The Death of Pelatiah and Ezekiel's Plea
Ezekiel 11:13
Showing verse 13 with surrounding context.
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By the sword ye do fall, On the border of Israel I do judge you, And ye have known that I am Jehovah.
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It is not to you for a pot, Nor are ye in its midst for flesh, At the border of Israel I do judge you.
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And ye have known that I am Jehovah, For in My statutes ye have not walked, And My Judgments ye have not done, And according to the judgments of the nations Who are round about you--ye have done!'
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And it cometh to pass, at my prophesying, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah is dying, and I fall on my face, and cry--a loud voice--and say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, an end Thou art making of the remnant of Israel.'
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And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
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`Son of man, thy brethren, thy brethren, men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel--all of it, are they to whom inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Keep far off from Jehovah;
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it is ours, the land hath been given for an inheritance; therefore say: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because I put them afar off among nations, And because I scattered them through lands, I also am to them for a little sanctuary, In lands whither they have gone in.
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