yexecuted My ordinances, but you have acted in accordance with the ordinances of the ^znations around you.”’”

13 Now it came about, as I prophesied, that ^aaPelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice, and said, “ ^abOh, Lord God! Will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete destruction?”

Promise of Restoration

14 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 15 “Son of man, your brothers, your relatives, ^{▼▼As in LXX and some ancient versions; MT the men of your redemption}your fellow exiles, and the entire house of Israel, all of them, are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Keep far from the Lord; this land has been given ^adto us as a possession.’ 16 Therefore say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “Though I had removed them far away among the nations, and though I had scattered them among the countries, yet I was a ^aesanctuary for them for a little while in the countries where they had gone.”’ 17 Therefore say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “I will ^afgather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries among which you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.”’ 18 When they come there, they will ^agremove all its ^ahdetestable things and all its abominations from it. 19 And I will ^aigive them one heart, and put a new spirit within ^{▼▼As in LXX and many mss; MT you}them. And I will remove the ^akheart of stone from their flesh and give them a ^alheart of flesh, 20 so that they may ^amwalk in My statutes, and keep My ordinances and do them. Then they will be ^anMy people, and I shall be their God. 21 ^{▼▼Lit And to the heart of their detestable things and their abominations their heart goes}But as for those whose hearts go after their ^apdetestable things and abominations, I will ^{▼▼Lit give...conduct on
,} ^arbring their conduct down on their heads,” declares the Lord God.

22 Then the cherubim ^aslifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and ^atthe glory of the God of Israel ^{▼▼Lit over them from above}hovered over them. 23 The ^avglory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city and ^awstood over the mountain which is east of the city. 24 And the ^axSpirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God to ^{▼▼I.e., Babylonia}Chaldea, to the exiles. Then the vision that I had seen ^{▼▼Lit went up from
,} ^baleft me. 25 And I ^bbtold the exiles all the things that the Lord had shown me.