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Christian Standard Bible ®

Ezekiel 11:2

The Lord said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Backsliders;   Jaazaniah;   Pelatiah;   Procrastination;   Scoffing;   Thompson Chain Reference - Devices, Evil;   Evil;   Plans and Devices of Men;   Wicked, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Apocalyptic literature;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Pelatiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jaazaniah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Captivity;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for February 12;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He said to me, Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who give wicked counsel in this city;
King James Version
Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
English Standard Version
And he said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city;
New American Standard Bible
Then He said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise wrongdoing and give evil advice in this city,
New Century Version
Then the Lord said to me, "Human, these are the men who plan evil and give wicked advice in this city of Jerusalem.
Amplified Bible
Then the Spirit said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise evil and give wicked advice in this city,
World English Bible
He said to me, Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who give wicked counsel in this city;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then said he vnto me, Sonne of man, these are the men that imagine mischiefe, and deuise wicked counsell in this citie.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil advice in this city,
Legacy Standard Bible
He said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise wickedness and give evil counsel in this city,
Berean Standard Bible
And the LORD said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord said, "Ezekiel, son of man, these men are making evil plans and giving dangerous advice to the people of Jerusalem.
Complete Jewish Bible
He said to me, "Human being, these are the men who make evil plans and give wicked advice in this city.
Darby Translation
And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and give wicked counsel in this city:
Easy-to-Read Version
Then God spoke to me and said, "Son of man, these are the men who make evil plans for this city. They always tell the people to do evil things.
George Lamsa Translation
Then the LORD said to me, Son of man, these are the men who devise mischief and give wicked counsel in this city,
Good News Translation
God said to me, "Mortal man, these men make evil plans and give bad advice in this city.
Lexham English Bible
And he said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise mischief, and who are offering bad counsel in this city,
Literal Translation
And He said to me, Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and advise wicked advice in this city,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde the LORDE vnto me: Thou sonne of man: These men ymagin myschefe, and a wicked councel take they in this cite,
American Standard Version
And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and that give wicked counsel in this city;
Bible in Basic English
Then he said to me, Son of man, these are the men who are designing evil, who are teaching evil ways in this town:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And He said unto me: 'Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and that give wicked counsel in this city;
King James Version (1611)
Then said he vnto me; Sonne of man, these are the men that deuise mischiefe, & giue wicked counsel in this city.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde he vnto me, Thou sonne of man, these men imagine mischiefe, & a wicked counsayle take they in this citie,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord said to me, Son of man, these are the men that devise vanities, and take evil counsel in this city:
English Revised Version
And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and that give wicked counsel in this city.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide to me, Thou, sone of man, these ben the men that thenken wickidnesse, and treten the worste counsel in this citee,
Update Bible Version
And he said to me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and that give wicked counsel in this city;
Webster's Bible Translation
Then said he to me, Son of man, these [are] the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
New English Translation
The Lord said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.
New King James Version
And He said to me: "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give wicked counsel in this city,
New Living Translation
The Spirit said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who are planning evil and giving wicked counsel in this city.
New Life Bible
Then He said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who make sinful plans and tell others in this city to do what is wrong.
New Revised Standard
He said to me, "Mortal, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said he unto me, Son of man, These, are the men who are devising iniquity, and who are counselling wicked counsel in this city;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to me: Son of man, these are the men that study iniquity, and frame a wicked counsel in this city,
Revised Standard Version
And he said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city;
Young's Literal Translation
And He saith unto me, `Son of man, these [are] the men who are devising iniquity, and who are giving evil counsel in this city;
THE MESSAGE
God said, "Son of man, these are the men who draw up blueprints for sin, who think up new programs for evil in this city. They say, ‘We can make anything happen here. We're the best. We're the choice pieces of meat in the soup pot.'

Contextual Overview

1The Spirit then lifted me up and brought me to the eastern gate of the Lord’s house, which faces east, and at the gate’s entrance were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur, and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people. 2The Lord said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city. 3They are saying, ‘Isn’t the time near to build houses? The city is the pot, and we are the meat.’ 4Therefore, prophesy against them. Prophesy, son of man!” 5Then the Spirit of the Lord came on me, and he told me, “You are to say, ‘This is what the Lord says: That is what you are thinking, house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your mind. 6You have multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with them. 7“‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: The slain you have put within it are the meat, and the city is the pot, but I will take you out of it. 8You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you. This is the declaration of the Lord God. 9I will take you out of the city and hand you over to foreigners; I will execute judgments against you. 10You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Esther 8:3, Psalms 2:1, Psalms 2:2, Psalms 36:4, Psalms 52:2, Isaiah 30:1, Isaiah 59:4, Jeremiah 5:5, Jeremiah 18:18, Micah 2:1, Micah 2:2

Reciprocal: Psalms 21:11 - imagined Proverbs 6:14 - he deviseth Luke 6:30 - Give

Cross-References

Genesis 10:10
His kingdom started with Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Genesis 11:9
Therefore it is called Babylon, for there the Lord confused the language of the whole earth, and from there the Lord scattered them throughout the earth.
Genesis 13:11
So Lot chose the entire plain of the Jordan for himself. Then Lot journeyed eastward, and they separated from each other.
Genesis 14:1
In those days King Amraphel of Shinar, King Arioch of Ellasar, King Chedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of Goiim
Isaiah 11:11
On that day the Lord will extend his hand a second time to recover the remnant of his people who survive—from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the coasts and islands of the west.
Daniel 1:2
The Lord handed King Jehoiakim of Judah over to him, along with some of the vessels from the house of God. Nebuchadnezzar carried them to the land of Babylon, to the house of his god, and put the vessels in the treasury of his god.
Zechariah 5:11
“To build a shrine for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “When that is ready, the basket will be placed there on its pedestal.”

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said he unto me, son of man,.... That is, the Lord, or, the Spirit of the Lord, that lifted him up:

these [are] the men that devise mischief; or "vanity" d; this is to be understood not of the two only that are named, though it may of them chiefly; but of all the twenty five, who formed schemes for the holding out of the siege, and for the security of the city, and of themselves in it, which was all folly and vanity:

and give wicked counsel in this city; either in ecclesiastical affairs, to forsake the worship of God, and cleave to the idols of the nations; or in civil things, as follows:

d און "vanitatem", Calvin, Vatablus, Junius Tremellius "vanum", Cocceius, Starckius.


 
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