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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. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> and we are the meat.’ <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man!” <A name="6"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me and told me to declare that this is what the LORD says: “That is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your minds. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>You have multiplied those you killed in this city and filled its streets with the dead. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: The slain you have laid within this city are the meat, and the city is the pot; but I will remove you from it. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you, declares the Lord GOD. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I will bring you out of the city and deliver you into the hands of foreigners, and I will execute judgments against you. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you even to the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD. <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat within it. I will judge you even to the borders of Israel. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then you will know that I am the LORD. For you have neither followed My statutes nor practiced My ordinances, but you have conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.” <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">A Promise of Restoration<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../jeremiah/32.htm#36">Jeremiah 32:36–44</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?” <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“Son of man, your brothers—your relatives, your fellow exiles, and the whole house of Israel—are those of whom the people of Jerusalem have said, ‘They are far away from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a possession.’ <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD 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 for them in the countries to which they have gone.’ <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries to which you have been scattered, and I will give back to you the land of Israel.’ <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>When they return to it, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh, <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God. <A name="22"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But as for those whose hearts pursue detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.” <A name="23"></a><p class="hdg">God’s Glory Leaves Jerusalem<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And the glory of the LORD rose up from within the city and stood over the mountain east of the city. <A name="25"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Chaldea,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> to the exiles in the vision given by the Spirit of God. After the vision had gone up from me, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>I told the exiles everything the LORD had shown me.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>cauldron</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">24</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>Babylonia</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Free <a href=http://berean.bible/downloads.htm>downloads</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible/licensing.htm>licensing</a> available. 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