Ezekiel:11:1-15

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* And a spirit bore me up , and brought me unto the east gate of the house of the Lord , which looketh eastward : and behold , there were at the entrance of the gate five and twenty men ; and I saw in the midst of them Yaazanyah the son of ‘Azzur , and Pelatyahu the son of Benayahu , princes of the people . * Then said he unto me , Son of man , these are the men that devise wickedness , and give evil counsel in this city ; * Who say , is not near ; so let us build houses : this is the pot , and we are the flesh . * Therefore prophesy against them , prophesy , O son of man . * And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me , and said unto me , Speak , Thus hath said the Lord , Thus have ye said , O house of Israel ; and whatever cometh into your mind , do I know full well . * Ye have multiplied those slain by you in this city , and ye have filled its streets with the slain . * Therefore thus hath said the Lord Eternal , Those slain by you whom ye have struck down in the midst of it , ––they are the flesh , and this place is the pot ; but you are to be removed out of the midst of it . * The sword have ye feared : and the sword will I bring over you , saith the Lord Eternal . * And I will remove you out of the midst of it , and I will give you up into the hand of strangers , and will execute punishments among you . * By the sword shall ye fall ; on the boundary of Israel will I judge you : and ye shall know that I am the Lord . * This place shall not be unto you as a pot , so that you should be as flesh in the midst of it ; but on the boundary of Israel will I judge you . * And ye shall know that I am the Lord : because in my statutes have ye not walked , and my ordinances have ye not executed ; but ye have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you . * And it came to pass , as I was prophesying , that Pelatyahu the son of Benayah died . Then fell I down upon my face , and cried with a loud voice , and said , Ah Lord Eternal ! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel ? * Then came the word of the Lord unto me , saying , * Son of man , thy brethren , even thy brethren , the men of thy kindred , and the whole house of Israel altogether , are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said , Remain you far from the Lord : unto us is this land given for a possession .

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