Ezek 11
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Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of YHWH`s house,
which looks eastward: and behold, at the door of the gate five and twenty men; and
I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah,
princes of the people.
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And he said to me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and that give
wicked counsel in this city;
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that say, [The time] is not near to build houses: this [city] is the caldron, and
we are the flesh.
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Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.
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And the Spirit of YHWH fell upon me, and he said to me, Speak, Thus says YHWH: Thus
have you said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.
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You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets
with the slain.
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Therefore thus says the Lord YHWH: Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of it,
they are the flesh, and this [city] is the caldron; but you shall be brought forth
out of the midst of it.
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You have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword upon you, says the Lord YHWH.
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And I will bring you forth out of its midst, and deliver you into the hands
of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
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You shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and you shall
know that I am YHWH.
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This [city] shall not be your caldron, neither shall you be the flesh in the midst
thereof; I will judge you in the border of Israel;
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and you shall know that I am YHWH: for you have not walked in my statutes, neither
have you executed mine ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations
that are round about you.
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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 YHWH! will
you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
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And the word of YHWH came to me, saying,
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Son of man, your brethren, even your brethren, the men of your kindred, and all the
house of Israel, all of them, [are they] to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have
said, Get you far from YHWH; to us is this land given for a possession.
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Therefore say, Thus says the Lord YHWH: Whereas I have removed them far off among
the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be
to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they are come.
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Therefore say, Thus says the Lord YHWH: 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.
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And they shall come there, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof
and all its abominations from there.
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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.
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But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their
abominations, I will bring their way upon their own heads, says the Lord YHWH.
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Then did the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the
glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
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And the glory of YHWH went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain
which is on the east side of the city.
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And the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into
Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
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Then I spoke to them of the captivity all the things that YHWH had showed me.