Ezekiel 11

Judgment on Wicked Counselors

1 s The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to t the east gate of the house of the Lord, which faces east. And behold, at the entrance of the gateway there were u twenty-five men. And I saw among them Jaazaniah v the son of Azzur, and w Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 2 And he said to me, x "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city; 3 y who say, z 'The time is not near 1 to build houses. a This city is the cauldron, and we are the meat.' 4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man."

5 And b the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and he said to me, "Say, Thus says the Lord: So you think, O house of Israel. c For I know the things that come into your mind. 6 d You have multiplied your slain in this city and have filled its streets with the slain. 7 Therefore thus says the Lord God: e Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of it, a they are the meat, and a this city is the cauldron, but you shall be brought out of the midst of it. 8 f You have feared the sword, and I will bring the sword upon you, declares the Lord God. 9 And I will bring you out of the midst of it, and g give you into the hands of foreigners, and h execute judgments upon you. 10 i You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel, j and you shall know that I am the Lord. 11 k This city shall not be your cauldron, nor shall you be the meat in the midst of it. I will judge you at the border of Israel, 12 and you shall know that I am the Lord. For you have not walked in my statutes, nor obeyed my rules, l but have acted according to the rules of the nations that are around you."

13 And it came to pass, while I was prophesying, m that n Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. o Then I fell down on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, o "Ah, Lord God! p Will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?"

Israel's New Heart and Spirit

14 And the word of the Lord came to me: 15 q "Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, your kinsmen, 2 the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those of whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, r 'Go far from the Lord; to us this land is given for a possession.' 16 Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord God: Though I removed them far off among the nations, and though I scattered them among the countries, yet s I have been a sanctuary to them for a while 3 in the countries where they have gone.' 17 Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord God: t I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, t and I will give you the land of Israel.' 18 And when they come there, u they will remove from it all its v detestable things and all its abominations. 19 w And I will give them one heart, and x a new spirit I will put within them. y I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh z and give them a heart of flesh, 20 a that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. b And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 21 c But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, d I will 4 bring their deeds upon their own heads, declares the Lord God."

22 e Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the wheels beside them, e and the glory of the God of Israel was over them. 23 And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city and f stood on the mountain that is on the east side of the city. 24 g And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me h in the vision by the Spirit of God i into Chaldea, to the exiles. Then the vision that I had seen went up from me. 25 And I told the exiles all the things that the Lord had shown me.

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 11:24
    And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to the exiles. Then the vision that I had seen went up from me.
    Ezekiel 3:12
    Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great earthquake: "Blessed be the glory of the Lord from its place!
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 10:19
    And the cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth before my eyes as they went out, with the wheels beside them. And they stood at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the Lord, and the glory of the God of Israel was over them.
  3. Cross References
    Ezekiel 8:16
    And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, worshiping the sun toward the east.
  4. Cross References
    Jeremiah 28:1
    In that same year, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fifth month of the fourth year, Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet from Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and all the people, saying.
  5. Cross References
    Ezekiel 11:13
    And it came to pass, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, "Ah, Lord God! Will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
  6. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:1
    And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
  7. Cross References
    Jeremiah 29:28
    For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, "Your exile will be long; build houses and live in them, and plant gardens and eat their produce."'
  8. Cross References
    Ezekiel 12:22
    Son of man, what is this proverb that you have about the land of Israel, saying, 'The days grow long, and every vision comes to nothing'?
    Ezekiel 12:27
    "Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, 'The vision that he sees is for many days from now, and he prophesies of times far off.'
  9. Cross References
    Ezekiel 24:3
    And utter a parable to the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord God : "Set on the pot, set it on; pour in water also.
    Ezekiel 24:6
    Therefore thus says the Lord God : Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose corrosion is in it, and whose corrosion has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, without making any choice.
  10. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:2
    And as he spoke to me, the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.
  11. Cross References
    Ezekiel 20:32
    "What is in your mind shall never happen - the thought, 'Let us be like the nations, like the tribes of the countries, and worship wood and stone.'
    Ezekiel 38:10
    Thus says the Lord God : On that day, thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme
    Isaiah 29:15
    Ah, you who hide deep from the Lord your counsel, whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, "Who sees us? Who knows us?
  12. Cross References
    Ezekiel 7:23
    Forge a chain! For the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence.
  13. Cross References
    Ezekiel 24:7
    For the blood she has shed is in her midst; she put it on the bare rock; she did not pour it out on the ground to cover it with dust.
  14. Cross References
    Ezekiel 11:3
    Who say, 'The time is not near to build houses. This city is the cauldron, and we are the meat.
  15. Cross References
    Ezekiel 11:3
    Who say, 'The time is not near to build houses. This city is the cauldron, and we are the meat.
  16. Cross References
    Jeremiah 42:16
    Then the sword that you fear shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine of which you are afraid shall follow close after you to Egypt, and there you shall die.
  17. Cross References
    Ezekiel 7:21
    And I will give it into the hands of foreigners for prey, and to the wicked of the earth for spoil, and they shall profane it.
  18. Cross References
    Ezekiel 5:8
    Therefore thus says the Lord God : Behold, I, even I, am against you. And I will execute judgments in your midst in the sight of the nations.
  19. Cross References
    Jeremiah 39:6
    The king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah at Riblah before his eyes, and the king of Babylon slaughtered all the nobles of Judah.
    2 Kings 25:18 - 21
    And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the threshold.
  20. Cross References
    Ezekiel 6:7
    And the slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
  21. Cross References
    Ezekiel 11:3
    Who say, 'The time is not near to build houses. This city is the cauldron, and we are the meat.
    Ezekiel 11:7
    Therefore thus says the Lord God : Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of it, they are the meat, and this city is the cauldron, but you shall be brought out of the midst of it.
  22. Cross References
    Ezekiel 8:10
    So I went in and saw. And there, engraved on the wall all around, was every form of creeping things and loathsome beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel.
    Ezekiel 8:14
    Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the Lord, and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
    Ezekiel 8:16
    And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, worshiping the sun toward the east.
  23. Cross References
    Acts 5:5
    When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and breathed his last. And great fear came upon all who heard of it.
  24. Cross References
    Ezekiel 11:1
    The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the house of the Lord, which faces east. And behold, at the entrance of the gateway there were twenty-five men. And I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
  25. Cross References
    Ezekiel 9:8
    And while they were striking, and I was left alone, I fell upon my face, and cried, "Ah, Lord God! Will you destroy all the remnant of Israel in the outpouring of your wrath on Jerusalem?
  26. Cross References
    Ezekiel 9:8
    And while they were striking, and I was left alone, I fell upon my face, and cried, "Ah, Lord God! Will you destroy all the remnant of Israel in the outpouring of your wrath on Jerusalem?
  27. Cross References
    Ezekiel 20:17
    Nevertheless, my eye spared them, and I did not destroy them or make a full end of them in the wilderness.
  28. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:1
    And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
  29. Cross References
    1 Samuel 26:19
    Now therefore let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who has stirred you up against me, may he accept an offering, but if it is men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for they have driven me out this day that I should have no share in the heritage of the Lord, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.
  30. Cross References
    Ezekiel 37:26
    I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore.
    Ezekiel 37:28
    Then the nations will know that I am the Lord who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.
    Isaiah 8:14
    And he will become a sanctuary and a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
    Revelation 21:22
    And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.
  31. Cross References
    Ezekiel 20:41
    As a pleasing aroma I will accept you, when I b...
    Ezekiel 28:25
    Thus says the Lord God : When I gather the hous...
    Ezekiel 34:13
    And I will bring them out from the peoples and ...
    Ezekiel 36:24
    I will take you from the nations and gather you...
    Ezekiel 37:21
    Then say to them, Thus says the Lord God : Beho...
    Ezekiel 38:8
    After many days you will be mustered. In the la...
    Ezekiel 39:27
    When I have brought them back from the peoples ...
    Isaiah 11:12
    He will raise a signal for the nations and will...
  32. Cross References
    Ezekiel 20:41
    As a pleasing aroma I will accept you, when I b...
    Ezekiel 28:25
    Thus says the Lord God : When I gather the hous...
    Ezekiel 34:13
    And I will bring them out from the peoples and ...
    Ezekiel 36:24
    I will take you from the nations and gather you...
    Ezekiel 37:21
    Then say to them, Thus says the Lord God : Beho...
    Ezekiel 38:8
    After many days you will be mustered. In the la...
    Ezekiel 39:27
    When I have brought them back from the peoples ...
    Isaiah 11:12
    He will raise a signal for the nations and will...
  33. Cross References
    Ezekiel 37:23
    They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But I will save them from all the backslidings in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
  34. Cross References
    Ezekiel 5:11
    Therefore, as I live, declares the Lord God, surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will withdraw. My eye will not spare, and I will have no pity.
  35. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:39
    I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their own good and the good of their children after them.
    Acts 4:32
    Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common.
  36. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:26
    And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
    Ezekiel 18:31
    Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel?
    Psalms 51:10
    Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
    Jeremiah 31:33
    But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord : I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
  37. Cross References
    Zechariah 7:12
    They made their hearts diamond-hard lest they should hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore great anger came from the Lord of hosts.
  38. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 3:3
    And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
  39. Cross References
    Psalms 105:45
    That they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Praise the Lord!
  40. Cross References
    Ezekiel 14:11
    That the house of Israel may no more go astray from me, nor defile themselves anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be my people and I may be their God, declares the Lord God.
    Ezekiel 36:28
    You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
    Leviticus 26:12
    And I will walk among you and will be your God, and you shall be my people.
    Jeremiah 30:22
    And you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
    Jeremiah 31:33
    But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord : I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
  41. Cross References
    Ezekiel 9:4 - 6
    And the Lord said to him, "Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it.
  42. Cross References
    Ezekiel 7:4
    And my eye will not spare you, nor will I have pity, but I will punish you for your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
  43. Cross References
    Ezekiel 10:19
    And the cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth before my eyes as they went out, with the wheels beside them. And they stood at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the Lord, and the glory of the God of Israel was over them.
  44. Cross References
    Ezekiel 10:19
    And the cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth before my eyes as they went out, with the wheels beside them. And they stood at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the Lord, and the glory of the God of Israel was over them.
  45. Cross References
    Zechariah 14:4
    On that day his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward.
    Ezekiel 43:2
    And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the east. And the sound of his coming was like the sound of many waters, and the earth shone with his glory.
  46. Cross References
    Ezekiel 11:1
    The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the house of the Lord, which faces east. And behold, at the entrance of the gateway there were twenty-five men. And I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
    Ezekiel 3:12
    Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great earthquake: "Blessed be the glory of the Lord from its place!
  47. Cross References
    Ezekiel 1:1
    In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the Chebar canal, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
  48. Cross References
    Ezekiel 1:3
    The word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the Chebar canal, and the hand of the Lord was upon him there.
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