Ezekiel 11:1-13 ▼

1 And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the house of YHWH, facing eastward. And behold, at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men, and I saw in their midst Jaazaniah son of Azzur, and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

2 And He said to me: “Son of man, these are the men devising iniquity and counseling evil counsel in this city,

3 those saying, ‘It is not near for building houses? She is the pot, and we are the meat!’

4 Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man.”

5 And fell upon me the Spirit of YHWH, and He said to me, “Say, thus says YHWH: Thus you⁺ have said, O house of Israel—and the things coming upon your⁺ spirit I know.

6 You⁺ have multiplied your⁺ slain in this city, and its streets you⁺ have filled with the slain.

7 Therefore, thus says the Lord YHWH: Your⁺ slain that you⁺ have set in its midst, they are the flesh, and she is the pot; and you⁺ will be brought out from her midst.

8 The sword you⁺ have feared, and the sword I will bring upon you⁺, a declaration of the Lord YHWH.

9 And I will bring you⁺ out from her midst, and I will give you⁺ into the hands of strangers, and I will execute judgments against you⁺.

10 By the sword you⁺ will fall, and at the border of Israel I will judge you⁺. And you⁺ will know that I am YHWH.

11 She will not be a pot for you⁺, nor will you⁺ be in her midst as meat; at the border of Israel I will judge you⁺,

12 and you⁺ will know that I am YHWH. For in My statutes you⁺ have not walked, and My ordinances you⁺ have not done, and according to the ordinances of the nations that are around you⁺ you⁺ have done.”

13 And it came to pass in my prophesying that Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. And I fell on my face and cried out in a great voice, and said: “Ah, Lord YHWH! Are You going to make to a complete end of the remnant of Israel?”