Ezekiel, Chapter 11
1 Evil Rulers to Be Judged, 14 Promise of Restoration1 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. 2 He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil advice in this city, 3 who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses.aThis city is the pot and we are the flesh.’ 4 Therefore, prophesy against them, son of man, prophesy!” | |
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 knowbyour thoughts. 6 You have multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets withcthem.” 7 Therefore, thus says the LorddGOD, “Your slain whom you have laid in the midst ofethe city are the flesh and this city is the pot; butfI will bring you out of it. 8 You have feared a sword; so I will bring a sword upon you,” the Lord GOD declares. 9 “And I will bring you out of the midst ofgthe city and deliver you into the hands of strangers and execute judgments against you. 10 You will fall by the sword. I will judge you to the border of Israel; so you shall know that I am the LORD. 11 This city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be flesh in the midst of it, but I will judge you to the border of Israel. 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.”’” | |
14 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 15 “Son of man, your brothers, yourhrelatives,iyour 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.’ 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.”’ 17 Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries among which you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.”’ 18 When they come there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from it. 19 And I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit withinjthem. And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, 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. 21 kBut as for those whose hearts go after their detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down on their heads,” declares the Lord GOD. | |
22 Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israellhovered over them. 23 The glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city and stood over the mountain which is east of the city. 24 And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God to the exilesmin Chaldea. So the vision that I had seennleft me. 25 Then I told the exiles all the things that the LORD had shown me. |
Read more:Ezekiel, Chapter 12
11 God's message of wrath to those who remained secure at Jerusalem, Eze 11:1-13.
A message of comfort to the dejected captives at Babylon, Eze 11:14-21.
The glory of God removes farther, Eze 11:22-23.
The vision disappears, of which Ezekiel gives an account, Eze 11:24-25.
11:1 Jaazaniah - Not him that is mentioned chap.Eze 8:11.Pelatiah - Named here for that dreadful sudden death, whereby he became a warning to others.
11:2 He - The Lord sitting on the cherub.
11:3 It - The threatened danger and ruin by the Chaldeans.The caldron - This is an impious scoff, yet mixt with some fear of the prophet, Jer 1:13.
11:6 Ye - Many murders have you committed yourselves, and you are accountable to God for all those whom the Chaldeans have slain, seeing you persuaded them, thus obstinately to stand out.
11:7 Bring you forth - Not in mercy, but in wrath, by the conquering hand of Babylon.
11:9 Deliver you - Defeating all your projects for escape.
11:10 Will judge - My just judgments shall pursue you, whithersoever you fly.
11:11 Your caldron - The place of your sufferings; greater are reserved for you in a strange land. Judge you - I will do more against you at Riblah, where the captive king had his children, and others with them, first murdered before his eyes, and then his own eyes put out; Riblah is called the border of Israel: for Syria was adjoining to Israel on the north, and Riblah was on the frontiers of Syria.
11:13 Pelatiah - Mentioned ver. Eze 11:1, a principal man among the twenty - five princes, who made all the mischief in Jerusalem.It should seem this was done in vision now, (as the slaying of the ancient men, chap.Eze 9:6,) but it was an assurance, that when this prophecy was published, it would be done in fact. And the death of Pelatiah was an earnest of the compleat accomplishment of the prophecy.A full end - By slaying all, as this man is cut off.
11:15 Thy brethren - Thy nearest kindred, which it seems were left in Jerusalem. Their degeneracy is more noted in the repetition of the word brethren. Gone far - Ye are gone far from the Lord; as much as the Heathens accused the Christians of atheism.
11:16 Say - In vindication of them. Although - The obstinate Jews at Jerusalem will call them apostates; but I the Lord sent them thither, and will own them there. Scattered - Dispersed them in many countries which are under the king of Babylon: yet they are dear to me.A little sanctuary - A little one in opposition to that great temple at Jerusalem. To him they shall flee, and in him they shall be safe, as he was that took hold on the horns of the altar. And they shall have such communion with God in the land of their captivity, as it was thought could be had no where but in the temple.
11:18 They - They who assemble upon Cyrus's proclamation first, and then upon Darius's proclamation, shall overcome all difficulties, dispatch the journey, and come safely to their own land. Take away - They shall abolish superstition and idolatry from the temple.
11:19 One heart - Cyrus shall give them leave, and I will give them a heart to return; and on their way shall there be great utility; and, when come to Jerusalem, they shall own me, and my laws, and with one consent, build Jerusalem and the temple, and restore true religion.The stony - That hard, inflexible, undutiful, incorrigible disposition.
11:21 Heart - Soul and affections. Walketh - Either secretly adhere to, or provide for the service of idols, called here detestable things.
11:23 Went up - The glory of the Lord removes now out of the city, over which it had stood some time, waiting for their repentance.The mountain - Mount Olivet. He removed thither, to be as it were within call, and ready to return, if now at length in this their day, they would have understood the things that made for their peace.
11:24 The spirit - The same spirit which carried him to Jerusalem, now brings him back to Chaldea. Went up - Was at an end.