Ezekiel Chapter 11

Judgment on Israel’s Leaders

¹ The Spirit lifted me up and took me to the east gate of the^Y Temple. There were 25 men at the entrance of the gate, including Jaazaniah Ben-Azzur and Pelatiah Ben-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 Yahveh fell on me:

“Say, ‘Yahveh 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 Yahveh 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 Yahveh! 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 Yahveh 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 Yahveh; we’ve received this land.’ ¹⁶ So say, ‘The Lord Yahveh 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 Yahveh 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 Yahveh had shown me.

Ezek 11:22-25