Ezekiel 11

Revised Geneva Translation

11 Moreover, the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the East Gate of the LORD’s House, which lies eastward. And behold, at the entry of the gate were twenty-five men, among whom I saw Jaazaniah, the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, the princes of the people.

² Then He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men that imagine mischief, and devise wicked counsel in this city.

³ They say, ‘It is not near, to build houses. This is the caldron, and we are the flesh.’

⁴ “Therefore, prophesy against them, son of man. Prophesy!”

⁵ And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said to me: “Say, ‘Thus says the LORD: “O you House of Israel! This you have said. And I know that which rises up from your minds.

⁶ “You have murdered many in this city. And you have filled its streets with the slain.

⁷ ‘Therefore thus says the LORD God: “Those whom you have killed, and have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh; and this is the caldron. But I will bring you forth from the midst of it.

⁸ “You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you,” says the Lord GOD.

⁹ “And I will bring you out of its midst, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.

¹⁰ “You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you on the border of Israel. And you shall know that I am the LORD.

¹¹ “This shall not be your caldron, nor shall you be the flesh in its midst. I will judge you on the border of Israel.

¹² “And you shall know that I am the LORD! For you have not walked in My Statutes or executed My Judgments but have observed the ordinances of the heathen who are all around you.”’”

¹³ And after I prophesied, Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, died. Then I fell down upon my face and cried with a loud voice, and said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Will You then utterly destroy all the remnant of Israel?”

¹⁴ The Word of the LORD came to me again, saying:

¹⁵ “Son of man. Your brethren, your relatives, your kinsmen, and all the House of Israel, are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Go far away from the LORD! This land has been given to us as a possession!’

¹⁶ “Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Although I have cast them far away, among the heathen; and although I have scattered them among the countries, I will still be to them as a little Sanctuary in the countries where they shall go.”’

¹⁷ “Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “I will gather you again from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered. And I will give you the land of Israel.

¹⁸ “And they shall come there; and they shall take away all its idols, and all its abominations from there.

¹⁹ “And I will give them one heart. And I will put a new spirit within their core. And I will take the stony heart out of their bodies. And will give them a heart of flesh,

²⁰ “so that they may walk in My Statutes, and keep My Judgments, and execute them. And they shall be My people, and I will be their God.

²¹ “But upon those whose heart is toward their idols, and whose affection goes after their abominations, I will lay their way upon their own heads,” says the Lord GOD.’”

²² Then, the Cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels with them, and the Glory of the God of Israel was upon them on high.

²³ And the Glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city and stood upon the mountain which is toward the east side of the city.

²⁴ Afterward, the Spirit took me up and brought me, in a vision by the Spirit of God, into Chaldea, to those who were led away as captives. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.

²⁵ Then I declared all the things that the LORD had shown me to those who had been led away as captives.