Ezekiel 11

1 And [the] Spirit lifts me up, and it brings me to the east gate of the house of YHWH, that is facing the east, and behold, at the opening of the gate [are] twenty-five men, and I see in their midst Jaazaniah son of Azzur, and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, heads of the people.

Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the eastern gate of Yahweh's house, facing east, and behold, in the doorway of the gate there were twenty-five men. I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people, among them.

2 And He says to me, “Son of man, these [are] the men who are devising iniquity, and who are giving evil counsel in this city;

God said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who decide wicked plans in this city.

3 who are saying, It [is] not near—to build houses, it [is] the pot, and we [are] the flesh.

They are saying, 'The time to build houses is not now; this city is the pot, and we are the meat.'

4 Therefore prophesy concerning them, prophesy, son of man.”

Therefore prophesy against them. Prophesy, son of man.”

5 And [the] Spirit of YHWH falls on me, and He says to me, “Say, Thus said YHWH: You have said correctly, O house of Israel, And I have known the steps of your spirit.

Then the Spirit of Yahweh fell on me and he said for me to say: This is what Yahweh says, “That is what you are saying, house of Israel; for I know what goes through your mind.

6 You multiplied your wounded in this city, And filled its out-places with the wounded.

You have multiplied the people you have killed in this city and filled its streets with them.

7 Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: Your wounded whom you placed in its midst, They [are] the flesh, and it [is] the pot, And He has brought you out from its midst.

Therefore, the Lord Yahweh says this: The people you have killed, whose bodies you have laid in the midst of Jerusalem, are the meat, and this city is the pot. But you are going to be brought out from the midst of this city.

8 You have feared a sword, And I bring in a sword against you, A declaration of Lord YHWH.

You have feared the sword, so I am bringing the sword upon you—this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh.

9 And I have brought you out of its midst, And given you into the hand of strangers, And I have done judgments among you.

I will bring you out of the midst of the city, and put you into the hands of foreigners, for I will bring judgment against you.

10 You fall by the sword, I judge you on the border of Israel, And you have known that I [am] YHWH.

You will fall by the sword. I will judge you within the borders of Israel so you will know that I am Yahweh.

11 It is not for a pot for you, Nor are you for flesh in its midst, I judge you at the border of Israel.

This city will not be your cooking pot, nor will you be the meat within her midst. I will judge you within the borders of Israel.

12 And you have known that I [am] YHWH, For you have not walked in My statutes, And you have not done My judgments, And according to the judgments of the nations Who are around you, you have done!”

Then you will know that I am Yahweh, the one whose statutes you have not walked in and whose decrees you have not carried out. Instead, you have carried out the decrees of the nations that surround you.”

13 And it comes to pass, at my prophesying, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah is dying, and I fall on my face, and cry—a loud voice—and say, “Aah! Lord YHWH, You are making an end of the remnant of Israel.”

It came about that as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah, died. So I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, “Alas, Lord Yahweh, will you completely destroy the remnant of Israel?”

14 And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,

The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

15 “Son of man, your brothers, your brothers, men of your family, and all the house of Israel—all of it—[are] they to whom inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Keep far off from YHWH;

“Son of man, your brothers! Your brothers! The men of your clan and all the house of Israel! All of them are those of whom it is said by those living in Jerusalem, 'They are far away from Yahweh! This land was given to us as our possession.'

16 it [is] ours, the land has been given for an inheritance; therefore say, Thus said Lord YHWH: Because I put them far off among nations, And because I scattered them through lands, I am also for a little sanctuary to them, In lands to where they have gone in.

Therefore say, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Though I have removed them far off among the nations, and though I have scattered them among the lands, yet I have been a sanctuary for them for a little while in the lands where they have gone.'

17 Therefore say, Thus said Lord YHWH: And I have assembled you from the peoples, And I have gathered you from the lands, Into which you have been scattered, And I have given the ground of Israel to you.

Therefore say, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you from the lands where you were scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.'

18 And they have gone in there, And turned aside all its detestable things, And all its abominations—out of it.

Then they will go there and remove every detestable thing and every abomination from that place.

19 And I have given one heart to them, And I give a new spirit in your midst, And I have turned the heart of stone out of their flesh, And I have given a heart of flesh to them.

I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them. I will take out the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,

20 So that they walk in My statutes, And keep My judgments, and have done them, And they have been to Me for a people, And I am to them for God.

so that they will walk in my statutes, they will carry out my decrees and do them. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.

21 As for those whose heart is going to the heart Of their detestable things and their abominations, I have put their way on their head, A declaration of Lord YHWH.”

But to those who walk with affection toward their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their conduct on their own heads—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.”

22 And the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels [are] alongside them, and the glory of the God of Israel [is] over them above.

The cherubim lifted up their wings and the wheels that were beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was high up over them.

23 And the glory of YHWH goes up from off the midst of the city, and stands on the mountain, that [is] on the east of the city.

Then the glory of Yahweh went up from within the midst of the city and stood on the mountain to the east of the city.

24 And [the] Spirit has lifted me up, and brings me to Chaldea, to the expulsion, in a vision, by [the] Spirit of God, and the vision that I have seen goes up from off me;

The Spirit lifted me up and brought me into Chaldea, to the exiles, in the vision from the Spirit of God, and the vision that I had seen went up from upon me.

25 and I speak to the expulsion all the matters of YHWH that He has showed me.

Then I declared to the exiles all the things of Yahweh that I had seen.