Ezekiel 11 :: New International Version (NIV)

God’s Sure Judgment on Jerusalem

Eze 11:1Then 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.

Eze 11:2

Eze 11:2The LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who are plotting evil and giving wicked advice in this city.

Eze 11:3

Eze 11:3They say, ‘Haven’t our houses been recently rebuilt? This city is a pot, and we are the meat in it.’

Eze 11:4

Eze 11:4Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, son of man.”

Eze 11:5

Eze 11:5Then 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.

Eze 11:6

Eze 11:6You have killed many people in this city and filled its streets with the dead.

Eze 11:7

Eze 11:7“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.

Eze 11:8

Eze 11:8You fear the sword, and the sword is what I will bring against you, declares the Sovereign LORD.

Eze 11:9

Eze 11:9I will drive you out of the city and deliver you into the hands of foreigners and inflict punishment on you.

Eze 11:10

Eze 11:10You 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.

Eze 11:11

Eze 11:11This 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.

Eze 11:12

Eze 11:12And 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.”

Eze 11:13

Eze 11:13Now 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?”

The Promise of Israel’s Return

Eze 11:14

Eze 11:14The word of the LORD came to me:

Eze 11:15

Eze 11:15“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.’

Eze 11:16

Eze 11:16“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.’

Eze 11:17

Eze 11:17“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.’

Eze 11:18

Eze 11:18“They will return to it and remove all its vile images and detestable idols.

Eze 11:19

Eze 11:19I 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.

Eze 11:20

Eze 11:20Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God.

Eze 11:21

Eze 11:21But 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.”

Eze 11:22

Eze 11:22Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

Eze 11:23

Eze 11:23The glory of the LORD went up from within the city and stopped above the mountain east of it.

Eze 11:24

Eze 11:24The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the exiles in Babylonia[fn] in the vision given by the Spirit of God. Then the vision I had seen went up from me,

Eze 11:25

Eze 11:25and I told the exiles everything the LORD had shown me.

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Ezekiel 11 :: New International Version (NIV)

God’s Sure Judgment on Jerusalem

The Promise of Israel’s Return

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