46 lines
3.6 KiB
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46 lines
3.6 KiB
Markdown
Vision of Israel's Corrupt Leaders
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# Chapter 11
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1. The Spirit then lifted me up and brought me to the eastern gate of the Lord's house, which faces east, and at the gate's entrance were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur, and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.
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2. The Lord said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.
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3. They are saying, 'Isn't the time near to build houses? The city is the pot, and we are the meat.'
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4. Therefore, prophesy against them. Prophesy, son of man!"
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5. Then the Spirit of the Lord came on me, and he told me, "You are to say, 'This is what the Lord says: That is what you are thinking, house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your mind.
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6. You have multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with them.
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7. "'Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: The slain you have put within it are the meat, and the city is the pot, but I will take you out of it.
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8. You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you. This is the declaration of the Lord God.
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9. I will take you out of the city and hand you over to foreigners; I will execute judgments against you.
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10. You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
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11. The city will not be a pot for you, and you will not be the meat within it. I will judge you at the border of Israel,
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12. so you will know that I am the Lord, whose statutes you have not followed and whose ordinances you have not practiced. Instead, you have acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you.'"
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13. Now while I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out loudly, "Oh, Lord God! You are bringing the remnant of Israel to an end!"
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Promise of Israel's Restoration
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14. The word of the Lord came to me again:
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15. "Son of man, your own relatives, those who have the right to redeem your property, along with the entire house of Israel--all of them--are those to whom the residents of Jerusalem have said, 'You are far from the Lord; this land has been given to us as a possession.'
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16. "Therefore say, 'This is what the Lord God says: Though I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries where they have gone.'
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17. "Therefore say, 'This is what the Lord God says: I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.'
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18. "When they arrive there, they will remove all its abhorrent acts and detestable practices from it.
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19. I will give them integrity of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone from their bodies and give them a heart of flesh,
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20. so that they will follow my statutes, keep my ordinances, and practice them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
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21. But as for those whose hearts pursue their desire for abhorrent acts and detestable practices, I will bring their conduct down on their own heads." This is the declaration of the Lord God.
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God's Glory Leaves Jerusalem
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22. Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, lifted their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
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23. The glory of the Lord rose up from within the city and stopped on the mountain east of the city.
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24. The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to Chaldea and to the exiles in a vision from the Spirit of God. After the vision I had seen left me,
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25. I spoke to the exiles about all the things the Lord had shown me.
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