Ezekiel 11:1-13 ▼

1 And [the] Spirit lifts me up, and it brings me to the east gate of the house of YHWH, that is facing the east, and behold, at the opening of the gate [are] twenty-five men, and I see in their midst Jaazaniah son of Azzur, and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, heads of the people.

2 And He says to me, “Son of man, these [are] the men who are devising iniquity, and who are giving evil counsel in this city;

3 who are saying, It [is] not near—to build houses, it [is] the pot, and we [are] the flesh.

4 Therefore prophesy concerning them, prophesy, son of man.”

5 And [the] Spirit of YHWH falls on me, and He says to me, “Say, Thus said YHWH: You have said correctly, O house of Israel, || And I have known the steps of your spirit.

6 You multiplied your wounded in this city, || And filled its out-places with the wounded.

7 Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: Your wounded whom you placed in its midst, || They [are] the flesh, and it [is] the pot, || And He has brought you out from its midst.

8 You have feared a sword, || And I bring in a sword against you, || A declaration of Lord YHWH.

9 And I have brought you out of its midst, || And given you into the hand of strangers, || And I have done judgments among you.

10 You fall by the sword, || I judge you on the border of Israel, || And you have known that I [am] YHWH.

11 It is not for a pot for you, || Nor are you for flesh in its midst, || I judge you at the border of Israel.

12 And you have known that I [am] YHWH, || For you have not walked in My statutes, || And you have not done My judgments, || And according to the judgments of the nations || Who are around you, you have done!”

13 And it comes to pass, at my prophesying, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah is dying, and I fall on my face, and cry—a loud voice—and say, “Aah! Lord YHWH, You are making an end of the remnant of Israel.”