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Ezekiel 11:2 And the LORD said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.
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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/11.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter"> (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/11.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />The LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who are plotting evil and giving wicked advice in this city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/11.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The Spirit said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who are planning evil and giving wicked counsel in this city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And he said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then said he unto me, Son of man, these <i>are</i> the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And He said to me: “Son of man, these <i>are</i> the men who devise iniquity and give wicked counsel in this city,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise wrongdoing and give evil advice in this city,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil advice in this city,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil advice in this city,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise wickedness and give evil counsel in this city,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then the Spirit said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise evil and give wicked advice in this city,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plan evil and give wicked advice in this city. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and that give wicked counsel in this city;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD said, "Ezekiel, son of man, these men are making evil plans and giving dangerous advice to the people of Jerusalem. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and that give wicked counsel in this city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who plan evil and give bad advice in this city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />God said to me, "Mortal man, these men make evil plans and give bad advice in this city. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then he told me, "Son of Man, these men are plotting evil and are giving wicked advice in this city. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD said to me, ?Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who give wicked counsel in this city;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then said he to me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who give wicked counsel in this city; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And He says to me, “Son of man, these [are] the men who are devising iniquity, and who are giving evil counsel in this city;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And He saith unto me, 'Son of man, these are the men who are devising iniquity, and who are giving evil counsel in this city;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will say to say to me, Son of man, these the men purposing vanity and counseling evil counsel in this city.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he said to me: Son of man, these are the men that study iniquity, and frame a wicked counsel in this city, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he said to me: “Son of man, these are men who devise iniquity. And they offer a wicked counsel in this city,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said to me: Son of man, these are the men who are planning evil and giving wicked counsel in this city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He said to me, “Mortal, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me, Son of man, these are the men who devise mischief and give wicked counsel in this city,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH said to me: “Son of man, these are the men who plot fraud and counsel evil counsels in this city<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And He said unto me: 'Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and that give wicked counsel in this city;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the Lord said to me, Son of man, these are the men that devise vanities, and take evil counsel in this city:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/11-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=2256" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/11.htm">Evil in High Places</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">And the LORD said</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lāy (Prep:: 1cs) -- To, into, towards. ">to me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ben- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">“Son</a> <a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120: ’ā·ḏām (N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'adam; ruddy i.e. A human being.">of man,</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: ’êl·leh (Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">these</a> <a href="/hebrew/582.htm" title="582: hā·’ă·nā·šîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Man, mankind. From 'anash; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general.">are the men</a> <a href="/hebrew/2803.htm" title="2803: ha·ḥō·šə·ḇîm (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To think, account. ">who plot</a> <a href="/hebrew/205.htm" title="205: ’ā·wen (N-ms) -- From an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant; strictly nothingness; also trouble. Vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol.">evil</a> <a href="/hebrew/3289.htm" title="3289: wə·hay·yō·‘ă·ṣîm (Conj-w, Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To advise, counsel. A primitive root; to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve.">and give</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā‘ (Adj-ms) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">wicked</a> <a href="/hebrew/6098.htm" title="6098: ‘ă·ṣaṯ- (N-fsc) -- Counsel, advice. From ya'ats; advice; by implication, plan; also prudence.">counsel</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: haz·zōṯ (Art:: Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">in this</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: bā·‘îr (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">city.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-26.htm">Jeremiah 5:26-28</a></span><br />For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men. / Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich. / They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/3-1.htm">Micah 3:1-3</a></span><br />Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice? / You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones. / You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-23.htm">Isaiah 1:23</a></span><br />Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/11-9.htm">Jeremiah 11:9</a></span><br />And the LORD told me, “There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/2-1.htm">Psalm 2:1-2</a></span><br />Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? / The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm">Isaiah 59:7</a></span><br />Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/18-18.htm">Jeremiah 18:18</a></span><br />Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/94-20.htm">Psalm 94:20-21</a></span><br />Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—one devising mischief by decree? / They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-1.htm">Isaiah 30:1</a></span><br />“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-14.htm">Jeremiah 23:14</a></span><br />And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27-28</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. / In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-21.htm">Mark 7:21-23</a></span><br />For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, / greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. / All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-39.htm">Luke 11:39-42</a></span><br />Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. / You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well? / But give as alms the things that are within you, and behold, everything will be clean for you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/4-25.htm">Acts 4:25-28</a></span><br />You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? / The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’ / In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-29.htm">Romans 1:29-31</a></span><br />They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, / slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. / They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then said he to me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/esther/8-3.htm">Esther 8:3</a></b></br> And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/2-1.htm">Psalm 2:1,2</a></b></br> Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/36-4.htm">Psalm 36:4</a></b></br> He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way <i>that is</i> not good; he abhorreth not evil.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/38-15.htm">Advice</a> <a href="/ezekiel/10-2.htm">City</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-26.htm">Counsel</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-10.htm">Designing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-18.htm">Devise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-27.htm">Devising</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-9.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-9.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-26.htm">Mischief</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-30.htm">Plotting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-26.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-10.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-9.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/daniel/4-27.htm">Advice</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-3.htm">City</a> <a href="/daniel/2-14.htm">Counsel</a> <a href="/amos/6-5.htm">Designing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-10.htm">Devise</a> <a href="/micah/2-1.htm">Devising</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-22.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-3.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/daniel/11-27.htm">Mischief</a> <a href="/hosea/7-6.htm">Plotting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-48.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-21.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-22.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-1.htm">The presumption of the princes</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-4.htm">Their sin and judgment</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-13.htm">Ezekiel complaining, God shows him his purpose in saving a remnant</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-22.htm">The glory of God leaves the city</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-24.htm">Ezekiel is returned to the captivity</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And the LORD said to me</b><br>This phrase indicates direct communication from God to the prophet Ezekiel. In the context of Ezekiel's prophetic ministry, God frequently speaks to him, providing visions and messages for the people of Israel. This divine communication underscores the authority and authenticity of Ezekiel's message. The phrase "the LORD said" is a common biblical expression denoting a revelation from God, emphasizing the importance of the message that follows.<p><b>Son of man</b><br>This title, used frequently in the book of Ezekiel, highlights the humanity of the prophet in contrast to the divine nature of God. It serves to remind Ezekiel of his role as a representative of humanity, tasked with delivering God's messages. The term "Son of man" is also significant in the New Testament, where it is used by Jesus to refer to Himself, linking the prophetic role of Ezekiel to the messianic mission of Christ.<p><b>these are the men who plot evil</b><br>The men referred to here are leaders in Jerusalem who are devising plans contrary to God's will. This phrase highlights the moral and spiritual corruption among the city's leadership. In the broader biblical narrative, plotting evil is often associated with rebellion against God, as seen in other instances such as the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11) and the actions of various kings of Israel and Judah.<p><b>and give wicked counsel in this city</b><br>The counsel given by these men is described as wicked, indicating that it leads the people away from God's commandments and towards sin. This reflects a broader theme in the Bible where leaders are held accountable for guiding their people, as seen in the warnings given to shepherds of Israel in <a href="/ezekiel/34.htm">Ezekiel 34</a>. The city, Jerusalem, is significant as the center of religious and political life for the Israelites, making the impact of such counsel even more profound. The failure of leadership here foreshadows the eventual judgment and exile that the city will face.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet and priest during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel is the recipient of God's visions and messages, tasked with delivering them to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The sovereign God of Israel, who communicates directly with Ezekiel, revealing the spiritual and moral state of the people and their leaders.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_men.htm">The Men</a></b><br>These are the leaders or elders of Israel who are accused of plotting evil and giving wicked counsel, leading the people astray.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_city.htm">The City</a></b><br>Refers to Jerusalem, the center of Jewish worship and identity, which is under threat due to the people's disobedience and the leaders' corruption.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/plotting_evil_and_giving_wicked_counsel.htm">Plotting Evil and Giving Wicked Counsel</a></b><br>This describes the actions of the leaders who are steering the people away from God's commandments, contributing to the city's impending judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_responsibility_of_leadership.htm">The Responsibility of Leadership</a></b><br>Leaders are accountable to God for their influence and guidance. They must seek wisdom and counsel from God rather than their own understanding.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_wicked_counsel.htm">The Consequences of Wicked Counsel</a></b><br>Giving and following ungodly advice leads to destruction and judgment. It is crucial to discern and reject counsel that contradicts God's Word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_prophet.htm">The Role of the Prophet</a></b><br>Prophets like Ezekiel are called to speak truth to power, even when it is unpopular. Believers today are also called to stand for truth in a world that often rejects it.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_justice.htm">God's Sovereignty and Justice</a></b><br>God sees the actions and intentions of all, and He will hold accountable those who lead others astray. Trust in His justice and righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>While judgment is pronounced, there is always an opportunity for repentance and turning back to God. This is a call to examine our own lives and seek His forgiveness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/ezekiel_33__reconcile_themes_with_others.htm">Ezekiel 33 (overall) - How do we reconcile the moral and prophetic themes here with other biblical prophecies that appear contradictory or unfulfilled?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_there_external_sources_on_ezekiel_11.htm">Ezekiel 11:1–3 mentions city leaders plotting “evil” against Jerusalem; are there any external historical or archaeological sources confirming such conspiracies?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/was_ezekiel_11_23_a_real_event_or_fiction.htm">Ezekiel 11:23 describes the departure of God's glory from the Temple--how can we verify whether this was a real event or a later literary construct?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_david's_acceptance_of_cursing_contradict.htm">(2 Samuel 16:10-12) Does David's acceptance of Shimei's cursing contradict other texts where blasphemy or cursing of God's anointed is forbidden?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/11-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And [the LORD] said</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֖אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to me,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלָ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·lāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Son</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶּן־</span> <span class="translit">(ben-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of man,</span><br /><span class="heb">אָדָ֕ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_120.htm">Strong's 120: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ruddy, a human being</span><br /><br /><span class="word">these</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֣לֶּה</span> <span class="translit">(’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are the men</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֲנָשִׁ֞ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ă·nā·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who plot</span><br /><span class="heb">הַחֹשְׁבִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥō·šə·ḇîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2803.htm">Strong's 2803: </a> </span><span class="str2">To think, account</span><br /><br /><span class="word">evil</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֛וֶן</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·wen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_205.htm">Strong's 205: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and give</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַיֹּעֲצִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hay·yō·‘ă·ṣîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3289.htm">Strong's 3289: </a> </span><span class="str2">To advise, to deliberate, resolve</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wicked</span><br /><span class="heb">רָ֖ע</span> <span class="translit">(rā‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bad, evil</span><br /><br /><span class="word">counsel</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲצַת־</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·ṣaṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6098.htm">Strong's 6098: </a> </span><span class="str2">Advice, plan, prudence</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֹּֽאת׃</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">city.</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּעִ֥יר</span> <span class="translit">(bā·‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/11-2.htm">Ezekiel 11:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/11-2.htm">Ezekiel 11:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/11-2.htm">Ezekiel 11:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/11-2.htm">Ezekiel 11:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/11-2.htm">Ezekiel 11:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/11-2.htm">Ezekiel 11:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/11-2.htm">Ezekiel 11:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/11-2.htm">Ezekiel 11:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/11-2.htm">Ezekiel 11:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/11-2.htm">Ezekiel 11:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/11-2.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 11:2 He said to me Son of man (Ezek. 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