Ezekiel 11

NEW JERUSALEM	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 The spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Temple of Yahweh, the gate that lookseastwards. There at the entrance to the gate stood twenty-five men, among whom I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzurand Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.	1 The Spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of the house of the LORD, which faces east. And behold, at the door of the gateway there were twenty-five men; and I saw among them Ja-azaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
2 He said to me, 'Son of man, these are the wicked schemers who are spreading their bad advicethrough this city.	2 And he said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city;
3 They say, "There will be no house-building yet awhile. The city is the cooking pot and we are themeat."	3 who say, 'The time is not near to build houses; this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.'
4 So prophesy against them, prophesy, son of man!'	4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man."
5 The spirit of Yahweh fel on me, and he said to me, 'Say, "Yahweh says this: I know what you aresaying, House of Israel, I know how insolent you are.	5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and he said to me, "Say, Thus says the LORD: So you think, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.
6 You have filled this city with more and more of your victims; you have strewn its streets with victims.	6 You have multiplied your slain in this city, and have filled its streets with the slain.
7 And so the Lord Yahweh says this: Your victims, whom you have put in it, are the meat, and the city isthe cooking pot; but I shal take you out of it.	7 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron; but you shall be brought forth out of the midst of it.
8 You are afraid of the sword and I shall bring the sword down on you -- declares the Lord Yahweh-	8 You have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword upon you, says the Lord GOD.
9 and I shall take you out of it and hand you over to foreigners and bring you to justice;	9 And I will bring you forth out of the midst of it, and give you into the hands of foreigners, and execute judgments upon you.
10 you will fal by the sword on the soil of Israel; I shal execute justice on you, and you wil know that Iam Yahweh.	10 You shall fall by the sword; I will judge you at the border of Israel; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
11 This city wil be no cooking pot for you, nor wil you be the meat inside; I shal execute justice on youon the soil of Israel;	11 This city shall not be your caldron, nor shall you be the flesh in the midst of it; I will judge you at the border of Israel;
12 and you wil know that I am Yahweh, whose laws you have not obeyed and whose judgements youhave not kept; instead, you have adopted the customs of the nations round you." '	12 and you shall know that I am the LORD; for you have not walked in my statutes, nor executed my ordinances, but have acted according to the ordinances of the nations that are round about you."
13 Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah dropped dead. I fel to the ground and cried out,'Ah, Lord Yahweh, are you going to annihilate the remnant of Israel?'	13 And it came to pass, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, "Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?"
14 The word of Yahweh was then addressed to me as follows,	14 And the word of the LORD came to me:
15 'Son of man, to your brothers one and al , to your kinsfolk and to the whole House of Israel, theinhabitants of Jerusalem have said, "Keep wel away from Yahweh. This country has now been made over tous!"	15 "Son of man, your brethren, even your brethren, your fellow exiles, the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those of whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'They have gone far from the LORD; to us this land is given for a possession.'
16 So say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Yes, I have sent them far away among the nations and I havedispersed them to foreign countries; and for a while I have been a sanctuary for them in the country to whichthey have gone."	16 Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: Though I removed them far off among the nations, and though I scattered them among the countries, yet I have been a sanctuary to them for a while in the countries where they have gone.'
17 So say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: I shall gather you back from the peoples, I shall col ect you infrom the countries where you have been scattered and give you the land of Israel.	17 Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.'
18 When they come back, they wil purge it of al its horrors and loathsome practices.	18 And when they come there, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations.
19 I shal give them a single heart and I shal put a new spirit in them; I shall remove the heart of stonefrom their bodies and give them a heart of flesh,	19 And I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them; I will take the stony heart out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,
20 so that they can keep my laws and respect my judgements and put them into practice. Then they wilbe my people and I shall be their God.	20 that they may walk in my statutes and keep my ordinances and obey them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
21 But those whose hearts are set on their horrors and loathsome practices I shal repay for theirconduct -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '	21 But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, I will requite their deeds upon their own heads, says the Lord GOD."
22 The winged creatures then raised their wings and the wheels moved with them, with the glory of theGod of Israel over them, above.	22 Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them.
23 And the glory of Yahweh rose from the centre of the city and halted on the mountain to the east of thecity.	23 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
24 Then the spirit lifted me up and took me, in vision, in the spirit of God, to the exiles in Chaldaea, andthe vision which I had seen faded.	24 And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to the exiles. Then the vision that I had seen went up from me.
25 I then told the exiles everything that Yahweh had shown me.	25 And I told the exiles all the things that the LORD had showed me.