Ezekiel 11

1 - Then The Spirit Lifted Me Up And Brought Me To The Gate Of The House Of The Lord That Faces East. There At The Entrance To The Gate Were Twenty-five Men, And I Saw Among Them Jaazaniah Son Of Azzur And Pelatiah Son Of Benaiah, Leaders Of The People.

2 - The Lord Said To Me, "Son Of Man, These Are The Men Who Are Plotting Evil And Giving Wicked Advice In This City.

3 - They Say, 'Will It Not Soon Be Time To Build Houses? This City Is A Cooking Pot, And We Are The Meat.'

4 - Therefore Prophesy Against Them; Prophesy, Son Of Man."

5 - Then The Spirit Of The Lord Came Upon Me, And He Told Me To Say: "This Is What The Lord Says: That Is What You Are Saying, O House Of Israel, But I Know What Is Going Through Your Mind.

6 - You Have Killed Many People In This City And Filled Its Streets With The Dead.

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.

8 - You Fear The Sword, And The Sword Is What I Will Bring Against You, Declares The Sovereign Lord .

9 - I Will Drive You Out Of The City And Hand You Over To Foreigners And Inflict Punishment On You.

10 - You 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 .

11 - This 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.

12 - And 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."

13 - Now As I Was Prophesying, Pelatiah Son Of Benaiah Died. Then I Fell Facedown And Cried Out In A Loud Voice, "Ah, Sovereign Lord ! Will You Completely Destroy The Remnant Of Israel?"

14 - The Word Of The Lord Came To Me:

15 - "Son Of Man, Your Brothers-your Brothers Who Are Your Blood Relatives And The Whole House Of Israel-are Those Of Whom The People Of Jerusalem Have Said, 'They Are Far Away From The Lord ; This Land Was Given To Us As Our Possession.'

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.'

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.'

18 - "They Will Return To It And Remove All Its Vile Images And Detestable Idols.

19 - I 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.

20 - Then They Will Follow My Decrees And Be Careful To Keep My Laws. They Will Be My People, And I Will Be Their God.

21 - But 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 ."

22 - Then The Cherubim, With The Wheels Beside Them, Spread Their Wings, And The Glory Of The God Of Israel Was Above Them.

23 - The Glory Of The Lord Went Up From Within The City And Stopped Above The Mountain East Of It.

24 - The Spirit Lifted Me Up And Brought Me To The Exiles In Babylonia In The Vision Given By The Spirit Of God. Then The Vision I Had Seen Went Up From Me,

25 - And I Told The Exiles Everything The Lord Had Shown Me.