Chapter 11
1 Moreover the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of Yahweh ’s house , which looks eastward . Behold , twenty-five men were at the door of the gate ; and I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur , and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah , princes of the people .
2 He said to me , " Son of man , these are the men who devise iniquity, and who give wicked counsel in this city ;
3 who say, ‘ The time is not near to build houses . This is the cauldron, and we are the meat .’
4 Therefore prophesy against them . Prophesy , son of man ."
5 Yahweh ’s Spirit fell on me , and he said to me , "Speak, ‘ Yahweh says : " Thus you have said , house of Israel ; for I know the things that come into your mind .
6 You have multiplied your slain in this city , and you have filled its streets with the slain ."
7 "‘ Therefore the Lord Yahweh says : " Your slain whom you have laid in the middle of it , they are the meat , and this is the cauldron; but you will be brought out of the middle of it .
8 You have feared the sword ; and I will bring the sword on you ," says the Lord Yahweh .
9 " I will bring you out of the middle of it , and deliver you into the hands of strangers , and will execute judgments among you .
10 You will fall by the sword . I will judge you in the border of Israel . Then you will know that I am Yahweh .
11 This will not be your cauldron, neither will you be the meat in the middle of it . I will judge you in the border of Israel .
12 You will know that I am Yahweh , for you have not walked in my statutes . You have not executed my ordinances , but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are around you ."’"
13 When I prophesied , Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died . Then I fell down on my face , and cried with a loud voice , and said, "Ah Lord Yahweh ! Will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel ?"
14 Yahweh ’s word came to me , saying ,
15 " Son of man , your brothers , even your brothers , the men of your relatives , and all the house of Israel , all of them , are the ones to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘ Go far away from Yahweh . This land has been given to us for a possession .’
16 " Therefore say, ‘ The Lord Yahweh says : " Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations , and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet I will be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they have come ."’
17 " Therefore say , ‘ The Lord Yahweh says : " 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 ."
18 "‘ They will come there , and they will take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from there .
19 I will give them one heart , and I will put a new spirit within them . I will take the stony heart out of their flesh , and will give them a heart of flesh ,
20 that they may walk in my statutes , and keep my ordinances , and do them . They will be my people , and I will be their God.
21 But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations , I will bring their way on their own heads ,’ says the Lord Yahweh ."
22 Then the cherubim lifted up their wings , and the wheels were beside them . The glory of the God of Israel was over them above .
23 Yahweh ’s glory went up from the middle of the city , and stood on the mountain which is on the east side of the city .
24 The Spirit lifted me up , and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea , to the captives . So the vision that I had seen went up from me .
25 Then I spoke to the captives all the things that Yahweh had shown me .