Ezekiel 11
Evil Princes
Rebuked |
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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 Ja-azani'ah the son of Azur,
and Pelati'ah the son of Benai'ah, princes of the people.
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Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in
this city:
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which say, It is not near; let us
build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the
flesh.
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Therefore prophesy against them,
prophesy, O son of man.
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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.
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Ye have multiplied your slain in this
city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the
slain.
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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.
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Ye have feared the sword; and I will
bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.
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And I will bring you out of the midst
thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will
execute judgments among you.
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Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge
you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the
LORD.
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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:
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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.
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And it came to pass, when I prophesied,
that Pelati'ah the son of Benai'ah 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?
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The Promise of
Restoration and Renewal |
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Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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And they shall come thither, and they
shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the
abominations thereof from thence.
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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 a heart of flesh:
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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. Ezek. 36.26-28
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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.
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Then did the cherubim lift up their
wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of
Israel was over them above.
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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. Ezek. 43.2-5
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Afterward the spirit took me up, and
brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chalde'a, to them
of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from
me.
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Then I spake unto them of the captivity
all the things that the LORD had showed
me.
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