Ezekiel · Bible in Basic English
Ezekiel 11 Bible in Basic English
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1 And the wind, lifting me up, took me to the east doorway of the Lord's house, looking to the east: and at the door I saw twenty-five men; and among them I saw Jaazaniah, the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, rulers of the people.
1 Moreover the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of Yahweh’s house, which looks eastward. Behold, twenty-five men were at the door of the gate; and I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
2 Then he said to me, Son of man, these are the men who are designing evil, who are teaching evil ways in this town:
2 He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who give wicked counsel in this city;
3 Who say, This is not the time for building houses: this town is the cooking-pot and we are the flesh.
3 who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses. This is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’
4 For this cause be a prophet against them, be a prophet, O son of man.
4 Therefore prophesy against them. Prophesy, son of man.”
5 And the spirit of the Lord came on me, and he said to me, Say, These are the words of the Lord: This is what you have said, O children of Israel; what comes into your mind is clear to me.
5 Yahweh’s Spirit fell on me, and he said to me, “Speak, ‘Yahweh says: “Thus you have said, house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.
6 You have made great the number of your dead in this town, you have made its streets full of dead men.
6 You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain.”
7 For this reason the Lord has said: Your dead whom you have put down in its streets, they are the flesh, and this town is the cooking-pot: but I will make you come out from inside it.
7 “‘Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: “Your slain whom you have laid in the middle of it, they are the meat, and this is the cauldron; but you will be brought out of the middle of it.
8 You have been fearing the sword, and I will send the sword on you, says the Lord.
8 You have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword on you,” says the Lord Yahweh.
9 I will make you come out from inside the town and will give you up into the hands of men from other lands, and will be judge among you.
9 “I will bring you out of the middle of it, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
10 You will come to your death by the sword; and I will be your judge in the land of Israel; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
10 You will fall by the sword. I will judge you in the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.
11 This town will not be your cooking-pot, and you will not be the flesh inside it; I will be your judge at the limit of the land of Israel;
11 This will not be your cauldron, neither will you be the meat in the middle of it. I will judge you in the border of Israel.
12 And you will be certain that I am the Lord: for you have not been guided by my rules or given effect to my orders, but you have been living by the orders of the nations round about you.
12 You will know that I am Yahweh, for you have not walked in my statutes. You have not executed my ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are around you.”’”
13 Now while I was saying these things, death came to Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah. Then falling down on my face and crying out with a loud voice, I said, Ah, Lord! will you put an end to all the rest of Israel?
13 When I prophesied, Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! Will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?”
14 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
14 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
15 Son of man, your countrymen, your relations, and all the children of Israel, all of them, are those to whom the people of Jerusalem have said, Go far from the Lord; this land is given to us for a heritage:
15 “Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, the men of your relatives, and all the house of Israel, all of them, are the ones to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Go far away from Yahweh. This land has been given to us for a possession.’
16 For this reason say, This is what the Lord has said: Though I have had them moved far off among the nations, and though I have sent them wandering among the countries, still I have been a safe place for them for a little time in the countries where they have come.
16 “Therefore say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet I will be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they have come.”’
17 Then say, This is what the Lord has said: I will get you together from the peoples, and make you come out of the countries where you have been sent in flight, and I will give you the land of Israel.
17 “Therefore say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “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.”
18 And they will come there, and take away all the hated and disgusting things from it.
18 “‘They will come there, and they will take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from there.
19 And I will give them a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in them; and I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh:
19 I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them. I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh,
20 So that they may be guided by my rules and keep my orders and do them: and they will be to me a people, and I will be to them a God.
20 that they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
21 But as for those whose heart goes after their hated and disgusting things, I will send on their heads the punishment of their ways, says the Lord.
21 But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way on their own heads,’ says the Lord Yahweh.”
22 Then the wings of the winged ones were lifted up, and the wheels were by their side; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them on high.
22 Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels were beside them. The glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
23 And the glory of the Lord went up from inside the town, and came to rest on the mountain on the east side of the town.
23 Yahweh’s glory went up from the middle of the city, and stood on the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
24 And the wind, lifting me up, took me in the visions of God into Chaldaea, to those who had been taken away as prisoners. So the vision which I had seen went away from me.
24 The Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to the captives. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
25 Then I gave an account to those who had been taken prisoners of all the things which the Lord had made me see.
25 Then I spoke to the captives all the things that Yahweh had shown me.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Azzur
Named as the father of Jaazaniah, a leader of the people.
Cited in the guide: Ezekiel 11:1
Benaiah
Named as the father of Pelatiah, a leader of the people.
Cited in the guide: Ezekiel 11:1
Jaazaniah
Leader of the people seen at the east gate of the temple in Ezekiel's vision, who gave wicked counsel in the city.
Cited in the guide: Ezekiel 11:1
Pelatiah
Leader of the people seen at the east gate of the temple in Ezekiel's vision, who died as Ezekiel prophesied.
Cited in the guide: Ezekiel 11:1; Ezekiel 11:13
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ezekiel 3:12; Ezekiel 3:14; Ezekiel 8:3; Ezekiel 8:16; Ezekiel 11:24
- 2 Isaiah 30:1; Jeremiah 5:5; Psalm 2:1–2; Psalm 52:2; Isaiah 59:4
- 3 Ezekiel 12:22; Ezekiel 12:27; Ezekiel 24:3–14; Amos 6:5; 2 Peter 3:4
- 4 Isaiah 58:1; Ezekiel 20:46–47; Hosea 6:5; Ezekiel 3:17–21; Ezekiel 25:2
- 5 Jeremiah 17:10; Revelation 2:23; Ezekiel 2:2; Jeremiah 16:17; Ezekiel 8:1
- 6 Ezekiel 7:23; Isaiah 1:15; Ezekiel 22:12; Ezekiel 22:27; Ezekiel 22:2–6
- 7 Micah 3:2–3; Ezekiel 24:3–13; 2 Kings 25:18–22; Jeremiah 52:24–27; Ezekiel 3:9–11
- 8 Proverbs 10:24; Isaiah 66:4; Job 3:25; Isaiah 24:17–18; Jeremiah 38:19–23
- 9 Ezekiel 5:8; Psalm 106:41; Deuteronomy 28:36; Ezekiel 16:41; Deuteronomy 28:49–50
- 10 2 Kings 14:25; Jeremiah 52:9–10; Jeremiah 39:6; Ezekiel 6:7; 2 Kings 25:19–21
- 11 Ezekiel 11:3; Ezekiel 11:7–10
- 12 Ezekiel 8:10; Ezekiel 8:14; Ezekiel 8:16; Psalm 106:35–39; 2 Chronicles 36:14
- 13 Ezekiel 11:1; Ezekiel 9:8; Acts 5:5; Jeremiah 28:15–17; Joshua 7:6–9
- 15 Ezekiel 33:24; Isaiah 66:5; Jeremiah 24:1–5; Isaiah 65:5; John 16:2
- 16 Isaiah 8:14; Psalm 91:1; Psalm 90:1; Deuteronomy 30:3–4; Psalm 31:20
- 17 Ezekiel 28:25; Ezekiel 34:13; Jeremiah 3:18; Ezekiel 36:24; Jeremiah 24:5
- 18 Ezekiel 37:23; Ezekiel 5:11; Ezekiel 42:7–8; Ezekiel 7:20; Isaiah 1:25–27
- 19 Ezekiel 36:26–27; Jeremiah 31:33; Psalm 51:10; Jeremiah 32:39–40; Jeremiah 24:7
- 20 Ezekiel 14:11; Psalm 105:45; Titus 2:11–12; Jeremiah 30:22; Luke 1:6
- 21 Ezekiel 9:10; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Ezekiel 11:18; Ezekiel 22:31; James 1:14–15
- 22 Ezekiel 10:19; Ezekiel 1:19–20
- 23 Zechariah 14:4; Ezekiel 8:4; Ezekiel 43:2; Ezekiel 10:4; Matthew 23:37–24:2
- 24 Ezekiel 8:3; Ezekiel 3:12; Ezekiel 11:1; Acts 10:16; Ezekiel 1:3
- 25 Ezekiel 3:4; Ezekiel 3:17; Ezekiel 3:27; Ezekiel 2:7
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Ezekiel also speaks thus, The Spirit of the Lord came upon me, and said unto me, Thus saith the Lord.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Also thou hast in Ezekiel (if thou be not now weary of listening), what has already been quoted, And the Spirit fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the Lord.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
And again in Ezekiel, And he brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldæa, to them of the captivity.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)