Ezekiel 11:2

The Lord told me, “Son of man, it's these men who are making evil plans and giving bad advice to the people in this city.

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Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:

In Context

1Then the Spirit picked me up and took me to the eastern entrance of the Lord's Temple. Twenty-five men were gathered there at the entrance. I recognized among them Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.

3They're saying, ‘Is this the time for us to be building houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat inside it.’

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Cross References

Psalms 2:1Why are the nations plotting rebellion? The peoples devise schemes, but they're pointless.

Psalms 36:5Lord, your faithful love reaches to the heavens, your trustworthiness to the clouds.

Isaiah 30:1Tragedy is coming to my defiant children, declares the Lord. You make plans that don't come from me; you make alliances against my wishes, adding sin to sin.

Jeremiah 5:5Let me go to and talk to the ones in charge. They would surely know what the Lord wants, God's right way of living.” But they had all broken off the yoke as well, and ripped off the chains.

Micah 2:1How disastrous it will be for those who devise evil plans as they lie awake at night. They get up in the morning to carry them out, because they have the power to do just that.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 11:2-14

Message of Wrath to Jerusalem; Presumption of the Princes; Awakening Predictions. ( b. c. 593.) 1 Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the Lord 's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: 3 Which say, It is not near; let us… Read the whole commentary →

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