Eze 11:1-13 | ESV | STEP | The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the house of the Lord , which faces east . And behold , at the entrance of the gateway there were twenty-five men . And I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur , and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah , princes of the people .

o[See ver. 3 above]

p[See ver. 3 above]

q Jer. 42:16

r ch. 7:21

sSee ch. 5:8

t Jer. 39:6; See 2 Kgs. 25:18-21

uSee ch. 6:7

v[ver. 3, 7]

w[ch. 8:10, 14, 16]

Ezekiel 11:1-13

Judgment on Wicked Counselors

1 ^aThe Spirit lifted me up and brought me to ^bthe east gate of the house of the Lord, which faces east. And behold, at the entrance of the gateway there were ^ctwenty-five men. And I saw among them Jaazaniah ^dthe son of Azzur, and ^ePelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 2 And he said to me, ^f“Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city; 3 ^gwho say, ^h‘The time is not near ^{▼▼Or Is not the time near . . . ?} to build houses. ^jThis city is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’ 4 Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man.”

5 And ^kthe Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and he said to me, “Say, Thus says the Lord: So you think, O house of Israel. ^lFor I know the things that come into your mind. 6 ^mYou have multiplied your slain in this city and have filled its streets with the slain. 7 Therefore thus says the Lord God: ⁿYour slain whom you have laid in the midst of it, ^othey are the meat, and ^pthis city is the cauldron, but you shall be brought out of the midst of it. 8 ^qYou have feared the sword, and I will bring the sword upon you, declares the Lord God. 9 And I will bring you out of the midst of it, and ^rgive you into the hands of foreigners, and ^sexecute judgments upon you. 10 ^tYou shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel, ^uand you shall know that I am the Lord. 11 ^vThis city shall not be your cauldron, nor shall you be the meat in the midst of it. I will judge you at the border of Israel, 12 and you shall know that I am the Lord. For you have not walked in my statutes, nor obeyed my rules, ^wbut have acted according to the rules of the nations that are around you.”

13 And it came to pass, while I was prophesying, ^xthat ^yPelatiah the son of Benaiah died. ^zThen I fell down on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, ^aa“Ah, Lord God! ^abWill you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?”