Judgment on Evil Counselors

11 Moreover, the ^(A)Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the house of Yahweh which faced eastward. And behold, at the entrance of the gate, there were twenty-five men, and I saw among them Jaazaniah son of Azzur and ^(B)Pelatiah son of Benaiah, officials of the people. ² He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise wickedness and ^(C)give evil counsel in this city, ³ who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses. ^[a]This ^(D)city is the pot, and we are the flesh.’ ⁴ Therefore, ^(E)prophesy against them, son of man, prophesy!”

⁵ Then the Spirit of Yahweh fell upon me, and He said to me, “Say, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “So you say, house of Israel, for ^(F)I know what comes up in your ^(G)spirit. ⁶ You have ^(H)multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with ^[b]them.” ⁷ Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh, “Your ^(I)slain whom you have laid in the midst of ^[c]the city are the flesh, and this city is the pot; but ^[d]I will ^(J)bring you out of it. ⁸ You have ^(K)feared a sword; so a sword I will ^(L)bring upon you,” Lord Yahweh declares. ⁹ “And I will bring you out of the midst of ^[e]the city and give you into the hands of ^(M)strangers and ^(N)execute judgments against you. ¹⁰ You will ^(O)fall by the sword. I will judge you to the ^(P)border of Israel; so you shall know that I am Yahweh. ¹¹ This city will ^(Q)not be a pot for you, nor will you be flesh in the midst of it, but I will judge you to the border of Israel. ¹² Thus you will know that I am Yahweh; for you have not walked in My statutes, nor have you ^(R)executed My judgments, but have executed according to the judgments of the ^(S)nations around you.”’”

¹³ Now it happened as I prophesied, that ^(T)Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, “^(U)Alas, Lord Yahweh! Will You bring the remnant of Israel to complete destruction?”