{"book":"Ezekiel","slug":"ezekiel","ch":11,"genre":"prose","sub":"Ezekiel","prev":"ezekiel/10","next":"ezekiel/12","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate [were] twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people.","f":[],"h":"Evil in High Places","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"And [the LORD] said to me,“ Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"They are saying,‘ Is not the time near to build houses? The city [is] the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’","f":["Or cauldron"]},{"v":4,"t":"Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man!”","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me and told me to declare that this is what the LORD says:“ That is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your minds.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"You have multiplied those you killed in this city and filled its streets with the dead.","f":[]},{"v":7,"t":"Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: The slain you have laid within [this city] are the meat, and the city is the pot; but I will remove you from it.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you, declares the Lord GOD.","f":[]},{"v":9,"t":"I will bring you out of [the city] and deliver you into the hands of foreigners, and I will execute judgments against you.","f":[]},{"v":10,"t":"You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you even to the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"The city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat within it. I will judge you even to the borders of Israel.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"Then you will know that I am the LORD. For you have neither followed My statutes nor practiced My ordinances, but you have conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.”","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice,“ Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”","f":[],"h":"A Promise of Restoration","style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":15,"t":"“ Son of man, your brothers — your relatives, your fellow exiles, 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 has been given to us as a possession.’","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD 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 to which they have gone.’","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says:‘ I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries to which you have been scattered, and I will give back to you the land of Israel.’","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"When they return to it, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":19,"t":"And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,","f":[]},{"v":20,"t":"so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.","f":[]},{"v":21,"t":"But as for those whose hearts pursue detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":22,"t":"Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.","f":[],"h":"God’s Glory Leaves Jerusalem","style":"reg"},{"v":23,"t":"And the glory of the LORD rose up from within the city and stood over the mountain east of the city.","f":[]},{"v":24,"t":"And the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Chaldea, to the exiles in the vision [given] by the Spirit of God. After the vision had gone up from me,","f":["Or Babylonia"],"style":"reg"},{"v":25,"t":"I told the exiles everything the LORD had shown me.","f":[]}]}