Ezekiel 11:1-13 ▼

1 MOREOVER the spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the house of the LORD, which looks eastward; and I beheld at the entrance of the gate twenty-five men; and I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

2 Then the LORD said to me, Son of man, these are the men who devise mischief and give wicked counsel in this city,

3 Saying, We have built houses in the midst of it; the city is the caldron, and we are the meat.

4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O Son of man.

5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and he said to me, Speak, Thus says the LORD God: Thus have you desired, O house of Israel; for I know the inclination of your thought.

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

7 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 caldron; but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.

8 You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, says the LORD God.

9 And I will bring you out of the midst of it and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and I will execute judgments upon you.

10 You shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and you shall know that I am the LORD.

11 This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall you be the meat in the midst of it; but I will judge you in the border of Israel;

12 And you shall know that I am the LORD; for you have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have followed after the ordinances of the Gentiles that are round about you.

13 And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah, LORD God! wilt thou make full end of the remnant of Israel?