11:1  Moreover, the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the LORD'S house which faced eastward And behold, there stood twenty-five men at the entrance of the gate, and among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.

11:2  He said to me, "Son of man, these men devise iniquity and give evil advice in this city,

11:3  who say, 'The time has not drawn near to build houses. This city resembles the pot and we resemble the flesh.'

11:4  "Therefore, prophesy against them, son of man, prophesy!"

11:5  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 I know your thoughts.

11:6  "You have multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with them."

11:7  'Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of the city represent the flesh and this city represents the pot; but I will bring you out of it.

11:8  "You have feared a sword; so I will bring a sword upon you," the Lord GOD declares.

11:9  "And I will bring you out of the midst of the city and deliver you into the hands of strangers and execute judgments against you.

11:10   "You will fall by the sword I will judge you to the border of Israel; so you shall know Me as the LORD.

11:11  "This city will not symbolize a pot for you, nor will you symbolize flesh in the midst of it, but I will judge you to the border of Israel.

11:12  "Thus you will know Me as the LORD; for you have not walked in My statutes nor have you executed My ordinances, but have acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you."'"

11:13  Now it came about as I prophesied, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah died Then I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, " Alas, Lord GOD! Will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?"

11:14  Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

11:15  "Son of man, your brothers, your relatives, your fellow exiles and the whole house of Israel, all of them, comprising those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'Go far from the LORD; we have received this land as a possession.'

11:16  "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 provided them a sanctuary for them a little while in the countries where they had gone."'

11:17  "Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries among which you scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel."'

11:18  "When they come there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from it.

11:19  "And I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,

11:20  that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them Then I will call them My people and they will call Me their God.

11:21   "But as for those whose hearts go after their detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down on their heads," declares the Lord GOD.

11:22  Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them.

11:23  The glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city and stood over the mountain which lies east of the city.

11:24  And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God to the exiles in Chaldea So the vision that I had seen left me.

11:25  Then I told the exiles all the things that the LORD had shown me.