Yehezkiel 11:1

The Fall of Jerusalem

11:1 A wind ¹  lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord’s temple that faces the east. There, at the entrance of the gate, I noticed twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, officials of the people. ² 

Yehezkiel 11:5

11:5 Then the Spirit of the Lord came ³  upon me and said to me, “Say: This is what the Lord says: ‘This is what you are thinking, ⁴  O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds. ⁵ 

Yehezkiel 11:24

11:24 Then a wind ⁶  lifted me up and carried me to the exiles in Babylonia, ⁷  in the vision given to me by the Spirit of God.

Then the vision I had seen went up from me.

[11:1]  ¹ tn Or “spirit.” See note on “wind” in 2:2.

[11:1]  ² sn The phrase officials of the people occurs in Neh 11:1; 1 Chr 21:2; 2 Chr 24:23.

[11:5]  ³ tn Heb “fell.”

[11:5]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew verb commonly means “to say,” but may also mean “to think” (see also v. 3).

[11:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “I know the steps of your spirits.”

[11:24]  ⁶ tn Or “spirit.” See note on “wind” in 2:2.

[11:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “to Chaldea.”