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Ezekiel 11:9 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" “I will bring you out of the middle of it, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you. "
Ezekiel 11:9
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7 “‘Therefore the Lord GOD says: “Your slain whom you have laid in the middle of it, they are the meat, and this is the cauldron; but you will be brought out of the middle of it.
8 You have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword on you,” says the Lord GOD.
9 “I will bring you out of the middle of it, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
10 You will fall by the sword. I will judge you in the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
11 This will not be your cauldron, neither will you be the meat in the middle of it. I will judge you in the border of Israel.
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Ezekiel 11:1
"Moreover the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the LORD’s house, which looks eastward. Behold, twenty-five men were at the door of the gate; and I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people."
Ezekiel 11:2
"He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who give wicked counsel in this city;"
Ezekiel 11:3
"who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses. This is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’"
Ezekiel 11:4
"Therefore prophesy against them. Prophesy, son of man.”"
Ezekiel 11:5
"The LORD’s Spirit fell on me, and he said to me, “Speak, ‘The LORD says: “Thus you have said, house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind."
Ezekiel 11:6
"You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain.”"
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