Ezekiel - 11

1 - Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

2 - Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:

3 - Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.

4 - Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.

5 - And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel - : for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.

6 - Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

7 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.

8 - Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.

9 - And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.

10 - Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel - ; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

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

12 - And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.

13 - And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel - ?

14 - Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

15 - 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 inhabitants of Jerusalem - have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession.

16 - Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.

17 - Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel - .

18 - And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.

19 - And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

20 - That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

21 - But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.

22 - Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel - was over them above.

23 - And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

24 - Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.

25 - Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed me.