Ezekiel · Brenton's English Septuagint
Ezekiel 11 Brenton's English Septuagint
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- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
1 Moreover the Spirit took me up, and brought me to the front gate of the house of the Lord, that looks eastward: and behold at the entrance of the gate were about five and twenty men; and I saw in the midst of them Jechonias the son of Ezer, and Phaltias the son of Banæas, the leaders 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 And the Lord said to me, Son of man, these are the men that devise vanities, and take evil counsel in this city:
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, Have not the houses been newly built? This is the caldron, 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 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, son of man.
4 Therefore prophesy against them. Prophesy, son of man.”
5 And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and said to me, say; Thus saith the Lord; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: and I know the devices of your spirit.
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 Ye have multiplied your dead in this city, and ye have filled your ways with slain men.
6 You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain.”
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord; Your dead whom ye have smitten in the midst of it, these are the flesh, and this[city] is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of 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 Ye fear the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord.
8 You have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword on you,” says the Lord Yahweh.
9 And I will bring you forth out of the midst of it, and will deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments 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 Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you on the mountains of Israel; and ye shall know 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 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 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 And it came to pass, while I was prophesying, that Phaltias the son of Banæas died. And I fell upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Alas, alas, O Lord! wilt thou utterly destroy the remnant 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, thy brethren, and the men of thy captivity, and all the house of Israel are come to the full, to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, Keep ye far away from the Lord: the land is given to us for an inheritance.
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 Therefore say thou, Thus saith the Lord; I will cast them off among the nations, and will disperse them into every land, yet will I be to them for a little sanctuary in the countries which they shall enter.
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 Therefore say thou, Thus saith the Lord; I will also take them from the heathen, and gather them out of the lands wherein I have scattered them, and will give them 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 shall enter in there, and shall remove all the abominations of it, and all its iniquities 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 another heart, and will put a new spirit within them; and will extract the heart of stone from 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 that they may walk in my commandments, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall 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 And as for the heart [set upon] their abominations and their iniquities, as their heart went [after them], I have recompensed their ways on their heads, saith 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 cherubs lifted up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
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 the midst of the city, and stood on the mountain which was in front of the city.
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 Spirit took me up, and brought me to the land of the Chaldeans, to the captivity, in a vision by the Spirit of God: and I went up after the vision which I saw.
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 And I spoke to the captivity all the words of the Lord which he had shewed me.
25 Then I spoke to the captives all the things that Yahweh had shown me.
Cross references (22)
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
- 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)