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		Ezek 11:1 Moreover, the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the LORD'S house which faced eastward. And behold, there were twenty-five men at the entrance of the gate, and among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.
		Ezek 11:2 He said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil advice in this city,
		Ezek 11:3 who say, 'The time is not near to build houses. This city is the pot and we are the flesh.'
		Ezek 11:4 "Therefore, prophesy against them, son of man, prophesy!"
		Ezek 11:5 ¶ Then the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and He said to me, "Say, 'Thus says the LORD, "So you think, house of Israel, for I know your thoughts.
		Ezek 11:6 "You have multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with them."
		Ezek 11:7 'Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of the city are the flesh and this city is the pot; but I will bring you out of it.
		Ezek 11:8 "You have feared a sword; so I will bring a sword upon you," the Lord GOD declares.
		Ezek 11:9 "And I will bring you out of the midst of the city and deliver you into the hands of strangers and execute judgments against you.
		Ezek 11:10 "You will fall by the sword. I will judge you to the border of Israel; so you shall know that I am the LORD.
		Ezek 11:11 "This city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be flesh in the midst of it, but I will judge you to the border of Israel.
		Ezek 11:12 "Thus you will know that I am the LORD; for you have not walked in My statutes nor have you executed My ordinances, but have acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you.""'
		Ezek 11:13 ¶ Now it came about as I prophesied, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, "Alas, Lord GOD! Will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?"
		Ezek 11:14 ¶ Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
		Ezek 11:15 "Son of man, your brothers, your relatives, your fellow exiles and the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'Go far from the LORD; this land has been given us as a possession.'
		Ezek 11:16 "Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Though I had removed them far away among the nations and though I had scattered them among the countries, yet I was a sanctuary for them a little while in the countries where they had gone."'
		Ezek 11:17 "Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries among which you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel."'
		Ezek 11:18 "When they come there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from it.
		Ezek 11:19 "And I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them. And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,
		Ezek 11:20 that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God.
		Ezek 11:21 "But as for those whose hearts go after their detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down on their heads," declares the Lord GOD.
		Ezek 11:22 ¶ Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them.
		Ezek 11:23 The glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city and stood over the mountain which is east of the city.
		Ezek 11:24 And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God to the exiles in Chaldea. So the vision that I had seen left me.
		Ezek 11:25 Then I told the exiles all the things that the LORD had shown me.

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