Ezekiel 11:1–13

Judgment on Wicked Counselors

11^sThe Spirit lifted me up and brought me to ^tthe east gate of the house of the Lord, which faces east. And behold, at the entrance of the gateway there were ^utwenty-five men. And I saw among them Jaazaniah ^vthe son of Azzur, and ^wPelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. ²And he said to me, ^x“Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city; ^3ywho say, ^z‘The time is not near¹ to build houses. ^aThis city is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’ ⁴Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man.”

⁵And ^bthe Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and he said to me, “Say, Thus says the Lord: So you think, O house of Israel. ^cFor I know the things that come into your mind. ^6dYou have multiplied your slain in this city and have filled its streets with the slain. ⁷Therefore thus says the Lord God: ^eYour slain whom you have laid in the midst of it, ^athey are the meat, and ^athis city is the cauldron, but you shall be brought out of the midst of it. ^8fYou have feared the sword, and I will bring the sword upon you, declares the Lord God. ⁹And I will bring you out of the midst of it, and ^ggive you into the hands of foreigners, and ^hexecute judgments upon you. ¹⁰ⁱYou shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel, ^jand you shall know that I am the Lord. ^11kThis city shall not be your cauldron, nor shall you be the meat in the midst of it. I will judge you at the border of Israel, ¹²and you shall know that I am the Lord. For you have not walked in my statutes, nor obeyed my rules, ^lbut have acted according to the rules of the nations that are around you.”

¹³And it came to pass, while I was prophesying, ^mthat ⁿPelatiah the son of Benaiah died. ^oThen I fell down on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, ^o“Ah, Lord God! ^pWill you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?”