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among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.</div><span class="bld"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/11-16.htm" title="Therefore say, Thus said the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.">Ezekiel 11:16</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>In trying to understand the great promise of the text, note—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>I. The idea of asylum and protection. "I will be as a little sanctuary." "I will be the shield and protector and sure refuge of trusting souls." Is not this what every awakened soul needs and seeks? Some safe, sure refuge from all that threatens, afflicts, alarms; from the thunders, loud or deep, of broken law; from the accusations of conscience, from the troubles of life, from the terrors of death—asylum from them all? A true and real relief in all soul-trouble—in anything that agitates a man's deepest consciousness; in anything that touches the health, and so the safety of the soul, can be found only in one way—by moving <span class="ital">Godwards,</span> and entering, although it may be at first with fear and trembling, into the built and open sanctuary of His presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>II. A sanctuary means, also, at least in the nomenclature of the Scriptures, a place of purification, where we may wash and be clean; and may so avail ourselves of the helps to goodness which are provided, that the rest of our time may be pure and holy. Our very words tell us this. "Sanctity;" "sanctification"—a sanctuary is not equal to its name if it does not promote these. Safety is a poor, even a mean, thing, if it be indeed conceivable, without purity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>III. A further idea in the word sanctuary is the idea of nourishment. A hospice for the entertainment of strangers, or any hospitable house, is never without bread. And will not God feed His refugees? Will He be a little sanctuary in which they may die? On His table there is bread enough and to spare.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>IV. This is a text (1) for all our changes of place, for our journeys, for our absences. It is a text to take round the world with us if we are going. "I will be to them as a little sanctuary—" where?—"in the countries where they shall come." (2) In all states. For all times and for all troubles and for all needs, there is a present, gracious God, with all His grace also present, to heal, to help, to love unto the end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span> A. Raleigh, <span class="ital">The Little Sanctuary,</span> p. 1.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>References: <a href="/ezekiel/11-19.htm" title="And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:">Ezekiel 11:19</a>, <a href="/ezekiel/11-20.htm" title="That 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.">Ezekiel 11:20</a>.—G. Brooks, <span class="ital">Outlines of Sermons,</span> p. 156. <a href="/ezekiel/11-21.htm" title="But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way on their own heads, said the Lord GOD.">Ezekiel 11:21</a>.—G. Gilfillan, <span class="ital">The Dundee Pulpit,</span> p. 161. <a href="/ezekiel/12-6.htm" title="In their sight shall you bear it on your shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: you shall cover your face, that you see not the ground: for I have set you for a sign to the house of Israel.">Ezekiel 12:6</a>.—J. M. Whiton, <span class="ital">Christian World Pulpit,</span> vol. xxx., p. 166. <a href="/ezekiel/12-27.htm" title="Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he sees is for many days to come, and he prophesies of the times that are far off.">Ezekiel 12:27</a>.—Spurgeon, <span class="ital">Sermons,</span> vol. xx., No. 1164. <a href="/ezekiel/13-7.htm" title="Have you not seen a vain vision, and have you not spoken a lying divination, whereas you say, The LORD said it; albeit I have not spoken?">Ezekiel 13:7</a>.—<span class="ital">Clergyman's Magazine,</span> vol. xi., p. 143. <a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm" title="Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, see, others daubed it with untempered mortar:">Ezekiel 13:10</a>.—G. Brooks, <span class="ital">Outlines of Sermons,</span> p. 158. <a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm" title="Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, see, others daubed it with untempered mortar:">Ezekiel 13:10</a>, <a href="/ezekiel/13-11.htm" title="Say to them which daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.">Ezekiel 13:11</a>.—C. J. Thompson, <span class="ital">Penny Pulpit,</span> No. 675; J. Baines, <span class="ital">Sermons,</span> p. 201. <a href="/context/ezekiel/13-10.htm" title="Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, see, others daubed it with untempered mortar:...">Ezekiel 13:10-12</a>.—Spurgeon, <span class="ital">Ibid.,</span> vol. xiv., No. 816.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span> <div class="versenum"><a href="/ezekiel/11-2.htm">Ezekiel 11:2</a></div><div class="verse">Then said he unto me, Son of man, these <i>are</i> the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/ezekiel/11-3.htm">Ezekiel 11:3</a></div><div class="verse">Which say, <i>It is</i> not near; let us build houses: this <i>city is</i> the caldron, and we <i>be</i> the flesh.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/ezekiel/11-4.htm">Ezekiel 11:4</a></div><div class="verse">Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/ezekiel/11-5.htm">Ezekiel 11:5</a></div><div class="verse">And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, <i>every one of</i> them.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/ezekiel/11-6.htm">Ezekiel 11:6</a></div><div class="verse">Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/ezekiel/11-7.htm">Ezekiel 11:7</a></div><div class="verse">Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they <i>are</i> the flesh, and this <i>city is</i> the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/ezekiel/11-8.htm">Ezekiel 11:8</a></div><div class="verse">Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/ezekiel/11-9.htm">Ezekiel 11:9</a></div><div class="verse">And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/ezekiel/11-10.htm">Ezekiel 11:10</a></div><div class="verse">Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I <i>am</i> the LORD.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/ezekiel/11-11.htm">Ezekiel 11:11</a></div><div class="verse">This <i>city</i> shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; <i>but</i> I will judge you in the border of Israel:</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/ezekiel/11-12.htm">Ezekiel 11:12</a></div><div class="verse">And ye shall know that I <i>am</i> the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that <i>are</i> round about you.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/ezekiel/11-13.htm">Ezekiel 11:13</a></div><div class="verse">And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/ezekiel/11-14.htm">Ezekiel 11:14</a></div><div class="verse">Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/ezekiel/11-15.htm">Ezekiel 11:15</a></div><div class="verse">Son of man, thy brethren, <i>even</i> thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, <i>are</i> they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/ezekiel/11-16.htm">Ezekiel 11:16</a></div><div class="verse">Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/ezekiel/11-17.htm">Ezekiel 11:17</a></div><div class="verse">Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/ezekiel/11-18.htm">Ezekiel 11:18</a></div><div class="verse">And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/ezekiel/11-19.htm">Ezekiel 11:19</a></div><div class="verse">And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/ezekiel/11-20.htm">Ezekiel 11:20</a></div><div class="verse">That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/ezekiel/11-21.htm">Ezekiel 11:21</a></div><div class="verse">But <i>as for them</i> whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/ezekiel/11-22.htm">Ezekiel 11:22</a></div><div class="verse">Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel <i>was</i> over them above.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/ezekiel/11-23.htm">Ezekiel 11:23</a></div><div class="verse">And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which <i>is</i> on the east side of the city.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/ezekiel/11-24.htm">Ezekiel 11:24</a></div><div class="verse">Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. 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