11:1 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. There at the entrance to the gate were twenty-five men, and I saw among them Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.
11:2 The LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who are plotting evil and giving wicked advice in this city.
11:3 They say, ‘Will it not soon be time to build houses? This city is a cooking pot, and we are the meat.’
11:4 Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, son of man.”
11:5 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon me, and he told me to say: “This is what the LORD says: That is what you are saying, O house of Israel, but I know what is going through your mind.
11:6 You have killed many people in this city and filled its streets with the dead.
11:7 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: The bodies you have thrown there are the meat and this city is the pot, but I will drive you out of it.
11:8 You fear the sword, and the sword is what I will bring against you, declares the Sovereign LORD.
11:9 I will drive you out of the city and hand you over to foreigners and inflict punishment on you.
11:10 You will fall by the sword, and I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
11:11 This city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat in it; I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel.
11:12 And you will know that I am the LORD, for you have not followed my decrees or kept my laws but have conformed to the standards of the nations around you.”
11:13 Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Ah, Sovereign LORD! Will you completely destroy the remnant of Israel?”
11:14 The word of the LORD came to me:
11:15 “Son of man, your brothers–your brothers who are your blood relatives 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 was given to us as our possession.’
11:16 “Therefore say: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD 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 where they have gone.’
11:17 “Therefore say: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will gather you from the nations and bring you back from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you back the land of Israel again.’
11:18 “They will return to it and remove all its vile images and detestable idols.
11:19 I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.
11:20 Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
11:21 But as for those whose hearts are devoted to their vile images and detestable idols, I will bring down on their own heads what they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD.”
11:22 Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
11:23 The glory of the LORD went up from within the city and stopped above the mountain east of it.
11:24 The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the exiles in Babylonia in the vision given by the Spirit of God. Then the vision I had seen went up from me,
11:25 and I told the exiles everything the LORD had shown me.
11:1 And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the house of Jehovah that faces east; and there, at the entrance of the gate, were twenty-five men. And among them I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azzur and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, rulers of the people.
11:2 And He said to me, Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil counsel in this city,
11:3 Who say, It is not the time to build houses; the city is the pot and we are the flesh.
11:4 Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, son of man.
11:5 Then the Spirit of Jehovah fell upon me and said to me, Say, Thus says Jehovah, You speak in this way, O house of Israel, for I know the things that come up in your spirit.
11:6 You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain.
11:7 Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah, Your slain whom you have put in the midst of the city, they will be the flesh, and the city, the pot; but you I will bring forth from the midst of it.
11:8 You have feared the sword, so I will bring a sword upon you, declares the Lord Jehovah.
11:9 I will bring you forth from the midst of it and will give you into the hands of strangers; and I will execute judgments upon you.
11:10 You will fall by the sword; I will judge you in the borders of Israel, and you will know that I am Jehovah.
11:11 The city will not be a pot to you so that you will be in its midst as flesh; I will judge you in the borders of Israel.
11:12 And you will know that I am Jehovah; for you have not walked in My statutes, nor have you done My ordinances, but you have done according to the ordinances of the nations that surround you.
11:13 And when I prophesied, Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died; and I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice, and I said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! Are You making a full end to the remnant of Israel?
11:14 Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
11:15 Son of man, your brothers, your brothers, your kinsmen and the whole house of Israel, all of them, are the ones to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Stay far away from Jehovah; to us was this land given as an inheritance.
11:16 Therefore say, Thus says the Lord Jehovah, Though I have sent them far away among the nations and though I have scattered them among the countries, I have been a sanctuary to them for a little while in the countries where they went.
11:17 Therefore say, Thus says the Lord Jehovah, I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries among which you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
11:18 And they will come there and take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from it.
11:19 And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them; and I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,
11:20 That they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them; and they will be My people, and I will be their God.
11:21 But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their ways upon their heads, declares the Lord Jehovah.
11:22 Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels were next to them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
11:23 And the glory of Jehovah went up from the midst of the city and stood upon the mountain which is east of the city.
11:24 And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to Chaldea, to the captives, in a vision by the Spirit of God. And the vision that I had seen went up from me.
11:25 Then I told the captives all the things that Jehovah had shown me.