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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 11:1 - Strong Concordance
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| Eze 11:1 |
Strong Concordance |
Moreover the spirit [07307] lifted me up [05375], and brought [0935] me unto the east [06931] gate [08179] of the LORD'S [03068] house [01004], which looketh [06437] eastward [06921]: and behold at the door [06607] of the gate [08179] five [02568] and twenty [06242] men [0376]; among [08432] whom I saw [07200] Jaazaniah [02970] the son [01121] of Azur [05809], and Pelatiah [06410] the son [01121] of Benaiah [01141], princes [08269] of the people [05971]. |
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King James |
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. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
PROPHECY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CORRUPT "PRINCES OF THE PEOPLE;" PELATIAH DIES; PROMISE OF GRACE TO THE BELIEVING REMNANT; DEPARTURE OF THE GLORY OF GOD FROM THE CITY; EZEKIEL'S RETURN TO THE CAPTIVES. (Eze. 11:1-25)
east gate--to which the glory of God had moved itself (Eze 10:19), the chief entrance of the sanctuary; the portico or porch of Solomon. The Spirit moves the prophet thither, to witness, in the presence of the divine glory, a new scene of destruction.
five and twenty men--The same as the twenty-five (that is, twenty-four heads of courses, and the high priest) sun-worshippers seen in Eze 8:16. The leading priests were usually called "princes of the sanctuary" (Isa 43:28) and "chiefs of the priests" (Ch2 36:14); but here two of them are called "princes of the people," with irony, as using their priestly influence to be ringleaders of the people in sin (Eze 11:2). Already the wrath of God had visited the people represented by the elders (Eze 9:6); also the glory of the Lord had left its place in the holy of holies, and, like the cherubim and flaming sword in Eden, had occupied the gate into the deserted sanctuary. The judgment on the representatives of the priesthood naturally follows here, just as the sin of the priests had followed in the description (Eze 8:12, Eze 8:16) after the sin of the elders.
Jaazaniah--signifying "God hears."
son of Azur--different from Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan (Eze 8:11). Azur means "help." He and Pelatiah ("God delivers"), son of Benaiah ("God builds"), are singled out as Jaazaniah, son of Shaphan, in the case of the seventy elders (Eze 8:11-12), because their names ought to have reminded them that "God" would have "heard" had they sought His "help" to "deliver" and "build" them up. But, neglecting this, they incurred the heavier judgment by the very relation in which they stood to God [FAIRBAIRN]. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The gate - The gate of the templecourt. The gate was the place of judgment.
Five and twenty men - Not the same men as in Eze 8:16. There they were representatives of the "priests," here of the "princes." The number is, no doubt, symbolic, made up, probably, of 24 men and the king. The number 24 points to the tribes of undivided Israel.
Jaazaniah ... Pelatiah - We know nothing more of these men. The former name was probably common at that time Eze 8:11. In these two names there is an allusion to the false hopes which they upheld. "Jaazaniah" (Yah (weh) listeneth) "son of Azur" (the Helper); "Pelatiah" (Yah (weh) rescues) "son of Benaiah" (Yah (weh) builds). In the latter case, death Eze 11:13 turned the allusion into bitter irony. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
Judgment upon the rulers of the nation. - Eze 11:1. And a wind lifted me up, and took me to the eastern gate of the house of Jehovah, which faces towards the east; and behold, at the entrance of the gate were five and twenty men, and I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, the chiefs of the nation. Eze 11:2. And he said to me: Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and counsel evil counsel in this city; Eze 11:3. Who say, It is not near to build houses; it is the pot, and we are the flesh. Eze 11:4. Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, son of man. - Ezekiel is once more transported from the inner court (Eze 8:16) to the outer entrance of the eastern gate of the temple (תּשּׂא רוּח, as in Eze 8:3), to which, according to Eze 10:19, the vision of God had removed. There he sees twenty-five men, and among them two of the princes of the nation, whose names are given. These twenty-five men are not identical with the twenty-five priests mentioned in Eze 8:16, as Hvernick supposes. This is evident, not only from the difference in the locality, the priests standing between the porch and the altar, whereas the men referred to here stood at the outer eastern entrance to the court of the temple, but from the fact that the two who are mentioned by name are called שׂרי העם (princes of the people), so that we may probably infer from this that all the twenty-five were secular chiefs. Hvernick's opinion, that שׂרי העם is a term that may also be applied to princes among the priests, is as erroneous as his assertion that the priest-princes are called "princes" in Ezr 8:20; Neh 10:1, and Jer 35:4, whereas it is only to national princes that these passages refer. Hvernick is equally incorrect in supposing that these twenty-five men take the place of the seventy mentioned in Eze 8:11; for those seventy represented the whole of the nation, whereas these twenty-five (according to Eze 11:2) were simply the counsellors of the city - not, however, the twenty-four duces of twenty-four divisions of the city, with a prince of the house of Judah, as Prado maintains, on the strength of certain Rabbinical assertions; or twenty-four members of a Sanhedrim, with their president (Rosenmller); but the twelve tribe-princes (princes of the nation) and the twelve royal officers, or military commanders (1 Chron 27), with the king himself, or possibly with the commander-in-chief of the army; so that these twenty-five men represent the civil government of Israel, just as the twenty-four priest-princes, together with the high priest, represent the spiritual authorities of the covenant nation. The reason why two are specially mentioned by name is involved in obscurity, as nothing further is known of either of these persons. The words of God to the prophet in Eze 11:2 concerning them are perfectly applicable to representatives of the civil authorities or temporal rulers, namely, that they devise and give unwholesome and evil counsel. This counsel is described in Eze 11:3 by the words placed in their mouths: "house-building is not near; it (the city) is the caldron, we are the flesh."
These words are difficult, and different interpretations have consequently been given. The rendering, "it (the judgment) is not near, let us build houses," is incorrect; for the infinitive construct בּנות cannot stand for the imperative or the infinitive absolute, but must be the subject of the sentence. It is inadmissible also to take the sentence as a question, "Is not house-building near?" in the sense of "it is certainly near," as Ewald does, after some of the ancient versions. For even if an interrogation is sometimes indicated simply by the tone in an energetic address, as, for example, in Sa2 23:5, this cannot be extended to cases in which the words of another are quoted. Still less can לא בקרוב mean non est tempus, it is not yet time, as Maurer supposes. The only way in which the words can be made to yield a sense in harmony with the context, is by taking them as a tacit allusion to Jer 29:5. Jeremiah had called upon those in exile to build themselves houses in their banishment, and prepare for a lengthened stay in Babylon, and not to allow themselves to be deceived by the words of false prophets, who predicted a speedy return; for severe judgments had yet to fall upon those who had remained behind in the land. This word of Jeremiah the authorities in Jerusalem ridiculed, saying "house-building is not near," i.e., the house-building in exile is still a long way off; it will not come to this, that Jerusalem should fall either permanently or entirely into the hands of the king of Babylon. On the contrary, Jerusalem is the pot, and we, its inhabitants, are the flesh. The point of comparison is this: as the pot protects the flesh from burning, so does the city of Jerusalem protect us from destruction.
(Note: "This city is a pot, our receptacle and defence, and we are the flesh enclosed therein; as flesh is preserved in its caldron till it is perfectly boiled, so shall we continue here till an extreme old age." - Hlsemann in CaloV. Bibl. Illustr.)
On the other hand, there is no foundation for the assumption that the words also contain an allusion to other sayings of Jeremiah, namely, to Jer 1:13, where the judgment about to burst in from the north is represented under the figure of a smoking pot; or to Jer 19:1-15, where Jerusalem is depicted as a pot about to be broken in pieces by God; for the reference in Jer 19:1-15 is simply to an earthen pitcher, not to a meat-caldron; and the words in the verse before us have nothing at all in common with the figure in Jer 1:13. The correctness of our explanation is evident both from Eze 24:3, Eze 24:6, where the figure of pot and flesh is met with again, though differently applied, and from the reply which Ezekiel makes to the saying of these men in the verses that follow (Eze 11:7-11). This saying expresses not only false confidence in the strength of Jerusalem, but also contempt and scorn of the predictions of the prophets sent by God. Ezekiel is therefore to prophesy, as he does in Eze 11:5-12, against this pernicious counsel, which is confirming the people in their sins. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Jaazaniah - Not him that is mentioned Eze 8:11. Pelatiah - Named here for that dreadful sudden death, whereby he became a warning to others. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
At the door of the gate five and twenty men - The same persons, no doubt, who appear, Eze 8:16, worshipping the sun.
Jaazaniah the son of Azur - In Eze 8:16, we find a Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan. If Shaphan was also called Azur, they may be the same person. But it is most likely that there were two of this name, and both chiefs among the people. |
11 And there stood [05975] before [06440] them seventy [07657] men [0376] of the ancients [02205] of the house [01004] of Israel [03478], and in the midst [08432] of them stood [05975] Jaazaniah [02970] the son [01121] of Shaphan [08227], with every man [0376] his censer [04730] in his hand [03027]; and a thick [06282] cloud [06051] of incense [07004] went up [05927].
12 Then said [0559] he unto me, Son [01121] of man [0120], hast thou seen [07200] what the ancients [02205] of the house [01004] of Israel [03478] do [06213] in the dark [02822], every man [0376] in the chambers [02315] of his imagery [04906]? for they say [0559], The LORD [03068] seeth [07200] us not; the LORD [03068] hath forsaken [05800] the earth [0776].
11 And there stood [05975] before [06440] them seventy [07657] men [0376] of the ancients [02205] of the house [01004] of Israel [03478], and in the midst [08432] of them stood [05975] Jaazaniah [02970] the son [01121] of Shaphan [08227], with every man [0376] his censer [04730] in his hand [03027]; and a thick [06282] cloud [06051] of incense [07004] went up [05927].
16 And he brought [0935] me into the inner [06442] court [02691] of the LORD'S [03068] house [01004], and, behold, at the door [06607] of the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], between the porch [0197] and the altar [04196], were about five [02568] and twenty [06242] men [0376], with their backs [0268] toward the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], and their faces [06440] toward the east [06924]; and they worshipped [07812] the sun [08121] toward the east [06924].
12 Then said [0559] he unto me, Son [01121] of man [0120], hast thou seen [07200] what the ancients [02205] of the house [01004] of Israel [03478] do [06213] in the dark [02822], every man [0376] in the chambers [02315] of his imagery [04906]? for they say [0559], The LORD [03068] seeth [07200] us not; the LORD [03068] hath forsaken [05800] the earth [0776].
6 Slay [02026] utterly [04889] old [02205] and young [0970], both maids [01330], and little children [02945], and women [0802]: but come not near [05066] any man [0376] upon whom is the mark [08420]; and begin [02490] at my sanctuary [04720]. Then they began [02490] at the ancient [02205] men [0582] which were before [06440] the house [01004].
2 Then said [0559] he unto me, Son [01121] of man [0120], these are the men [0582] that devise [02803] mischief [0205], and give [03289] wicked [07451] counsel [06098] in this city [05892]:
14 Moreover all the chief [08269] of the priests [03548], and the people [05971], transgressed [04603] very [04604] much [07235] after all the abominations [08441] of the heathen [01471]; and polluted [02930] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] which he had hallowed [06942] in Jerusalem [03389].
28 Therefore I have profaned [02490] the princes [08269] of the sanctuary [06944], and have given [05414] Jacob [03290] to the curse [02764], and Israel [03478] to reproaches [01421].
16 And he brought [0935] me into the inner [06442] court [02691] of the LORD'S [03068] house [01004], and, behold, at the door [06607] of the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], between the porch [0197] and the altar [04196], were about five [02568] and twenty [06242] men [0376], with their backs [0268] toward the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], and their faces [06440] toward the east [06924]; and they worshipped [07812] the sun [08121] toward the east [06924].
19 And the cherubims [03742] lifted up [05375] their wings [03671], and mounted up [07426] from the earth [0776] in my sight [05869]: when they went out [03318], the wheels [0212] also were beside [05980] them, and every one stood [05975] at the door [06607] of the east [06931] gate [08179] of the LORD'S [03068] house [01004]; and the glory [03519] of the God [0430] of Israel [03478] was over them above [04605].
13 And it came to pass, when I prophesied [05012], that Pelatiah [06410] the son [01121] of Benaiah [01141] died [04191]. Then fell I down [05307] upon my face [06440], and cried [02199] with a loud [01419] voice [06963], and said [0559], Ah [0162] Lord [0136] GOD [03069]! wilt thou make [06213] a full end [03617] of the remnant [07611] of Israel [03478]?
11 And there stood [05975] before [06440] them seventy [07657] men [0376] of the ancients [02205] of the house [01004] of Israel [03478], and in the midst [08432] of them stood [05975] Jaazaniah [02970] the son [01121] of Shaphan [08227], with every man [0376] his censer [04730] in his hand [03027]; and a thick [06282] cloud [06051] of incense [07004] went up [05927].
16 And he brought [0935] me into the inner [06442] court [02691] of the LORD'S [03068] house [01004], and, behold, at the door [06607] of the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], between the porch [0197] and the altar [04196], were about five [02568] and twenty [06242] men [0376], with their backs [0268] toward the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], and their faces [06440] toward the east [06924]; and they worshipped [07812] the sun [08121] toward the east [06924].
5 And the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] fell [05307] upon me, and said [0559] unto me, Speak [0559]; Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Thus have ye said [0559], O house [01004] of Israel [03478]: for I know [03045] the things that come [04609] into your mind [07307], every one of them.
6 Ye have multiplied [07235] your slain [02491] in this city [05892], and ye have filled [04390] the streets [02351] thereof with the slain [02491].
7 Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Your slain [02491] whom ye have laid [07760] in the midst [08432] of it, they are the flesh [01320], and this city is the caldron [05518]: but I will bring you forth [03318] out of the midst [08432] of it.
8 Ye have feared [03372] the sword [02719]; and I will bring [0935] a sword [02719] upon you, saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069].
9 And I will bring you out [03318] of the midst [08432] thereof, and deliver [05414] you into the hands [03027] of strangers [02114], and will execute [06213] judgments [08201] among you.
10 Ye shall fall [05307] by the sword [02719]; I will judge [08199] you in the border [01366] of Israel [03478]; and ye shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068].
11 This city shall not be your caldron [05518], neither shall ye be the flesh [01320] in the midst [08432] thereof; but I will judge [08199] you in the border [01366] of Israel [03478]:
12 And ye shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068]: for ye have not walked [01980] in my statutes [02706], neither executed [06213] my judgments [04941], but have done [06213] after the manners [04941] of the heathen [01471] that are round about [05439] you.
7 Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Your slain [02491] whom ye have laid [07760] in the midst [08432] of it, they are the flesh [01320], and this city is the caldron [05518]: but I will bring you forth [03318] out of the midst [08432] of it.
8 Ye have feared [03372] the sword [02719]; and I will bring [0935] a sword [02719] upon you, saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069].
9 And I will bring you out [03318] of the midst [08432] thereof, and deliver [05414] you into the hands [03027] of strangers [02114], and will execute [06213] judgments [08201] among you.
10 Ye shall fall [05307] by the sword [02719]; I will judge [08199] you in the border [01366] of Israel [03478]; and ye shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068].
11 This city shall not be your caldron [05518], neither shall ye be the flesh [01320] in the midst [08432] thereof; but I will judge [08199] you in the border [01366] of Israel [03478]:
6 Wherefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Woe [0188] to the bloody [01818] city [05892], to the pot [05518] whose scum [02457] is therein, and whose scum [02457] is not gone out [03318] of it! bring it out [03318] piece [05409] by piece [05409]; let no lot [01486] fall [05307] upon it.
3 And utter [04911] a parable [04912] unto the rebellious [04805] house [01004], and say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Set on [08239] a pot [05518], set it on [08239], and also pour [03332] water [04325] into it:
13 And the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto me the second time [08145], saying [0559], What seest [07200] thou? And I said [0559], I see [07200] a seething [05301] pot [05518]; and the face [06440] thereof is toward [06440] the north [06828].
1 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Go [01980] and get [07069] a potter's [03335] earthen [02789] bottle [01228], and take of the ancients [02205] of the people [05971], and of the ancients [02205] of the priests [03548];
2 And go forth [03318] unto the valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], which is by the entry [06607] of the east [02777] gate [08179], and proclaim [07121] there the words [01697] that I shall tell [01696] thee,
3 And say [0559], Hear [08085] ye the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], O kings [04428] of Judah [03063], and inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389]; Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will bring [0935] evil [07451] upon this place [04725], the which whosoever heareth [08085], his ears [0241] shall tingle [06750].
4 Because they have forsaken [05800] me, and have estranged [05234] this place [04725], and have burned incense [06999] in it unto other [0312] gods [0430], whom neither they nor their fathers [01] have known [03045], nor the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], and have filled [04390] this place [04725] with the blood [01818] of innocents [05355];
5 They have built [01129] also the high places [01116] of Baal [01168], to burn [08313] their sons [01121] with fire [0784] for burnt offerings [05930] unto Baal [01168], which I commanded [06680] not, nor spake [01696] it, neither came [05927] it into my mind [03820]:
6 Therefore, behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], that this place [04725] shall no more be called [07121] Tophet [08612], nor The valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], but The valley [01516] of slaughter [02028].
7 And I will make void [01238] the counsel [06098] of Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389] in this place [04725]; and I will cause them to fall [05307] by the sword [02719] before [06440] their enemies [0341], and by the hands [03027] of them that seek [01245] their lives [05315]: and their carcases [05038] will I give [05414] to be meat [03978] for the fowls [05775] of the heaven [08064], and for the beasts [0929] of the earth [0776].
8 And I will make [07760] this city [05892] desolate [08047], and an hissing [08322]; every one that passeth [05674] thereby shall be astonished [08074] and hiss [08319] because of all the plagues [04347] thereof.
9 And I will cause them to eat [0398] the flesh [01320] of their sons [01121] and the flesh [01320] of their daughters [01323], and they shall eat [0398] every one [0376] the flesh [01320] of his friend [07453] in the siege [04692] and straitness [04689], wherewith their enemies [0341], and they that seek [01245] their lives [05315], shall straiten [06693] them.
10 Then shalt thou break [07665] the bottle [01228] in the sight [05869] of the men [0582] that go [01980] with thee,
11 And shalt say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]; Even so [03602] will I break [07665] this people [05971] and this city [05892], as one breaketh [07665] a potter's [03335] vessel [03627], that cannot [03201] be made whole again [07495]: and they shall bury [06912] them in Tophet [08612], till there be no place [04725] to bury [06912].
12 Thus will I do [06213] unto this place [04725], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], and to the inhabitants [03427] thereof, and even make [05414] this city [05892] as Tophet [08612]:
13 And the houses [01004] of Jerusalem [03389], and the houses [01004] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], shall be defiled [02931] as the place [04725] of Tophet [08612], because of all the houses [01004] upon whose roofs [01406] they have burned incense [06999] unto all the host [06635] of heaven [08064], and have poured out [05258] drink offerings [05262] unto other [0312] gods [0430].
14 Then came [0935] Jeremiah [03414] from Tophet [08612], whither the LORD [03068] had sent [07971] him to prophesy [05012]; and he stood [05975] in the court [02691] of the LORD'S [03068] house [01004]; and said [0559] to all the people [05971],
15 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will bring [0935] upon this city [05892] and upon all her towns [05892] all the evil [07451] that I have pronounced [01696] against it, because they have hardened [07185] their necks [06203], that they might not hear [08085] my words [01697].
1 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Go [01980] and get [07069] a potter's [03335] earthen [02789] bottle [01228], and take of the ancients [02205] of the people [05971], and of the ancients [02205] of the priests [03548];
2 And go forth [03318] unto the valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], which is by the entry [06607] of the east [02777] gate [08179], and proclaim [07121] there the words [01697] that I shall tell [01696] thee,
3 And say [0559], Hear [08085] ye the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], O kings [04428] of Judah [03063], and inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389]; Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will bring [0935] evil [07451] upon this place [04725], the which whosoever heareth [08085], his ears [0241] shall tingle [06750].
4 Because they have forsaken [05800] me, and have estranged [05234] this place [04725], and have burned incense [06999] in it unto other [0312] gods [0430], whom neither they nor their fathers [01] have known [03045], nor the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], and have filled [04390] this place [04725] with the blood [01818] of innocents [05355];
5 They have built [01129] also the high places [01116] of Baal [01168], to burn [08313] their sons [01121] with fire [0784] for burnt offerings [05930] unto Baal [01168], which I commanded [06680] not, nor spake [01696] it, neither came [05927] it into my mind [03820]:
6 Therefore, behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], that this place [04725] shall no more be called [07121] Tophet [08612], nor The valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], but The valley [01516] of slaughter [02028].
7 And I will make void [01238] the counsel [06098] of Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389] in this place [04725]; and I will cause them to fall [05307] by the sword [02719] before [06440] their enemies [0341], and by the hands [03027] of them that seek [01245] their lives [05315]: and their carcases [05038] will I give [05414] to be meat [03978] for the fowls [05775] of the heaven [08064], and for the beasts [0929] of the earth [0776].
8 And I will make [07760] this city [05892] desolate [08047], and an hissing [08322]; every one that passeth [05674] thereby shall be astonished [08074] and hiss [08319] because of all the plagues [04347] thereof.
9 And I will cause them to eat [0398] the flesh [01320] of their sons [01121] and the flesh [01320] of their daughters [01323], and they shall eat [0398] every one [0376] the flesh [01320] of his friend [07453] in the siege [04692] and straitness [04689], wherewith their enemies [0341], and they that seek [01245] their lives [05315], shall straiten [06693] them.
10 Then shalt thou break [07665] the bottle [01228] in the sight [05869] of the men [0582] that go [01980] with thee,
11 And shalt say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]; Even so [03602] will I break [07665] this people [05971] and this city [05892], as one breaketh [07665] a potter's [03335] vessel [03627], that cannot [03201] be made whole again [07495]: and they shall bury [06912] them in Tophet [08612], till there be no place [04725] to bury [06912].
12 Thus will I do [06213] unto this place [04725], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], and to the inhabitants [03427] thereof, and even make [05414] this city [05892] as Tophet [08612]:
13 And the houses [01004] of Jerusalem [03389], and the houses [01004] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], shall be defiled [02931] as the place [04725] of Tophet [08612], because of all the houses [01004] upon whose roofs [01406] they have burned incense [06999] unto all the host [06635] of heaven [08064], and have poured out [05258] drink offerings [05262] unto other [0312] gods [0430].
14 Then came [0935] Jeremiah [03414] from Tophet [08612], whither the LORD [03068] had sent [07971] him to prophesy [05012]; and he stood [05975] in the court [02691] of the LORD'S [03068] house [01004]; and said [0559] to all the people [05971],
15 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will bring [0935] upon this city [05892] and upon all her towns [05892] all the evil [07451] that I have pronounced [01696] against it, because they have hardened [07185] their necks [06203], that they might not hear [08085] my words [01697].
13 And the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto me the second time [08145], saying [0559], What seest [07200] thou? And I said [0559], I see [07200] a seething [05301] pot [05518]; and the face [06440] thereof is toward [06440] the north [06828].
5 Build [01129] ye houses [01004], and dwell [03427] in them; and plant [05193] gardens [01593], and eat [0398] the fruit [06529] of them;
5 Although my house [01004] be not so with God [0410]; yet he hath made [07760] with me an everlasting [05769] covenant [01285], ordered [06186] in all things, and sure [08104]: for this is all my salvation [03468], and all my desire [02656], although he make it not to grow [06779].
3 Which say [0559], It is not near [07138]; let us build [01129] houses [01004]: this city is the caldron [05518], and we be the flesh [01320].
2 Then said [0559] he unto me, Son [01121] of man [0120], these are the men [0582] that devise [02803] mischief [0205], and give [03289] wicked [07451] counsel [06098] in this city [05892]:
2 Then said [0559] he unto me, Son [01121] of man [0120], these are the men [0582] that devise [02803] mischief [0205], and give [03289] wicked [07451] counsel [06098] in this city [05892]:
11 And there stood [05975] before [06440] them seventy [07657] men [0376] of the ancients [02205] of the house [01004] of Israel [03478], and in the midst [08432] of them stood [05975] Jaazaniah [02970] the son [01121] of Shaphan [08227], with every man [0376] his censer [04730] in his hand [03027]; and a thick [06282] cloud [06051] of incense [07004] went up [05927].
4 And I brought [0935] them into the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], into the chamber [03957] of the sons [01121] of Hanan [02605], the son [01121] of Igdaliah [03012], a man [0376] of God [0430], which was by [0681] the chamber [03957] of the princes [08269], which was above [04605] the chamber [03957] of Maaseiah [04641] the son [01121] of Shallum [07967], the keeper [08104] of the door [05592]:
1 Now those that sealed [02856] were, Nehemiah [05166], the Tirshatha [08660], the son [01121] of Hachaliah [02446], and Zidkijah [06667],
20 Also of the Nethinims [05411], whom David [01732] and the princes [08269] had appointed [05414] for the service [05656] of the Levites [03881], two hundred [03967] and twenty [06242] Nethinims [05411]: all of them were expressed [05344] by name [08034].
16 And he brought [0935] me into the inner [06442] court [02691] of the LORD'S [03068] house [01004], and, behold, at the door [06607] of the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], between the porch [0197] and the altar [04196], were about five [02568] and twenty [06242] men [0376], with their backs [0268] toward the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], and their faces [06440] toward the east [06924]; and they worshipped [07812] the sun [08121] toward the east [06924].
19 And the cherubims [03742] lifted up [05375] their wings [03671], and mounted up [07426] from the earth [0776] in my sight [05869]: when they went out [03318], the wheels [0212] also were beside [05980] them, and every one stood [05975] at the door [06607] of the east [06931] gate [08179] of the LORD'S [03068] house [01004]; and the glory [03519] of the God [0430] of Israel [03478] was over them above [04605].
3 And he put forth [07971] the form [08403] of an hand [03027], and took [03947] me by a lock [06734] of mine head [07218]; and the spirit [07307] lifted me up [05375] between the earth [0776] and the heaven [08064], and brought [0935] me in the visions [04759] of God [0430] to Jerusalem [03389], to the door [06607] of the inner [06442] gate [08179] that looketh [06437] toward the north [06828]; where was the seat [04186] of the image [05566] of jealousy [07068], which provoketh to jealousy [07069].
16 And he brought [0935] me into the inner [06442] court [02691] of the LORD'S [03068] house [01004], and, behold, at the door [06607] of the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], between the porch [0197] and the altar [04196], were about five [02568] and twenty [06242] men [0376], with their backs [0268] toward the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], and their faces [06440] toward the east [06924]; and they worshipped [07812] the sun [08121] toward the east [06924].
4 Therefore prophesy [05012] against them, prophesy [05012], O son [01121] of man [0120].
3 Which say [0559], It is not near [07138]; let us build [01129] houses [01004]: this city is the caldron [05518], and we be the flesh [01320].
2 Then said [0559] he unto me, Son [01121] of man [0120], these are the men [0582] that devise [02803] mischief [0205], and give [03289] wicked [07451] counsel [06098] in this city [05892]:
1 Moreover the spirit [07307] lifted me up [05375], and brought [0935] me unto the east [06931] gate [08179] of the LORD'S [03068] house [01004], which looketh [06437] eastward [06921]: and behold at the door [06607] of the gate [08179] five [02568] and twenty [06242] men [0376]; among [08432] whom I saw [07200] Jaazaniah [02970] the son [01121] of Azur [05809], and Pelatiah [06410] the son [01121] of Benaiah [01141], princes [08269] of the people [05971].
11 And there stood [05975] before [06440] them seventy [07657] men [0376] of the ancients [02205] of the house [01004] of Israel [03478], and in the midst [08432] of them stood [05975] Jaazaniah [02970] the son [01121] of Shaphan [08227], with every man [0376] his censer [04730] in his hand [03027]; and a thick [06282] cloud [06051] of incense [07004] went up [05927].
16 And he brought [0935] me into the inner [06442] court [02691] of the LORD'S [03068] house [01004], and, behold, at the door [06607] of the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], between the porch [0197] and the altar [04196], were about five [02568] and twenty [06242] men [0376], with their backs [0268] toward the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], and their faces [06440] toward the east [06924]; and they worshipped [07812] the sun [08121] toward the east [06924].
16 And he brought [0935] me into the inner [06442] court [02691] of the LORD'S [03068] house [01004], and, behold, at the door [06607] of the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], between the porch [0197] and the altar [04196], were about five [02568] and twenty [06242] men [0376], with their backs [0268] toward the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], and their faces [06440] toward the east [06924]; and they worshipped [07812] the sun [08121] toward the east [06924].