Ezekiel Chapter 11

Judgment on Israel’s Leaders

¹ The Spirit lifted me up and took me to the east gate of the Temple. There were 25 men at the entrance of the gate, including Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people. ² He told me,

“Those men devise sin and give bad advice in this city. ³ They say, ‘Isn’t it time to build houses? This city is the pot and we’re the meat.’ ⁴ So prophesy against them, son of man, prophesy!”

Ezek 11:1-4

⁵ The Spirit of the LORD fell on me:

“Say, ‘The LORD says, “I know your thoughts. ⁶ You’ve multiplied the slain in this city and filled its streets with them. ⁷ So the slain are the meat, and the city is the pot; but I’ll take you out of it. ⁸ You’ve been afraid of the sword; so I’ll bring the sword on you. ⁹ I’ll remove you from the city and deliver you to foreigners to carry out your condemnation. ¹⁰ You’ll fall by the sword all the way to Israel’s border. ¹¹ This city won’t be a pot for you, and you won’t be the meat in it. ¹² You’ll know I’m the LORD because you haven’t followed my statutes or carried out my ordinances. You’ve followed the ordinances of the nations around you.”’”

¹³ As I prophesied, Pelatiah died. I fell on my face and shouted, “Lord GOD! Are you going to put an end to the remnant of Israel completely?”                                                                                                                                         

Ezek 11:5-13

A New Heart and Spirit for Israel

¹⁴ A message from the LORD came to me:   

¹⁵ “Son of man, your brothers, relatives, fellow exiles, and the whole House of Israel are the ones the people in Jerusalem have told, ‘Go far away from the LORD; we’ve received this land.’ ¹⁶ So say, ‘The Lord GOD says, “Though I’ve removed them far away, yet I’ve been a sanctuary for them a little while where they’ve gone. ¹⁷ I’ll gather them out of those countries back to Israel.”’ ¹⁸ They’ll get rid of its abominations and detestable things. ¹⁹ I’ll give them one heart and a new spirit. I’ll take out their stone heart and give them a real one ²⁰ so they can follow my statutes and keep my ordinances. They’ll be my people and I’ll be their God. ²¹ Those who go after detestable things will have the consequences of their conduct come down on their own heads,”      

the Lord GOD says.

Ezek 11:14-21

²² Then the cherubs lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and the glory of God hovered over them. ²³ His glory went up from the city and stood above the mountain east of it. ²⁴ The Spirit of God lifted me up and took me in a vision to the exiles in Babylonia. So the vision I’d seen left me. ²⁵ I told the exiles what the LORD had shown me.

Ezek 11:22-25