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Ezekiel 11

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& Moreover, the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the LORD's house which faced eastward. And behold, {there were} twenty-five men at the entrance of the gate, and among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.

& He said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil advice in this city,

& who say, `{The time} is not near to build houses. This {city} is the pot and we are the flesh.'

& ~"Therefore, prophesy against them, son of man, prophesy!"

& Then the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and He said to me, "Say, `Thus says the LORD, "So you think, house of Israel, for I know your thoughts.

& ~"You have multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with them."

& ~`Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of the city are the flesh and this {city} is the pot; but I will bring you out of it.

& ~"You have feared a sword; so I will bring a sword upon you," the Lord GOD declares.

& "And I will bring you out of the midst of the city and deliver you into the hands of strangers and execute judgments against you.

& ~"You will fall by the sword. I will judge you to the border of Israel; so you shall know that I am the LORD.

& ~"This {city} will 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.

& ~"Thus you will know that I am the LORD; for you have not walked in My statutes nor have you executed My ordinances, but have acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you.""'

& Now it came about as I prophesied, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, "Alas, Lord GOD! Will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?"

& Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

& "Son of man, your brothers, your relatives, your fellow exiles and the whole house of Israel, all of them, {are those} to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, `Go far from the LORD; this land has been given us as a possession.'

& ~"Therefore say, `Thus says the Lord GOD, "Though I had removed them far away among the nations and though I had scattered them among the countries, yet I was a sanctuary for them a little while in the countries where they had gone."'

& ~"Therefore say, `Thus says the Lord GOD, "I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries among which you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel."'

& ~"When they come there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from it.

& ~"And I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them. And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,

& that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God.

& ~"But as for those whose hearts go after their detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down on their heads," declares the Lord GOD.

& Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them.

& The glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city and stood over the mountain which is east of the city.

& And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God to the exiles in Chaldea. So the vision that I had seen left me.

& Then I told the exiles all the things that the LORD had shown me.

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