Ezekiel 11:1

And the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me into the east gate of the house of Yahweh which looketh eastward, and lo! in the opening of the gate, twenty-five men,—and I saw in their midst Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah princes of the people.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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, the princes of the people.

In Context

2Then said he unto me, Son of man, These, are the men who are devising iniquity, and who are counselling wicked counsel in this city;

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Cross References

2 Kings 2:16Then said they unto him—Lo! we pray thee, there are with thy servants fifty men, sons of valour—let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy lord, lest the Spirit of Yahweh have borne him away, and cast him on one of the mountains, or into one of the valleys. And he said—Ye shall not send.

Isaiah 1:10Hear the word of Yahweh, ye rulers of Sodom,—Give ear to the instruction of our God, ye people of Gomorrah:—

Ezekiel 3:12Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the sound of a great rushing,— Blessed be the glory of Yahweh. From his place!

Ezekiel 8:3Then put he forth the similitude of a hand, and took me by the forelock of my head,—and the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heavens and brought me to Jerusalem in the visions of God into the opening of the inner gate that looketh toward the north, where was the seat of the Statue of Jealousy. that provoketh to jealousy;

Ezekiel 10:19then the cherubim uplifted their wings and arose from the earth before mine eyes as they went forth, the wheels also in unison with them,—and it stood at the opening of the gate of the house of Yahweh that was toward the east, with the glory of the God of Israel over them, above.

Ezekiel 11:24And, the spirit lifted me up, and brought me to Chaldea unto them of the captivity, in the vision by the Spirit of God,—thus went up from me, the vision which I had seen.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 11:1

This chapter concludes the vision which Ezekiel saw, and this part of it furnished him with two messages:—I. A message of wrath against those who continued still at Jerusalem, and were there in the height of presumption, thinking they should never fall, ver. 1-13 . II. A message of comfort to those who were carried captives into Babylon and were there in the depth of despondency, thinking they should never rise. And, as the former are assured that God has judgments in store for them notwithstanding their present… Read the whole commentary →

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