Ezekiel 11
Open in the reader1Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of He-Who-Is that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw He-Who-Is-Listens son of Helper and He-Who-Is-Has-Delivered son of He-Who-Is-Has-Built, who were leaders of the people.
2And He-Who-Is said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.
3They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’
4Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man!”
5And the Spirit of He-Who-Is fell upon me and told me to declare that this is what He-Who-Is says: “That is what you are thinking, O house of Strives-with-God; and I know the thoughts that arise in your minds.
6You have multiplied those you killed in this city and filled its streets with the dead.
7Therefore this is what the Lord He-Who-Is says: The slain you have laid within this city are the meat, and the city is the pot; but I will remove you from it.
8You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you, declares the Lord He-Who-Is.
9I will bring you out of the city and deliver you into the hands of foreigners, and I will execute judgments against you.
10You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you even to the borders of Strives-with-God. Then you will know that I am He-Who-Is.
11The city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat within it. I will judge you even to the borders of Strives-with-God.
12Then you will know that I am He-Who-Is. For you have neither followed My statutes nor practiced My ordinances, but you have conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.”
13Now as I was prophesying, He-Who-Is-Has-Delivered son of He-Who-Is-Has-Built died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord He-Who-Is, will You bring the remnant of Strives-with-God to a complete end?”
14Then the word of He-Who-Is came to me, saying,
15“Son of man, your brothers—your relatives, your fellow exiles, and the whole house of Strives-with-God—are those of whom the people of Foundation-of-Peace have said, ‘They are far away from He-Who-Is; this land has been given to us as a possession.’
16Therefore declare that this is what the Lord He-Who-Is 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 to which they have gone.’
17Therefore declare that this is what the Lord He-Who-Is says: ‘I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries to which you have been scattered, and I will give back to you the land of Strives-with-God.’
18When they return to it, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations.
19And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,
20so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.
21But as for those whose hearts pursue detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares the Lord He-Who-Is.”
22Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Strives-with-God was above them.
23And the glory of He-Who-Is rose up from within the city and stood over the mountain east of the city.
24And the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Kasdites, to the exiles in the vision given by the Spirit of God. After the vision had gone up from me,
25I told the exiles everything He-Who-Is had shown me.