Ezekiel 11:1–13

Moreover ^athe spirit lift me up, and brought me unto ^bthe east gate of the Lord’s house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate ^cfive and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of ^dAzur, and ^ePelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. ²Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: ^3fwhich say, ^gIt is not near; ^hlet us build houses: ⁱthis city is the caldron, and we be the flesh. ⁴Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man. ^5kAnd the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the Lord; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know ^lthe things that come into your mind, every one of them. ^6mYe have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain. ⁷Therefore thus saith the Lord God; ⁿYour slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, ^othey are the flesh, and this city is ⁱthe caldron: but ^pI will bring you forth out of the midst of it. ^8qYe have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord God. ⁹And ^pI will bring you out of the midst thereof, and ^rdeliver you into the hands of strangers, and ^swill execute judgments among you. ^10tYe shall fall by the sword; I will judge you ^uin the border of Israel; ^vand ye shall know that I am the Lord. ^11oThis city shall not be your ⁱcaldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but ^sI will judge you ^uin the border of Israel: ^12vand ye shall know that I am the Lord: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but ^whave done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.

¹³And it came to pass, when I prophesied, ^xthat ^ePelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then ^yfell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, ^zAh Lord God, ^ywilt thou ^amake a full end of the remnant of Israel?