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Text -- Ezekiel 11:1-18 (NET)
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The Fall of Jerusalem
11:1 A wind lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord’s temple that faces the east . There, at the entrance of the gate , I noticed twenty-five men . Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah , officials of the people .
11:2 The Lord said to me, “Son of man , these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city .
11:3 They say , ‘The time is not near to build houses ; the city is a cooking pot and we are the meat in it.’
11:4 Therefore , prophesy against them! Prophesy , son of man !”
11:5 Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon me and said to me, “Say : This is what the Lord says : ‘This is what you are thinking , O house of Israel ; I know what goes through your minds .
11:6 You have killed many people in this city ; you have filled its streets with corpses .’
11:7 Therefore , this is what the sovereign Lord says : ‘The corpses you have dumped in the midst of the city are the meat , and this city is the cooking pot , but I will take you out of it .
11:8 You fear the sword , so the sword I will bring against you,’ declares the sovereign Lord .
11:9 ‘But I will take you out of the city . And I will hand you over to foreigners . I will execute judgments on you.
11:10 You will die by the sword ; I will judge you at the border of Israel . Then you will know that I am the Lord .
11:11 This city will not be a cooking pot for you, and you will not be meat within it; I will judge you at the border of Israel .
11:12 Then you will know that I am the Lord , whose statutes you have not followed and whose regulations you have not carried out . Instead you have behaved according to the regulations of the nations around you!’”
11:13 Now, while I was prophesying , Pelatiah son of Benaiah died . Then I threw myself face down and cried out with a loud voice , “Alas , sovereign Lord ! You are completely wiping out the remnant of Israel !”
11:14 Then the word of the Lord came to me:
11:15 “Son of man , your brothers , your relatives , and the whole house of Israel , all of them are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said , ‘They have gone far away from the Lord ; to us this land has been given as a possession .’
11:16 “Therefore say : ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says : Although I have removed them far away among the nations and have dispersed them among the countries , I have been a little sanctuary for them among the lands where they have gone .’
11:17 “Therefore say : ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says : When I regather you from the peoples and assemble you from the lands where you have been dispersed , I will give you back the country of Israel .’
11:18 “When they return to it, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Pelatiah |
Backsliders |
Jaazaniah |
Caldron |
Israel |
Benaiah |
Prophets |
Judgments |
POT |
Wicked |
Scoffing |
Holy Spirit |
Procrastination |
God |
Azur |
Intercession |
Repentance |
Remnant |
AZZUR |
Prophecy |
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NET Notes: Eze 11:2 Heb “and he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Eze 11:3 Jerusalem is also compared to a pot in Ezek 24:3-8. The siege of the city is pictured as heating up the pot.
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NET Notes: Eze 11:7 Many of the versions read “I will bring you out” (active) rather than “he brought out” (the reading of MT).
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NET Notes: Eze 11:11 The Hebrew text does not have the negative particle, but it is implied. The negative particle in the previous line does double duty here.
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NET Notes: Eze 11:13 The LXX reads this statement as a question. Compare this to the question in 9:8. It is possible that the interrogative particle has been omitted by ha...
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NET Notes: Eze 11:15 The MT has an imperative form (“go far!”), but it may be read with different vowels as a perfect verb (“they have gone far”).
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