1 Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD'S house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these [are] the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
3 Which say, [It is] not near; let us build houses: this [city is] the caldron, and we [be] the flesh.
4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.
5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, [every one of] them.
6 Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they [are] the flesh, and this [city is] the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.
8 Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.
9 And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, 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 in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
11 This [city] shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; [but] I will judge you in the border of Israel:
12 And ye shall know that I [am] the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that [are] round about you.
13 And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
14 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
15 Son of man, thy brethren, [even] thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, [are] they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession.
16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.
17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
21 But [as for them] whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.
22 Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and 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 upon the mountain which [is] on the east side of the city.
24 Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
25 Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed me.
Versículos relacionados com Ezekiel, 11:
Ezekiel 11 is a chapter that deals with the divine punishment that would come about the leaders of Israel because of their corruption and infidelity. The prophet receives a vision where he is taken to the entrance of the temple in Jerusalem and sees the leaders by conspiring against the people. God then announces that he will punish them with the destruction of the city and exile of the people. Following are five verses related to the topics covered in Ezekiel 11:
Isaiah 1:23: "Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves; each one of them loves the bribe and runs after the rewards. They do not defend the rights of the orphan, nor do they care about the cause of the widow." This verse talks about the corruption of the leaders of Israel, a theme that is central to Ezekiel 11.
Jeremiah 21:10: "Because I decided to bring misfortune against this city, not happiness," says the Lord. "It will be delivered to the hands of the king of Babylon, who will set it on fire." This verse talks about the divine punishment that would come about Jerusalem, central theme in Ezekiel 11.
Jeremiah 25:9: "I will make them drink the chalice of my punishment until drunk, until dead before you fall." This verse talks about the divine punishment that God would bring about the people of Judah, including exile that is mentioned in Ezekiel 11.
Psalm 94:20-21: "Would the throne of iniquity be allied with you, who forges oppression as a law? They join the lives of the righteous and condemn innocent blood." This verse talks about the conspiracy of the leaders of Israel mentioned in Ezekiel 11.
Jeremiah 18:7-10: "If I at any time I announce that a nation or a kingdom will be torn, overthrown and destroyed, and if this nation I announced repent of the wickedness I practiced, I will regret the evil that I had planned against she." This verse talks about the possibility of repentance and forgiveness, a theme that is mentioned in Ezekiel 11 when God promises to gather his people again after exile.
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