EZEKIEL 11

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God's Sure Judgment on Jerusalem

   1 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the

gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. There at

the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men, and I

saw among them Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah

son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.   2 The LORD said

to me, "Son of man, these are the men who are plotting

evil and giving wicked advice in this city.   3 They say,

'Havent't our houses been recently rebuilt? This city is a

pot, and we are the meat in it.'   4 Therefore prophesy

against them; prophesy, son of man."

   5 Then the Spirit of the LORD came on me, and he told

me to say: "This is what the LORD says: That is what you

are saying, you leaders in Israel, but I know what is

going through your mind.   6 You have killed many people

in this city and filled its streets with the dead.

   7 "Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says:

The bodies you have thrown there are the meat and

this city is the pot, but I will drive you out of it.   8 You

fear the sword, and the sword is what I will bring

against you, declares the Sovereign LORD.   9 I will drive

you out of the city and deliver you into the hands of

foreigners and inflict punishment on you.   10 You will fall

by the sword, and I will execute judgment on you at the

borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

11 This city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the

meat in it; I will execute judgment on you at the borders

of Israel.   12 And you will know that I am the LORD, for

you have not followed my decrees or kept my laws but

have conformed to the standards of the nations around you."

   13 Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah

died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice,

"Alas, Sovereign LORD! Will you completely estroy the

remnant of Israel?"

The Promise of Israel's Return

   14 The word of the LORD came to me:   15 "Son of man,

the people of Jerusalem have said of your fellow exiles

and all the other Israelites, 'They are far away from the

LORD; this land was given to us as our possession.'

   16 "Therefore say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD

says: Although I sent them far away among the nations

and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little

while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries

where they have gone.'

   17 "Therefore say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD

says: I will gather you from the nations and bring you

back from the countries where you have been

scattered, and I will give you back the land of Israel

again.'

   18 "They will return to it and remove all its vile images

and detestable idols.   19 I will give them an undivided

heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from

them their heart of stone and give them a heart of

flesh.   20 Then they will follow my decrees and be

careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I

will be their God.   21 But as for those whose hearts are

devoted to their vile images and detestable idols, I will

bring down on their own heads what they have done,

declares the Sovereign LORD."

   22 Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them,

spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel

was above them.   23 The glory of the LORD went up from

within the city and stopped above the mountain east of

it.   24 The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the

exiles in Babylonia in the vision given by the Spirit of God.

   Then the vision I had seen went up from me,   25 and I 

told the exiles everything the LORD had shown me.