Chapter 11

Moreover the spirit lifted me up,⁴ and brought⁵⁵ me unto the east gate of the LORD'S house, which looketh⁶ eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw⁴ Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

Then said⁴ he unto me, Son of man, these [are] the men that devise⁶ mischief, and give⁶ wicked counsel in this city:

Which say,⁶ [It is] not near; let us build² houses: this [city is] the caldron, and we [be] the flesh.

Therefore prophesy¹⁰ against them, prophesy,¹⁰ O son of man.

And the Spirit of the LORD fell⁴ upon me, and said⁴ unto me, Speak;³ Thus saith¹ the LORD; Thus have ye said,¹ O house of Israel: for I know¹ the things that come into your mind, [every one of] them.

Ye have multiplied⁵² your slain in this city, and ye have filled¹⁴ the streets thereof with the slain.

Therefore thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid¹ in the midst of it, they [are] the flesh, and this [city is] the caldron: but I will bring you forth⁵² out of the midst of it.

Ye have feared¹ the sword; and I will bring⁵⁵ a sword upon you, saith⁷ the Lord GOD.

And I will bring you out⁵² of the midst thereof, and deliver¹ you into the hands of strangers,⁵ and will execute¹ judgments among you.

Ye shall fall⁴ by the sword; I will judge⁴ you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know¹ that I [am] the LORD.

This [city] shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; [but] I will judge⁴ you in the border of Israel:

And ye shall know¹ that I [am] the LORD: for ye have not walked¹ in my statutes, neither executed¹ my judgments, but have done¹ after the manners of the heathen that [are] round about you.

And it came to pass, when I prophesied,⁹ that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died.¹ Then fell I down⁴ upon my face, and cried⁴ with a loud voice, and said,⁴ Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make⁶ a full end of the remnant of Israel?

Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,²

Son of man, thy brethren, [even] thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, [are] they unto whom the inhabitants⁶ of Jerusalem have said,¹ Get you far³ from the LORD: unto us is this land given⁸ in possession.

Therefore say,³ Thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off⁵² among the heathen, and although I have scattered⁵² them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.¹

Therefore say,³ Thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; I will even gather¹⁴ you from the people, and assemble¹ you out of the countries where ye have been scattered,⁸ and I will give¹ you the land of Israel.

And they shall come¹ thither, and they shall take away⁵² all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.

And I will give¹ them one heart, and I will put⁴ a new spirit within you; and I will take⁵² the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give¹ them an heart of flesh:

That they may walk⁴ in my statutes, and keep⁴ mine ordinances, and do¹ them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

But [as for them] whose heart walketh⁶ after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense¹ their way upon their own heads, saith⁷ the Lord GOD.

Then did the cherubims lift up⁴ their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel [was] over them above.

And the glory of the LORD went up⁴ from the midst of the city, and stood⁴ upon the mountain which [is] on the east side of the city.

Afterwards the spirit took me up,¹ and brought⁵⁵ me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen¹ went up⁴ from me.

Then I spake¹⁷ unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed⁵² me.