Ezekiel 11:14-25

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¹⁴And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

¹⁵Son of man, your brethren, even your kindred, your fellow exiles, and all the house of Israel, all of them, are they of whom the [present] inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, They have gone far from the Lord [and from this land]; therefore this land is given to us for a possession.

¹⁶Therefore say, Thus says the Lord God: Whereas I have removed [Israel] far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet I have been to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries to which they have come.

¹⁷Therefore say, Thus says the Lord God: I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give back to you the land of Israel.

¹⁸And when they return there, they shall take away from it all traces of its detestable things and all its abominations (sex impurities and heathen religious practices).

¹⁹And I will give them one heart [a new heart] and I will put a new spirit within them; and I will take the stony [unnaturally hardened] heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh [sensitive and responsive to the touch of their God],^(A)

²⁰That they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances, and do them. And they shall be My people, and I will be their God.

²¹But as for those whose heart yearns for and goes after their detestable things and their loathsome abominations [associated with idolatry], I will repay their deeds upon their own heads, says the Lord God.

²²Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels which were beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel [the Shekinah, cloud] was over them.

²³Then the glory of the Lord rose up from over the midst of the city and stood over the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

²⁴And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to the exiles. Then the vision that I had seen went up from me.

²⁵And I told the exiles everything that the Lord had shown me.

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Ezekiel 11:14-25

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The Promise of Israel’s Return

¹⁴The 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.’^(A)

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^(B) 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.’^(C)

¹⁸“They will return to it and remove all its vile images^(D) and detestable idols.^(E) ¹⁹I will give them an undivided heart^(F) and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone^(G) and give them a heart of flesh.^(H) ²⁰Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.^(I) They will be my people,^(J) and I will be their God.^(K) ²¹But as for those whose hearts are devoted to their vile images and detestable idols,^(L) I will bring down on their own heads what they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord.^(M)”

²²Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory^(N) of the God of Israel was above them.^(O) ²³The glory^(P) of the Lord went up from within the city and stopped above the mountain^(Q) east of it. ²⁴The Spirit^(R) lifted me up and brought me to the exiles in Babylonia^[a] in the vision^(S) given by the Spirit of God.