Ezekiel 11

Ezekiel 11:1

And brought me unto the east gate of the LORD’s house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men.

I was, in vision, brought to the east gate of the outmost court of the temple; and, behold, at the door of the gate there were five and twenty of the selected rulers of Israel.

Ezekiel 11:3

Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.

Which say, Tush, this threatened destruction is far enough off: it was an idle word of Jeremiah, that this city is the cal- K K 2 dron, we the flesh, the Chaldees the fire; well and long shall we, for all these menaces, enjoy our city and ourselves.

Ezekiel 11:7

Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.

Ye, that so pleasantly scoff at the words of my prophets, know, that ye do fulfil them too justly: those men, whom your cruelty hath slain and laid in the midst of your city, they are the flesh; and this city is the caldron; but for you, I will take order you shall not be boiled within these your walls; I will cast you out hence, and prepare judgment for you elsewhere. So also verse 11.

Ezekiel 11:13

And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, &c.

And it came to pass when I prophesied, that Pelatiah, being a man of great reputation among the people, and a prime ruler in Israel, died. Then, as in his death seeing an image of the imminent destruction of the rest, I fell down upon my face, and said, &c.

Ezekiel 11:15

Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession.

Never complain of the taking away of some noted governors of Israel, as if the whole Church were in danger of extirpation by their loss; for, both these proud and secure inhabitants of Jerusalem are well worthy of this judgment, and when they are gone my Church shall continue; for those thy brethren and kinsfolk and the rest of Israel, which are now in captivity, are they, in whom my Church shall live, and of whom these insolent inhabitants have said, They are gone far enough from the Lord; as for us, we shall surely continue safe in the land of our possession.

Ezekiel 11:16

Yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.

However I have removed them from my local and material sanctuary, yet will I be to them, in their exile and captivity, instead of another sanctuary; for I will both protect them, and give them gracious testimonies of my presence with them.

Ezekiel 11:19

And I will give them one heart, and will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh.

And I will give them a holy and happy accordance in my truth, and will renew a right spirit in you; and will take away that perverse and obstinate disposition, which is naturally in them, to that which is good; and will give them a tenderness of

Ezekiel 11:21

But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompens their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord God.

But as for those, that walk on in their wicked and abominable idolatries, doing those things which may be pleasing to their false gods, I will requite them according to their deservings, saith the Lord.