Ezekiel 11 — NIV vs NIVUK

Verse 1

Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the Lord that faces east. There at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men, and I saw among them Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.

Verse 2

The Lord said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who are plotting evil and giving wicked advice in this city.

The Lord said to me, ‘Son of man, these are the men who are plotting evil and giving wicked advice in this city.

Verse 3

They say, ‘Haven’t our houses been recently rebuilt? This city is a pot, and we are the meat in it.’

They say, “Haven’t our houses been recently rebuilt? This city is a pot, and we are the meat in it.”

Verse 4

Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, son of man.”

Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, son of man.’

Verse 5

Then the Spirit of the Lord came on me, and he told me to say: “This is what the Lord says: That is what you are saying, you leaders in Israel, but I know what is going through your mind.

Then the Spirit of the Lord came on me, and he told me to say: ‘This is what the Lord says: that is what you are saying, you leaders in Israel, but I know what is going through your mind.

Verse 6

You have killed many people in this city and filled its streets with the dead.

Verse 7

“Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: The bodies you have thrown there are the meat and this city is the pot, but I will drive you out of it.

‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: the bodies you have thrown there are the meat and this city is the pot, but I will drive you out of it.

Verse 8

You fear the sword, and the sword is what I will bring against you, declares the Sovereign Lord.

Verse 9

I will drive you out of the city and deliver you into the hands of foreigners and inflict punishment on you.

Verse 10

You will fall by the sword, and I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Verse 11

This city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat in it; I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel.

Verse 12

And you will know that I am the Lord, for you have not followed my decrees or kept my laws but have conformed to the standards of the nations around you.”

And you will know that I am the Lord, for you have not followed my decrees or kept my laws but have conformed to the standards of the nations around you.’

Verse 13

Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! Will you completely destroy the remnant of Israel?”

The Promise of Israel’s Return

Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell face down and cried out in a loud voice, ‘Alas, Sovereign Lord! Will you completely destroy the remnant of Israel?’

The promise of Israel’s return

Verse 14

The word of the Lord came to me:

Verse 15

“Son of man, the people of Jerusalem have said of your fellow exiles and all the other Israelites, ‘They are far away from the Lord; this land was given to us as our possession.’

‘Son of man, the people of Jerusalem have said of your fellow exiles and all the other Israelites, “They are far away from the Lord; this land was given to us as our possession.”

Verse 16

“Therefore say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Although 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.’

‘Therefore say: “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: although 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.”

Verse 17

“Therefore say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will gather you from the nations and bring you back from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you back the land of Israel again.’

‘Therefore say: “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will gather you from the nations and bring you back from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you back the land of Israel again.”

Verse 18

“They will return to it and remove all its vile images and detestable idols.

‘They will return to it and remove all its vile images and detestable idols.

Verse 19

I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.

Verse 20

Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God.

Verse 21

But as for those whose hearts are devoted to their vile images and detestable idols, I will bring down on their own heads what they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord.”

But as for those whose hearts are devoted to their vile images and detestable idols, I will bring down on their own heads what they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord.’

Verse 22

Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

Verse 23

The glory of the Lord went up from within the city and stopped above the mountain east of it.

Verse 24

The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the exiles in Babylonia^[a] in the vision given by the Spirit of God.

Then the vision I had seen went up from me,

The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the exiles in Babylonia^[a] in the vision given by the Spirit of God.

Then the vision I had seen went up from me,

Verse 25

and I told the exiles everything the Lord had shown me.