Ezekiel 11

¹Moreover the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the LORD’s house, which looks eastward. Behold, twenty-five men were at the door of the gate; and I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

²He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who give wicked counsel in this city;

³who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses. This is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’

⁴Therefore prophesy against them. Prophesy, son of man.”

⁵The LORD’s Spirit fell on me, and he said to me, “Speak, ‘The LORD says: “Thus you have said, house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.

⁶You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain.”

⁷“‘Therefore the Lord GOD says: “Your slain whom you have laid in the middle of it, they are the meat, and this is the cauldron; but you will be brought out of the middle of it.

⁸You have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword on you,” says the Lord GOD.

⁹“I will bring you out of the middle of it, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.

¹⁰You will fall by the sword. I will judge you in the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

¹¹This will not be your cauldron, neither will you be the meat in the middle of it. I will judge you in the border of Israel.

¹²You will know that I am the LORD, for you have not walked in my statutes. You have not executed my ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are around you.”’”