Ezekiel 11:2
1 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people.
And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.
3 They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’
4 Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man!”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.
- KJV
- Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
- WEB
- He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who give wicked counsel in this city;
- ASV
- And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and that give wicked counsel in this city;
- DARBY
- And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and give wicked counsel in this city:
- BLB
- And He said to me: “Son of man, these [are] the men devising iniquity and counseling evil counsel in this city,
- ÅB
- Og Herren sa til meg: Menneskesønn! Dette er de menn som tenker ut urett og gir onde råd i denne stad,
- OTB
- Han sa til meg: “Menneskesønn, dette er mennene som pønsker ut ondskap og gir onde råd i denne byen.
- B1930
- Og Herren sa til mig: Menneskesønn! Dette er de menn som tenker ut urett og gir onde råd i denne stad,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 30:1
“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:5
I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.
Read in contextPsalms 2:1–2
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
Read in contextPsalms 52:2
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
Read in contextIsaiah 59:4
No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Read in contextMicah 2:1–2
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
Read in contextEsther 8:3
And once again, Esther addressed the king. She fell at his feet weeping and begged him to revoke the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews.
Read in contextJeremiah 18:18
Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”
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