Ezekiel 11:2
New International Version
The LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who are plotting evil and giving wicked advice 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.

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;

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.

King James Bible
Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel 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 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,

NASB 1995
He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil advice in this city,

NASB 1977
And 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,

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,

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plan evil and give wicked advice in this city.

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;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And LORD JEHOVAH said to me: “Son of man, these are the men who plot fraud and counsel evil counsels in this city

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the Lord said to me, Son of man, these are the men that devise vanities, and take evil 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.

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,

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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then the LORD said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who plan evil and give bad advice in this city.

Good News Translation
God said to me, "Mortal man, these men make evil plans and give bad advice in this city.

International Standard Version
Then he told me, "Son of Man, these men are plotting evil and are giving wicked advice in this city.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And He said unto me: 'Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and that give wicked counsel in this city;

Literal Standard Version
And He says to me, “Son of man, these [are] the men who are devising iniquity, and who are giving evil counsel in this city;

Majority 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.

New American Bible
The LORD said to me: Son of man, these are the men who are planning evil and giving wicked counsel in this city.

NET Bible
The LORD said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.

New Revised Standard Version
He said to me, “Mortal, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city;

New Heart English Bible
He said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who 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:

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;

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;

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Context
Evil in High Places
1Then 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. 2And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city. 3They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’…

Cross References
Psalm 2:1
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

Psalm 2:2
The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:

Psalm 52:2
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

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.

Jeremiah 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.

Ezekiel 7:26
Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders.

Micah 2:1
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.


Treasury of Scripture

Then said he to me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:

Esther 8:3
And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

Psalm 2:1,2
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? …

Psalm 36:4
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

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Ezekiel 11
1. The presumption of the princes
4. Their sin and judgment
13. Ezekiel complaining, God shows him his purpose in saving a remnant
22. The glory of God leaves the city
24. Ezekiel is returned to the captivity
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And [the LORD] said
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to me,
אֵלָ֑י (’ê·lāy)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

“Son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of man,
אָדָ֕ם (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

these
אֵ֣לֶּה (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

are the men
הָאֲנָשִׁ֞ים (hā·’ă·nā·šîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

who plot
הַחֹשְׁבִ֥ים (ha·ḥō·šə·ḇîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 2803: To think, account

evil
אָ֛וֶן (’ā·wen)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 205: Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol

and give
וְהַיֹּעֲצִ֥ים (wə·hay·yō·‘ă·ṣîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 3289: To advise, to deliberate, resolve

wicked
רָ֖ע (rā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

counsel
עֲצַת־ (‘ă·ṣaṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 6098: Advice, plan, prudence

in this
הַזֹּֽאת׃ (haz·zōṯ)
Article | Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

city.
בָּעִ֥יר (bā·‘îr)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement


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