Ezekiel 11

¹Moreover, the Spirite lift me vp, and brought me vnto the East gate of the Lordes house, which lyeth Eastwarde, and beholde, at the entrie of the gate were fiue and twentie men: among whome I sawe Iaazaniah the sonne of Azur, and Pelatiah the sonne of Benaiah, the princes of the people.

²Then said he vnto me, Sonne of man, these are the men that imagine mischiefe, and deuise wicked counsell in this citie.

³For they say, It is not neere, let vs builde houses: this citie is the caldron, and wee be the flesh.

⁴Therefore prophesie against them, sonne of man, prophesie.

⁵And the Spirite of the Lord fell vpon me, and said vnto me, Speake, Thus saith the Lord, O ye house of Israel, this haue ye said, and I know that which riseth vp of your mindes.

⁶Many haue ye murthered in this citie, and ye haue filled the streets thereof with the slaine.

⁷Therefore thus saith the Lord God, They that ye haue slaine, and haue layed in the middes of it, they are the flesh, and this citie is the caldron, but I wil bring you foorth of the mids of it.

⁸Ye haue feared the sworde, and I wil bring a sworde vpon you, saith the Lord God.

⁹And I will bring you out of the middes thereof, and deliuer you into the hands of strangers, and will execute iudgements among you.

¹⁰Ye shall fall by the sworde, and I wil iudge you in the border of Israel, and ye shall knowe that I am the Lord.

¹¹This citie shall not be your caldron, neyther shall ye be the flesh in the middes thereof, but I will iudge you in the border of Israel.