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Evil
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Ezekiel 11:1
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Moreover, the Spirit lifted me up and brought
me to the east gate of the LORD'S house which faced eastward. And behold, there
were twenty-five men at the entrance of the gate, and among them I saw Jaazaniah
son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people. |
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Ezekiel 11:2
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He said to me, "Son of man, these are the men
who devise iniquity and give evil advice in this city, |
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Ezekiel 11:3
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who say, `The time is not near to build houses.
This city is the pot and we are the flesh.' |
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Ezekiel 11:4
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"Therefore, prophesy against them, son of man,
prophesy!" |
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Ezekiel 11:5
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Then the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and
He said to me, "Say, 'Thus says the LORD, "So you think, house of Israel, for
I know your thoughts. |
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Ezekiel 11:6
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"You have multiplied your slain in this city,
filling its streets with them." |
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Ezekiel 11:7
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'Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "Your slain
whom you have laid in the midst of the city are the flesh and this city is the
pot; but I will bring you out of it. |
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Ezekiel 11:8
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"You have feared a sword; so I will bring a
sword upon you," the Lord GOD declares. |
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Ezekiel 11:9
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"And I will bring you out of the midst of the
city and deliver you into the hands of strangers and execute judgments against
you. |
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Ezekiel 11:10
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"You will fall by the sword. I will judge you
to the border of Israel; so you shall know that I am the LORD. |
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Ezekiel 11:11
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"This city will not be a pot for you, nor will
you be flesh in the midst of it, but I will judge you to the border of Israel.
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Ezekiel 11:12
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"Thus you will know that I am the LORD; for
you have not walked in My statutes nor have you executed My ordinances, but have
acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you."'" |
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Ezekiel 11:13
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Now it came about as I prophesied, that Pelatiah
son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice and
said, "Alas, Lord GOD! Will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?" |
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Promise of Restoration |
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Ezekiel 11:14
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Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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Ezekiel 11:15
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"Son of man, your brothers, your relatives,
your fellow exiles and the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those to whom
the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'Go far from the LORD; this land has been
given us as a possession.' |
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Ezekiel 11:16
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"Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Though
I had removed them far away among the nations and though I had scattered them
among the countries, yet I was a sanctuary for them a little while in the countries
where they had gone."' |
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Ezekiel 11:17
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"Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "I
will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries among which
you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel."' |
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Ezekiel 11:18
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"When they come there, they will remove all
its detestable things and all its abominations from it. |
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Ezekiel 11:19
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"And I will give them one heart, and put a new
spirit within them. And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and
give them a heart of flesh, |
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Ezekiel 11:20
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that they may walk in My statutes and keep My
ordinances and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God. |
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Ezekiel 11:21
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"But as for those whose hearts go after their
detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down on their heads,"
declares the Lord GOD. |
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Ezekiel 11:22
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Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with
the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them. |
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Ezekiel 11:23
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The glory of the LORD went up from the midst
of the city and stood over the mountain which is east of the city. |
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Ezekiel 11:24
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And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in
a vision by the Spirit of God to the exiles in Chaldea. So the vision that I had
seen left me. |
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Ezekiel 11:25
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Then I told the exiles all the things that the
LORD had shown me. |
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