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| 11:1 |
Moreover, the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the LORD's house which faced eastward. And behold, [there were] twenty-five men at the entrance of the gate, and among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.
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| 11:2 |
And He said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil advice in this city,
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| 11:3 |
who say, 'Is not [the time] near to build houses? This [city] is the pot and we are the flesh.'
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| 11:4 |
"Therefore, prophesy against them, son of man, prophesy!"
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| 11:5 |
Then the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and He said to me, "Say, 'Thus says the LORD, "So you think, house of Israel, for I know your thoughts.
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| 11:6 |
"You have multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with them."
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| 11:7 |
'Therefore, thus says the Lord God, "Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of the city are the flesh, and this [city] is the pot; but I shall bring you out of it.
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| 11:8 |
"You have feared a sword; so I will bring a sword upon you," the Lord God declares.
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| 11:9 |
"And I shall bring you out of the midst of the city, and I shall deliver you into the hands of strangers and execute judgments against you.
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| 11:10 |
"You will fall by the sword. I shall judge you to the border of Israel; so you shall know that I am the LORD.
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| 11:11 |
"This [city] will not be a pot for you, nor will you be flesh in the midst of it, [but] I shall judge you to the border of Israel.
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| 11:12 |
"Thus you will know that I am the LORD; for you have not walked in My statutes nor have you executed My ordinances, but have acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you."'"
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| 11:13 |
Now it came about as I prophesied, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, "Alas, Lord God! Wilt Thou bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?"
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| 11:14 |
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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| 11:15 |
"Son of man, your brothers, your relatives, your fellow exiles, and the whole house of Israel, all of them, [are those] to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'Go far from the LORD; this land has been given us as a possession.'
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| 11:16 |
"Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord God, "Though I had removed them far away among the nations, and though I had scattered them among the countries, yet I was a sanctuary for them a little while in the countries where they had gone."'
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| 11:17 |
"Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord God, "I shall gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries among which you have been scattered, and I shall give you the land of Israel."'
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| 11:18 |
"When they come there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from it.
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| 11:19 |
"And I shall give them one heart, and shall put a new spirit within them. And I shall take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,
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| 11:20 |
that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances, and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God.
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| 11:21 |
"But as for those whose hearts go after their detestable things and abominations, I shall bring their conduct down on their heads," declares the Lord God.
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| 11:22 |
Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them.
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| 11:23 |
And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood over the mountain which is east of the city.
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| 11:24 |
And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God to the exiles in Chaldea. So the vision that I had seen left me.
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| 11:25 |
Then I told the exiles all the things that the LORD had shown me.
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