Eze 11 | ABEn | STEP | And [ 2 took me up 1 spirit], and led me unto the gate of the house of the lord , the one over against the one looking according to the east. And behold, upon the threshold of the gate were about twenty and five men. And I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, the ones guiding the people.

Ezekiel 11

CHAPTER 11 Judgment on Jerusalem's Leaders

1 And [²took me up ¹spirit], and led me unto the gate of the house of the lord, the one over against the one looking according to the east. And behold, upon the threshold of the gate were about twenty and five men. And I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, the ones guiding the people. 2 And he said to me, O son of man, these are the men considering vain things, and deliberating [²counsel ¹evil] in this city. 3 The ones saying, Have they not recently built the houses? This is the kettle, and we are the meats. 4 On account of this, prophesy against them! Prophesy, O son of man!

Ezekiel Prophesies against Israel

5 And there fell upon me spirit of the lord. And he said to me, You say! Thus says the lord; As you said, O house of Israel, and the deliberations of your spirit I know. 6 You multiplied your dead in this city, and you filled up her ways of slain ones. 7 On account of this, thus says Adonai the lord; Your dead whom you struck in the midst of her, these are the meats, and she is the kettle. And you I will lead out from the midst of her. 8 [²the broadsword ¹You fear], and the broadsword I will bring upon you, says Adonai the lord. 9 And I will lead you from the midst of her. And I will deliver you into the hands of strangers. And I will execute [²among ³you ¹judgments]. 10 By the broadsword you shall fall. Upon the borders of Israel I will judge you, and you will realize that I am the lord. 11 She [²to you ¹shall not be] for a kettle, and you in no way shall become in the midst of her for meat. 12 Unto the borders of Israel I will judge you, and you shall know, for I am the lord. For [²in ³my commandments ¹you did not go], and of my judgments you went not, and according to the judgments of the nations, of the ones around you, you went. 13 And it came to pass in my prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. And I fell upon my face, and I yelled out [²voice ¹with a great], and said, Alas, Adonai O lord, unto consummation do you appoint the remnant of Israel? 14 And [³came ¹the word ²of the lord] to me, saying, 15 O son of man, your brethren, and the men of your captivity, and all the house of Israel have come to completion, about whom [⁴said ⁵to them ¹the ones ²dwelling ³in Jerusalem], You are far at a distance from the lord; [⁴to us ³has been given ¹the ²land] for an inheritance. 16 On account of this, you say! Thus says Adonai the lord, that, I will thrust them into the nations, and I will disperse them into every land, and I will be to them for [²sanctuary ¹a small] in the places where ever they shall enter into there. 17 On account of this, you say! Thus says Adonai the lord, that, I will take them from out of the nations, and I will gather them from out of the places of which I scattered them among them, and I will give to them the land of Israel. 18 And they shall enter there, and they shall lift away all her abominations, and all her lawless deeds from out of her.

Future Restoration Promised

19 And I will give to them [²heart ¹another], and [³spirit ²a new ¹I will put] in them; and I will pull out the [²heart ¹stone] from their flesh, and I will give to them a heart of flesh; 20 so that [²by ³my orders ¹they shall go], and [²my ordinances ¹they shall guard], and they shall execute them. And they will be to me for a people, and I will be to them for God. 21 And for the heart of their abominations, and of their lawlessnesses, as their heart went, [²their ways ³against ⁴their heads ¹I have imputed], says Adonai the lord. 22 And [³lifted up ¹the ²cherubim] their wings, and the wheels were next to them, and the glory of the God of Israel was upon them, up above them. 23 And [⁴ascended ¹the ²glory ³of the lord] from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which was before the city. 24 And spirit took me up, and led me into the land of the Chaldeans, unto the captivity, in a vision by spirit of God. And I ascended from the vision which I beheld. 25 And I spoke to the captivity all the words of the lord which he showed to me.