Ezekiel 11 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east facing gate of the LORD's Temple. At the entrance of the gate I saw 25 men. Included among them were Azzur's son Jaazaniah and Benaiah's son Pelatiah, who were princes of the people. 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. Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. There at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men, and I saw among them Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.
2 Then he told me, |Son of Man, these men are plotting evil and are giving wicked advice in this city. And he said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city; The LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who are plotting evil and giving wicked advice in this city.
3 They keep saying, 'The right time to build families hasn't yet arrived. The city is the pot and we are the meat.' who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses. This city is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’ They say, ‘Haven’t our houses been recently rebuilt? This city is a pot, and we are the meat in it.’
4 Therefore you are to prophesy against them. Prophesy, Son of Man!| Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man.” Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, son of man.”
5 Just then the Spirit of the LORD took control of me and told me, |You are to say, 'This is what the LORD says: |You've said, O house of Israel, that I know what goes through your mind. And 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. For I know the things that come into your mind. Then the Spirit of the LORD came on me, and he told me to say: “This is what the LORD says: That is what you are saying, you leaders in Israel, but I know what is going through your mind.
6 You've increased the number of fatally wounded in this city and you've filled your streets with the dead.| You have multiplied your slain in this city and have filled its streets with the slain. You have killed many people in this city and filled its streets with the dead.
7 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says, |The corpses that you've laid out in your midst are the meat, and this city is the cooking pot. But you'll be taken out from the middle of it. 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. “Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: The bodies you have thrown there are the meat and this city is the pot, but I will drive you out of it.
8 You've feared the sword, but I'm bringing violent death in your direction,| declares the Lord GOD. You have feared the sword, and I will bring the sword upon you, declares the Lord GOD. You fear the sword, and the sword is what I will bring against you, declares the Sovereign LORD.
9 |I'm bringing you out from the middle of it and I'm going to deliver you into the hands of strangers, because I'm going to carry out my sentence against you. And I will bring you out of the midst of it, and give you into the hands of foreigners, and execute judgments upon you. I will drive you out of the city and deliver you into the hands of foreigners and inflict punishment on you.
10 You're going to die violently, and I'll judge you as far as the borders of Israel. Then you'll learn that I am the LORD. You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel, and you shall know that I am the LORD. You will fall by the sword, and I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
11 This city won't be your cooking pot and neither will you be the meat in it, because I'm going to judge you as far as the borders of Israel. 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, This city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat in it; I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel.
12 Then you'll learn that I am the LORD, because you didn't live by my statues or obey my ordinances. Instead, you obeyed the ordinances of the nations around you.|'| and you shall know that I am the LORD. For you have not walked in my statutes, nor obeyed my rules, but have acted according to the rules of the nations that are around you.” And you will know that I am the LORD, for you have not followed my decrees or kept my laws but have conformed to the standards of the nations around you.”
13 While I was prophesying, Benaiah's son Pelatiah died, so I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice. |Ah, Lord GOD,| I said, |are you going to put an end to the survivors within Israel?| 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?” Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Alas, Sovereign LORD! Will you completely destroy the remnant of Israel?”
14 Then this message came to me from the LORD: And the word of the LORD came to me: The word of the LORD came to me:
15 |Son of Man, your brothers, your other relatives, your fellow exiles, and the entire house of Israel are the people to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'They've abandoned the LORD. This land was given to us for an inheritance.'| “Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, your kinsmen, the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those of whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Go far from the LORD; to us this land is given for a possession.’ “Son of man, the people of Jerusalem have said of your fellow exiles and all the other Israelites, ‘They are far away from the LORD; this land was given to us as our possession.’
16 |Therefore you are to say, 'This is what the Lord GOD says, |Although I've removed them far away to live among the nations, and although I've scattered them throughout the earth, yet I've continued to be their sanctuary, even for the short time that they will be living in the lands to which they've gone.|' 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 I have been a sanctuary to them for a while in the countries where they have gone.’ “Therefore say: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD 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 where they have gone.’
17 |Therefore you are to say, 'This is what the Lord GOD says, |I'm going to gather you from among the nations, assembling you from the lands among which you have been dispersed. I'll give you the land of Israel. Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.’ “Therefore say: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will gather you from the nations and bring you back from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you back the land of Israel again.’
18 When they return from there and cast away all of their loathsome things and detestable practices, And when they come there, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations. “They will return to it and remove all its vile images and detestable idols.
19 then I'll give them a united heart, placing a new spirit within them. I'll remove their stubborn heart and give them a heart that's sensitive to me. And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.
20 When they live by my statutes and keep my ordinances by observing them, then they'll be my people and I will be their God. that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
21 But to those whose hearts delight in loathsome things and detestable practices, I'll bring the consequences of their behavior crashing down on their own heads,| declares the Lord GOD.'| But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their deeds upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.” But as for those whose hearts are devoted to their vile images and detestable idols, I will bring down on their own heads what they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD.”
22 Then the cherubim arose, with their wheels alongside, and the glory of Israel's God remained above and over them. Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was over them. Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
23 The glory of the LORD went up from the middle of the city and stood on the mountain, east of the city. And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city and stood on the mountain that is on the east side of the city. The glory of the LORD went up from within the city and stopped above the mountain east of it.
24 Then in a vision from the Spirit of God, the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the exiles in Chaldea. At that point, the vision that I had been observing ended. 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. The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the exiles in Babylonia in the vision given by the Spirit of God. Then the vision I had seen went up from me,
25 Later, I spoke to the exiles concerning everything the LORD had spoken that I had witnessed. And I told the exiles all the things that the LORD had shown me. and I told the exiles everything the LORD had shown me.
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