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Ezekiel 11

Evil Rulers to Be Judged

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Moreover, the  aSpirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the LORD'S house which faced eastward. And behold, there were twenty-five men at the entrance of the gate, and among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and  bPelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.

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He said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and  agive evil advice in this city,

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who say, ` 1The time is not near to build houses.  2This  acity is the pot and we are the flesh.'

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"Therefore,  aprophesy against them, son of man, prophesy!"

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Then the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and He said to me, "Say, `Thus says the LORD, "So you think, house of Israel, for  aI know  1your  bthoughts.

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"You have  amultiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with  1them."

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`Therefore, thus says the Lord  1GOD, "Your  aslain whom you have laid in the midst of  2the city are the flesh and this city is the pot; but  3I will  bbring you out of it.

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"You have  afeared a sword; so I will  bbring a sword upon you," the Lord GOD declares.

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"And I will bring you out of the midst of  1the city and deliver you into the hands of  astrangers and  bexecute judgments against you.

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"You will  afall by the sword. I will judge you to the  bborder of Israel; so you shall know that I am the LORD.

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"This city will  anot be a pot for you, nor will you be flesh in the midst of it, but I will judge you to the border of Israel.

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"Thus you will know that I am the LORD; for you have not walked in My statutes nor have you  aexecuted My ordinances, but have acted according to the ordinances of the  bnations around you.""'

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Now it came about as I prophesied, that  aPelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, " bAlas, Lord GOD! Will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?"

Promise of Restoration

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Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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"Son of man, your brothers, your  1relatives,  2your fellow exiles and the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, `Go far from the LORD; this land has been given  aus as a possession.'

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"Therefore say, `Thus says the Lord GOD, "Though I had removed them far away among the nations and though I had scattered them among the countries, yet I was a  asanctuary for them a little while in the countries where they had gone."'

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"Therefore say, `Thus says the Lord GOD, "I will  agather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries among which you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel."'

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"When they come there, they will  aremove all its  bdetestable things and all its abominations from it.

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"And I will  agive them one heart, and put a new spirit within  1them. And I will take the  bheart of stone out of their flesh and give them a  cheart of flesh,

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that they may  awalk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them. Then they will be  bMy people, and I shall be their God.

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1But as for those whose hearts go after their  adetestable things and abominations, I will  bbring their conduct down on their heads," declares the Lord GOD.

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Then the cherubim  alifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and  bthe glory of the God of Israel  1hovered over them.

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The  aglory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city and  bstood over the mountain which is east of the city.

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And the  aSpirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God to the exiles  1in Chaldea. So the vision that I had seen  2 bleft me.

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Then I  atold the exiles all the things that the LORD had shown me.



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