Ezekiel · Unlocked Literal Bible
Ezekiel 11 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the eastern gate of Yahweh's house, facing east, and behold, in the doorway of the gate there were twenty-five men. I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people, among them.
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 God said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who decide wicked plans 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 They are saying, 'The time to build houses is not now; this city is the pot, and we are the meat.'
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 Then the Spirit of Yahweh fell on me and he said for me to say: This is what Yahweh says, “That is what you are saying, house of Israel; for I know what goes through your mind.
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 multiplied the people you have killed in this city and filled its streets with them.
6 You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain.”
7 Therefore, the Lord Yahweh says this: The people you have killed, whose bodies you have laid in the midst of Jerusalem, are the meat, and this city is the pot. But you are going to be brought out from the midst of this city.
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 feared the sword, so I am bringing the sword upon you—this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh.
8 You have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword on you,” says the Lord Yahweh.
9 I will bring you out of the midst of the city, and put you into the hands of foreigners, for I will bring judgment against 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 fall by the sword. I will judge you within the borders of Israel so you will know that I am Yahweh.
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 city will not be your cooking pot, nor will you be the meat within her midst. I will judge you within the borders 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 Then you will know that I am Yahweh, the one whose statutes you have not walked in and whose decrees you have not carried out. Instead, you have carried out the decrees of the nations that surround 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 It came about that as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah, died. So I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, “Alas, Lord Yahweh, will you completely 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 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
14 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
15 “Son of man, your brothers! Your brothers! The men of your clan and all the house of Israel! All of them are those of whom it is said by those living in Jerusalem, 'They are far away from Yahweh! This land was given to us as our possession.'
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, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Though I have removed them far off among the nations, and though I have scattered them among the lands, yet I have been a sanctuary for them for a little while in the lands where they have gone.'
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, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you from the lands where you were scattered, 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 Then they will go there and remove every detestable thing and every abomination from that place.
18 “‘They will come there, and they will take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from there.
19 I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them. I will take out 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 so that they will walk in my statutes, they will carry out my decrees and do them. Then they will be my people, and I will be their 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 to those who walk with affection toward their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their conduct on their own heads—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.”
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 The cherubim lifted up their wings and the wheels that were beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was high up over them.
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 Then the glory of Yahweh went up from within the midst of the city and stood on the mountain to the east 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 The Spirit lifted me up and brought me into Chaldea, to the exiles, in the vision from the Spirit of God, and the vision that I had seen went up from upon 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 declared to the exiles all the things of Yahweh that I had seen.
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
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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).
How these were chosen
“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)