Ezekiel 11:1-13
Lexham English Bible
Judgment On Evil Rulers
11 And the Spirit lifted me up, and it brought me to the eastern gate, the one facing east, of the temple[a] of Yahweh. And look, there were twenty-five men in the doorway of the gate, and I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azzur in the midst of them, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, the commanders of the people. 2 And he said to me, “Son of man,[b] these are the men who devise mischief,[c] and who are offering bad counsel in this city, 3 who are saying, “The building of houses is not near; the city is the pot, and we are the flesh. 4 Therefore prophesy against them! Prophesy, son of man!”[d]
5 And the Spirit of Yahweh fell on me, and he said to me, “Say, ‘thus says Yahweh: “This is what you think, house of Israel, and I myself know them,[e] the thoughts of your spirit. 6 You made your slain ones numerous in this city, and you have filled its streets with slain ones.”’[f] 7 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Your slain ones whom you put in its midst, they are the flesh, and it is the pot, and I[g] will bring you out from its midst. 8 The sword you have feared, and the sword I will bring against you!” declares[h] the Lord Yahweh. 9 “And I will bring you out from its midst, and I will give you into the hand of strangers, and I will execute judgments against you. 10 By the sword you will fall at the border of Israel; I will judge you, and you will know that I am Yahweh. 11 It will not be as a pot to you, and so you would be[i] in the midst of it as flesh, for at the border of Israel I will judge you. 12 And you will know that I am Yahweh, whose[j] rules you did not follow, and whose[k] regulations you did not do, but according to the regulations of the nations that are around you, you acted.”’[l]
13 And it happened that as I was prophesying,[m] Pelatiahu the son of Benaiahu died! And I fell on my face, and I cried with a loud voice, and I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh, you are making a complete destruction of the remnant of Israel!”
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- Ezekiel 11:1 Or “house”
- Ezekiel 11:2 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 11:2 Literally “the ones devising mischief”
- Ezekiel 11:4 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 11:5 Hebrew “it”
- Ezekiel 11:6 Hebrew “slain one”
- Ezekiel 11:7 Hebrew “he”
- Ezekiel 11:8 Literally “declaration of”
- Ezekiel 11:11 Or “will be”
- Ezekiel 11:12 Hebrew “which”
- Ezekiel 11:12 Hebrew “my”
- Ezekiel 11:12 Or “did”
- Ezekiel 11:13 Literally “at my prophesying”
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