🔥WEB · Ezekiel 11:1
What does Ezekiel 11:1 mean?
"Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of Yahweh’s house, which looks eastward. Behold, twenty-five men were at the door of the gate; and I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people."
— Ezekiel 11:1 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of Yahweh’s house, which looks eastward. Behold, twenty-five men were at the door of the gate; and I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who give wicked counsel in this city;
who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses. This is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’
Therefore prophesy against them. Prophesy, son of man.”
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