Ezekiel 11:1-25 CSB

[1] The Spirit then lifted me up and brought me to the eastern gate of the LORD's house, which faces east, and at the gate's entrance were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur, and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people. [2] The LORD said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city. [3] They are saying, 'Isn't the time near to build houses? The city is the pot, and we are the meat.' [4] Therefore, prophesy against them. Prophesy, son of man!" [5] Then the Spirit of the LORD came on me, and he told me, "You are to say, 'This is what the LORD says: That is what you are thinking, house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your mind. [6] You have multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with them. [7] "'Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: The slain you have put within it are the meat, and the city is the pot, but I will take you out of it. [8] You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you. This is the declaration of the Lord GOD. [9] I will take you out of the city and hand you over to foreigners; I will execute judgments against you. [10] You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD. [11] The city will not be a pot for you, and you will not be the meat within it. I will judge you at the border of Israel, [12] so you will know that I am the LORD, whose statutes you have not followed and whose ordinances you have not practiced. Instead, you have acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you.'" [13] Now while I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out loudly, "Oh, Lord GOD! You are bringing the remnant of Israel to an end!" [14] The word of the LORD came to me again: [15] "Son of man, your own relatives, those who have the right to redeem your property, along with the entire house of Israel-all of them-are those to whom the residents of Jerusalem have said, 'You are far from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a possession.' [16] "Therefore say, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: Though I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries where they have gone.' [17] "Therefore say, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.' [18] "When they arrive there, they will remove all its abhorrent acts and detestable practices from it. [19] I will give them integrity of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone from their bodies and give them a heart of flesh, [20] so that they will follow my statutes, keep my ordinances, and practice them. They will be my people, and I will be their God. [21] But as for those whose hearts pursue their desire for abhorrent acts and detestable practices, I will bring their conduct down on their own heads." This is the declaration of the Lord GOD. [22] Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, lifted their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them. [23] The glory of the LORD rose up from within the city and stopped on the mountain east of the city. [24] The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to Chaldea and to the exiles in a vision from the Spirit of God. After the vision I had seen left me, [25] I spoke to the exiles about all the things the LORD had shown me.