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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 looks eastward: and see, at the door of the gate twenty-five men; and I saw in the midst of them Ya`azanyah the son of Azur, and Pelatyah the son of Benayah, princes 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 who give wicked counsel 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 caldron, and we are the flesh.
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Ezekiel 11:4
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Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, son of man.
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Ezekiel 11:5
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The Spirit of the LORD fell on me, and he said to me, Speak, Thus says the LORD: Thus have you said, house of Yisra'el; for I know the things that come into your mind.
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Ezekiel 11:6
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You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled the streets of it with the slain.
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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 it, they are the flesh, and this [city] is the caldron; but you shall be brought forth out of the midst of it.
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Ezekiel 11:8
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You have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword on you, says the Lord GOD.
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Ezekiel 11:9
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I will bring you forth out of the midst of it, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
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Ezekiel 11:10
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You shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Yisra'el; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
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Ezekiel 11:11
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This [city] shall not be your caldron, neither shall you be the flesh in the midst of it; I will judge you in the border of Yisra'el;
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Ezekiel 11:12
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and you shall know that I am the LORD: for you have not walked in my statutes, neither have you executed my ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you.
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Ezekiel 11:13
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It happened, when I prophesied, that Pelatyah the son of Benayah died. Then fell I down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! will you make a full end of the remnant of Yisra'el?
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Ezekiel 11:14
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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, even your brothers, the men of your relatives, and all the house of Yisra'el, all of them, [are they] to whom the inhabitants of Yerushalayim have said, Get you far from the LORD; to us is this land given for a possession.
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Ezekiel 11:16
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Therefore say, Thus says the Lord GOD: Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they are come.
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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 where you have been scattered, and I will give you Eretz-Yisra'el.
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Ezekiel 11:18
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They shall come there, and they shall take away all the detestable things of it and all the abominations of it from there.
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Ezekiel 11:19
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I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will 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: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
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Ezekiel 11:21
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But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way on their own heads, says the Lord GOD.
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Ezekiel 11:22
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Then did the Keruvim lift up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Yisra'el was over them above.
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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 on the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
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Ezekiel 11:24
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The Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Kasdim, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
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Ezekiel 11:25
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Then I spoke to them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shown me.
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