Ezekiel 11

1 And it lifted up me a spirit and it brought me to [the] gate of [the] house of Yahweh eastern which faces east-ward and there! [were] at [the] entrance of the gate twenty and five man and I saw in midst of them Jaazaniah [the] son of Azzur and Pelatiah [the] son of Benaiah [the] leaders 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 said to me O son of humankind these [are] the people who plan wickedness and who counsel counsel of evil in the city this.

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

3 Who say not [is] in [the] near [future] to build houses it [is] the pot and we [are] the meat.

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

4 Therefore prophesy on them prophesy O son of humankind.

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

5 And it fell on me [the] spirit of Yahweh and he said to me say thus he says Yahweh thus you have said O house of Israel and [the] thoughts of spirit your I I know it.

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 have multiplied slain [ones] your in the city this and you have filled streets its [the] slain.

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

7 Therefore thus he says [the] Lord Yahweh slain [ones] your which you have put in [the] midst of it they [are] the meat and it [is] the pot and you he will bring out from [the] midst of it.

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 A sword you have feared and a sword I will bring on you [the] utterance of [the] Lord Yahweh.

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

9 And I will bring out you from [the] midst of it and I will give you in [the] hand of strangers and I will bring about on you judgments.

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 By the sword you will fall on [the] territory of Israel I will judge you and you will know that I [am] Yahweh.

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 not it will become for you a pot and you you will become in [the] midst of it meat to [the] border of Israel I will judge you.

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 will know that I [am] Yahweh whom in statutes my not you have walked and judgments my not you have done and according to [the] judgments of the nations which [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 was when prophesied I and Pelatiah [the] son of Benaiah he died and I fell on face my and I cried out a voice great and I said alas! O Lord Yahweh complete destruction [are] you? making with [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 it came [the] word of Yahweh to me saying.

The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

15 O son of humankind brothers your brothers your [the] people of redemption your and all [the] house of Israel all of it whom they said to them [the] inhabitants of Jerusalem be distant from with Yahweh to us it it has been given the land to a possession.

“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 Therefore say thus he says [the] Lord Yahweh that I have removed far away them among the nations and that I have scattered them among the lands and I have become for them a sanctuary a little in the lands where they have gone there.

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 he says [the] Lord Yahweh and I will gather you from the peoples and I will gather you from the lands which you have been scattered among them and I will give to you [the] land of Israel.

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 will come there towards and they will remove all detestable things its and all abominations its from it.

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

19 And I will give to them a heart one and a spirit new I will put in inner being your and I will remove [the] heart of stone from flesh their and I will give to them a heart of flesh.

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 in statutes my they may walk and judgments my they may keep and they will do them and they will become for me a people and I I will become for them 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 And to [the] heart of detestable things their and abominations their heart their [is] going conduct their on own head their I will requite [the] utterance of [the] Lord Yahweh.

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 they lifted up the cherubim wings their and the wheels [were] close by them and [the] glory of [the] God of Israel [was] above them from to 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 it went up [the] glory of Yahweh from over [the] middle of the city and it stood still over the mountain which [was] from [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 a spirit it lifted up me and it brought me Chaldea towards to the exile[s] in the vision by [the] spirit of God and it went up from on me the vision which I had seen.

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 spoke to the exile[s] all [the] words of Yahweh which he had shown me.

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