“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.” (Ezekiel 11:1-25 AV)
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