Ezekiel 11

Judgment on Wicked Counselors

1 *ver. 24;See ch. 3:12The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to *ch. 10:19the east gate of the house of the Lord, which faces east. And behold, at the entrance of the gateway there were *ch. 8:16twenty-five men. And I saw among them Jaazaniah *Jer. 28:1the son of Azzur, and *ver. 13Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 2 And he said to me, *See ch. 2:1"Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city; 3 *[Jer. 29:28] who say, *[ch. 12:22,27] ‘The time is not near*11:3 Or Is not the time near . . . ? to build houses. *ch. 24:3,6This city is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’ 4 Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man."

5 And *See ch. 2:2the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and he said to me, "Say, Thus says the Lord: So you think, O house of Israel. *ch. 20:32;38:10;[Isa. 29:15]For I know the things that come into your mind. 6 *[ch. 7:23]You have multiplied your slain in this city and have filled its streets with the slain. 7 Therefore thus says the Lord God: *ch. 24:7Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of it, *[See ver. 3above]they are the meat, and *[See ver. 3above]this city is the cauldron, but you shall be brought out of the midst of it. 8 *Jer. 42:16You 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 *ch. 7:21give you into the hands of foreigners, and *See ch. 5:8execute judgments upon you. 10 *Jer. 39:6;See 2 Kgs. 25:18-21You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel, *See ch. 6:7and you shall know that I am the Lord. 11 *[ver. 3, 7]This 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, *[ch. 8:10,14,16]but have acted according to the rules of the nations that are around you."

13 And it came to pass, while I was prophesying, *[Acts 5:5] that *ver. 1Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. *ch. 9:8Then I fell down on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, *ch. 9:8"Ah, Lord God! *[ch. 20:17]Will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?"

Israel’s New Heart and Spirit

14 And the word of the Lord came to me: 15 *See ch. 2:1"Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, your kinsmen,*11:15 Hebrew the men of your redemption the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those of whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, *[1 Sam. 26:19]‘Go far from the Lord; to us this land is given for a possession.’ 16 Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: Though I removed them far off among the nations, and though I scattered them among the countries, yet *[ch. 37:26,28;Isa. 8:14;Rev. 21:22]I have been a sanctuary to them for a while*11:16 Or in small measure in the countries where they have gone.’ 17 Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: *ch. 20:41;28:25;34:13;36:24;37:21;[ch. 38:8;39:27;Isa. 11:12]I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, *ch. 20:41;28:25;34:13;36:24;37:21;[ch. 38:8;39:27;Isa. 11:12]and I will give you the land of Israel.’ 18 And when they come there, *ch. 37:23they will remove from it all its *ch. 5:11detestable things and all its abominations. 19 *Jer. 32:39;[Acts 4:32] And I will give them one heart, and *ch. 36:26;[ch. 18:31;Ps. 51:10;Jer. 31:33] a new spirit I will put within them. *[Zech. 7:12] I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh *[2 Cor. 3:3]and give them a heart of flesh, 20 *Ps. 105:45that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. *ch. 14:11;36:28;Lev. 26:12;See Jer. 30:22;31:33And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 21 *See ch. 9:4-6But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, *See ch. 7:4I will*11:21 Hebrew To the heart of their detestable things and their abominations their heart goes; I will bring their deeds upon their own heads, declares the Lord God."

22 *ch. 10:19Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the wheels beside them, *ch. 10:19and the glory of the God of Israel was over them. 23 And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city and *Zech. 14:4;[ch. 43:2]stood on the mountain that is on the east side of the city. 24 *ver. 1;See ch. 3:12And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me *See ch. 1:1in the vision by the Spirit of God *[ch. 1:3]into Chaldea, to the exiles. Then the vision that I had seen went up from me. 25 And I told the exiles all the things that the Lord had shown me.