Ezekiel 11:1-14
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: