Apologetics Bible

Ezekiel 11:1

Hebrew

וַתִּשָּׂא אֹתִי רוּחַ וַתָּבֵא אֹתִי אֶל־שַׁעַר בֵּית־יְהוָה הַקַּדְמוֹנִי הַפּוֹנֶה קָדִימָה וְהִנֵּה בְּפֶתַח הַשַּׁעַר עֶשְׂרִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה אִישׁ וָאֶרְאֶה בְתוֹכָם אֶת־יַאֲזַנְיָה בֶן־עַזֻּר וְאֶת־פְּלַטְיָהוּ בֶן־בְּנָיָהוּ שָׂרֵי הָעָֽם׃

vatisha'-'otiy-rvcha-vatave'-'otiy-'el-sha'ar-veyt-yehvah-haqademvoniy-hafvoneh-qadiymah-vehineh-vefetach-hasha'ar-'esheriym-vachamishah-'iysh-va'ere'eh-vetvokham-'et-ya'azaneyah-ven-'azur-ve'et-felateyahv-ven-venayahv-sharey-ha'am

KJV: Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD’S house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

AKJV: Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of the LORD’s house, which looks eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

ASV: Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of Jehovah’s house, which looketh eastward: and behold, at the door of the gate five and twenty men; and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

YLT: And lift me up doth a spirit, and it bringeth me in unto the east gate of the house of Jehovah, that is facing the east, and lo, at the opening of the gate twenty and five men, and I see in their midst Jaazaniah son of Azzur, and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, heads of the people.

Exposition: Ezekiel 11:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD’S house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 11:2

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָי בֶּן־אָדָם אֵלֶּה הָאֲנָשִׁים הַחֹשְׁבִים אָוֶן וְהַיֹּעֲצִים עֲצַת־רָע בָּעִיר הַזֹּֽאת׃

vayo'mer-'elay-ven-'adam-'eleh-ha'anashiym-hachosheviym-'aven-vehayo'atziym-'atzat-ra'-va'iyr-hazo't

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

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

ASV: And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and that give wicked counsel in this city;

YLT: 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;

Exposition: Ezekiel 11:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 11:3

Hebrew

הָאֹמְרִים לֹא בְקָרוֹב בְּנוֹת בָּתִּים הִיא הַסִּיר וַאֲנַחְנוּ הַבָּשָֽׂר׃

ha'omeriym-lo'-veqarvov-venvot-vatiym-hiy'-hasiyr-va'anachenv-havashar

KJV: Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.

AKJV: Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh. ¶

ASV: that say, The time is not near to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.

YLT: who are saying, It is not near--to build houses, it is the pot, and we the flesh.

Exposition: Ezekiel 11:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 11:4

Hebrew

לָכֵן הִנָּבֵא עֲלֵיהֶם הִנָּבֵא בֶּן־אָדָֽם׃

lakhen-hinave'-'aleyhem-hinave'-ven-'adam

KJV: Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.

AKJV: Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.

ASV: Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.

YLT: Therefore prophesy concerning them, prophesy, son of man.'

Exposition: Ezekiel 11:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 11:5

Hebrew

וַתִּפֹּל עָלַי רוּחַ יְהוָה וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי אֱמֹר כֹּה־אָמַר יְהוָה כֵּן אֲמַרְתֶּם בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וּמַעֲלוֹת רֽוּחֲכֶם אֲנִי יְדַעְתִּֽיהָ׃

vatifol-'alay-rvcha-yehvah-vayo'mer-'elay-'emor-khoh-'amar-yehvah-khen-'amaretem-veyt-yishera'el-vma'alvot-rvchakhem-'aniy-yeda'etiyha

KJV: And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.

AKJV: And the Spirit of the LORD fell on me, and said to me, Speak; Thus says the LORD; Thus have you said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.

ASV: And the Spirit of Jehovah fell upon me, and he said unto me, Speak, Thus saith Jehovah: Thus have ye said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.

YLT: And fall upon me doth the Spirit of Jehovah, and He saith unto me, `Say: Thus said Jehovah: Rightly ye have said, O house of Israel, And the steps of your spirit I have known.

Exposition: Ezekiel 11:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 11:6

Hebrew

הִרְבֵּיתֶם חַלְלֵיכֶם בָּעִיר הַזֹּאת וּמִלֵּאתֶם חוּצֹתֶיהָ חָלָֽל׃

hireveytem-chaleleykhem-va'iyr-hazo't-vmile'tem-chvtzoteyha-chalal

KJV: Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

AKJV: You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

ASV: Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

YLT: Ye multiplied your wounded in this city, And filled its out-places with the wounded.

Exposition: Ezekiel 11:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 11:7

Hebrew

לָכֵן כֹּֽה־אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה חַלְלֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר שַׂמְתֶּם בְּתוֹכָהּ הֵמָּה הַבָּשָׂר וְהִיא הַסִּיר וְאֶתְכֶם הוֹצִיא מִתּוֹכָֽהּ׃

lakhen-khoh-'amar-'adonay-yehvih-chaleleykhem-'asher-shametem-vetvokhah-hemah-havashar-vehiy'-hasiyr-ve'etekhem-hvotziy'-mitvokhah

KJV: Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.

AKJV: Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Your slain whom you have laid in the middle of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the middle of it.

ASV: Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron; but ye shall be brought forth out of the midst of it.

YLT: Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Your wounded whom ye placed in its midst, They are the flesh, and it is the pot, And you he hath brought out from its midst.

Exposition: Ezekiel 11:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 11:8

Hebrew

חֶרֶב יְרֵאתֶם וְחֶרֶב אָבִיא עֲלֵיכֶם נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי יְהוִֽה׃

cherev-yere'tem-vecherev-'aviy'-'aleykhem-ne'um-'adonay-yehvih

KJV: Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.

AKJV: You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword on you, says the Lord GOD.

ASV: Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword upon you, saith the Lord Jehovah.

YLT: A sword ye have feared, And a sword I bring in against you, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

Exposition: Ezekiel 11:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 11:9

Hebrew

וְהוֹצֵאתִי אֶתְכֶם מִתּוֹכָהּ וְנָתַתִּי אֶתְכֶם בְּיַד־זָרִים וְעָשִׂיתִי בָכֶם שְׁפָטִֽים׃

vehvotze'tiy-'etekhem-mitvokhah-venatatiy-'etekhem-veyad-zariym-ve'ashiytiy-vakhem-shefatiym

KJV: And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.

AKJV: And I will bring you out of the middle thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.

ASV: And I will bring you forth out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.

YLT: And I have brought you out of its midst, And given you into the hand of strangers, And I have done among you judgments.

Exposition: Ezekiel 11:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 11:10

Hebrew

בַּחֶרֶב תִּפֹּלוּ עַל־גְּבוּל יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶשְׁפּוֹט אֶתְכֶם וִֽידַעְתֶּם כִּֽי־אֲנִי יְהוָֽה׃

vacherev-tifolv-'al-gevvl-yishera'el-'eshefvot-'etekhem-viyda'etem-khiy-'aniy-yehvah

KJV: Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

AKJV: You shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and you shall know that I am the LORD.

ASV: Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

YLT: By the sword ye do fall, On the border of Israel I do judge you, And ye have known that I am Jehovah.

Exposition: Ezekiel 11:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 11:11

Hebrew

הִיא לֹֽא־תִהְיֶה לָכֶם לְסִיר וְאַתֶּם תִּהְיוּ בְתוֹכָהּ לְבָשָׂר אֶל־גְּבוּל יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶשְׁפֹּט אֶתְכֶֽם׃

hiy'-lo'-tiheyeh-lakhem-lesiyr-ve'atem-tiheyv-vetvokhah-levashar-'el-gevvl-yishera'el-'eshefot-'etekhem

KJV: This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:

AKJV: This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall you be the flesh in the middle thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:

ASV: This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; I will judge you in the border of Israel;

YLT: 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.

Exposition: Ezekiel 11:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 11:12

Hebrew

וִֽידַעְתֶּם כִּֽי־אֲנִי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר בְּחֻקַּי לֹא הֲלַכְתֶּם וּמִשְׁפָּטַי לֹא עֲשִׂיתֶם וּֽכְמִשְׁפְּטֵי הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבוֹתֵיכֶם עֲשִׂיתֶֽם׃

viyda'etem-khiy-'aniy-yehvah-'asher-vechuqay-lo'-halakhetem-vmishefatay-lo'-'ashiytem-vkhemishefetey-hagvoyim-'asher-seviyvvoteykhem-'ashiytem

KJV: And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.

AKJV: And you shall know that I am the LORD: for you have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you. ¶

ASV: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither have ye executed mine ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you.

YLT: 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!'

Exposition: Ezekiel 11:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 11:13

Hebrew

וַֽיְהִי כְּהִנָּבְאִי וּפְלַטְיָהוּ בֶן־בְּנָיָה מֵת וָאֶפֹּל עַל־פָּנַי וָאֶזְעַק קוֹל־גָּדוֹל וָאֹמַר אֲהָהּ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה כָּלָה אַתָּה עֹשֶׂה אֵת שְׁאֵרִית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

vayehiy-khehinave'iy-vfelateyahv-ven-venayah-met-va'efol-'al-fanay-va'eze'aq-qvol-gadvol-va'omar-'ahah-'adonay-yehvih-khalah-'atah-'osheh-'et-she'eriyt-yishera'el

KJV: And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?

AKJV: And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?

ASV: And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord Jehovah! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?

YLT: 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.'

Exposition: Ezekiel 11:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 11:14

Hebrew

וַיְהִי דְבַר־יְהוָה אֵלַי לֵאמֹֽר׃

vayehiy-devar-yehvah-'elay-le'mor

KJV: Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

AKJV: Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

ASV: And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

YLT: And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

Exposition: Ezekiel 11:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 11:15

Hebrew

בֶּן־אָדָם אַחֶיךָ אַחֶיךָ אַנְשֵׁי גְאֻלָּתֶךָ וְכָל־בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל כֻּלֹּה אֲשֶׁר אָמְרוּ לָהֶם יֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם רַֽחֲקוּ מֵעַל יְהוָה לָנוּ הִיא נִתְּנָה הָאָרֶץ לְמוֹרָשָֽׁה׃

ven-'adam-'acheykha-'acheykha-'aneshey-ge'ulatekha-vekhal-veyt-yishera'el-khuloh-'asher-'amerv-lahem-yoshevey-yervshaliam-rachaqv-me'al-yehvah-lanv-hiy'-nitenah-ha'aretz-lemvorashah

KJV: Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession.

AKJV: Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, the men of your kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: to us is this land given in possession.

ASV: Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel, all of them, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from Jehovah; unto us is this land given for a possession.

YLT: `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;

Exposition: Ezekiel 11:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 11:16

Hebrew

לָכֵן אֱמֹר כֹּֽה־אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה כִּי הִרְחַקְתִּים בַּגּוֹיִם וְכִי הֲפִֽיצוֹתִים בָּאֲרָצוֹת וָאֱהִי לָהֶם לְמִקְדָּשׁ מְעַט בָּאֲרָצוֹת אֲשֶׁר־בָּאוּ שָֽׁם׃

lakhen-'emor-khoh-'amar-'adonay-yehvih-khiy-hirechaqetiym-vagvoyim-vekhiy-hafiytzvotiym-va'aratzvot-va'ehiy-lahem-lemiqedash-me'at-va'aratzvot-'asher-va'v-sham

KJV: Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.

AKJV: Therefore say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.

ASV: Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they are come.

YLT: 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.

Exposition: Ezekiel 11:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where t...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 11:17

Hebrew

לָכֵן אֱמֹר כֹּֽה־אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה וְקִבַּצְתִּי אֶתְכֶם מִן־הָעַמִּים וְאָסַפְתִּי אֶתְכֶם מִן־הָאֲרָצוֹת אֲשֶׁר נְפֹצוֹתֶם בָּהֶם וְנָתַתִּי לָכֶם אֶת־אַדְמַת יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

lakhen-'emor-khoh-'amar-'adonay-yehvih-veqivatzetiy-'etekhem-min-ha'amiym-ve'asafetiy-'etekhem-min-ha'aratzvot-'asher-nefotzvotem-vahem-venatatiy-lakhem-'et-'ademat-yishera'el

KJV: Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.

AKJV: Therefore say, Thus says the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.

ASV: Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.

YLT: Therefore say: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And I have assembled you from the peoples, And I have gathered you from the lands, Into which ye have been scattered, And I have given to you the ground of Israel.

Exposition: Ezekiel 11:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 11:18

Hebrew

וּבָאוּ־שָׁמָּה וְהֵסִירוּ אֶת־כָּל־שִׁקּוּצֶיהָ וְאֶת־כָּל־תּוֹעֲבוֹתֶיהָ מִמֶּֽנָּה׃

vva'v-shamah-vehesiyrv-'et-khal-shiqvtzeyha-ve'et-khal-tvo'avvoteyha-mimenah

KJV: And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.

AKJV: And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from there.

ASV: And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.

YLT: And they have gone in thither. And turned aside all its detestable things, And all its abominations--out of it.

Exposition: Ezekiel 11:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 11:19

Hebrew

וְנָתַתִּי לָהֶם לֵב אֶחָד וְרוּחַ חֲדָשָׁה אֶתֵּן בְּקִרְבְּכֶם וַהֲסִרֹתִי לֵב הָאֶבֶן מִבְּשָׂרָם וְנָתַתִּי לָהֶם לֵב בָּשָֽׂר׃

venatatiy-lahem-lev-'echad-vervcha-chadashah-'eten-veqirevekhem-vahasirotiy-lev-ha'even-mivesharam-venatatiy-lahem-lev-vashar

KJV: And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

AKJV: And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

ASV: And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh;

YLT: And I have given to them one heart, And a new spirit I do give in your midst, And I have turned the heart of stone out of their flesh, And I have given to them a heart of flesh.

Exposition: Ezekiel 11:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 11:20

Hebrew

לְמַעַן בְּחֻקֹּתַי יֵלֵכוּ וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַי יִשְׁמְרוּ וְעָשׂוּ אֹתָם וְהָיוּ־לִי לְעָם וַאֲנִי אֶהְיֶה לָהֶם לֵאלֹהִֽים׃

lema'an-vechuqotay-yelekhv-ve'et-mishefatay-yishemerv-ve'ashv-'otam-vehayv-liy-le'am-va'aniy-'eheyeh-lahem-le'lohiym

KJV: That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

AKJV: That they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

ASV: that they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

YLT: So that in My statutes they walk, And My judgments they keep, and have done them, And they have been to me for a people, And I am to them for God.

Exposition: Ezekiel 11:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 11:21

Hebrew

וְאֶל־לֵב שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶם וְתוֹעֲבוֹתֵיהֶם לִבָּם הֹלֵךְ דַּרְכָּם בְּרֹאשָׁם נָתַתִּי נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי יְהוִֽה׃

ve'el-lev-shiqvtzeyhem-vetvo'avvoteyhem-livam-holekhe-darekham-vero'sham-natatiy-ne'um-'adonay-yehvih

KJV: But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.

AKJV: But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way on their own heads, says the Lord GOD. ¶

ASV: But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord Jehovah.

YLT: As to those whose heart is going unto the heart Of their detestable and their abominable things, Their way on their head I have put, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'

Exposition: Ezekiel 11:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 11:22

Hebrew

וַיִּשְׂאוּ הַכְּרוּבִים אֶת־כַּנְפֵיהֶם וְהָאֽוֹפַנִּים לְעֻמָּתָם וּכְבוֹד אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל עֲלֵיהֶם מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃

vayishe'v-hakhervviym-'et-khanefeyhem-veha'vofaniym-le'umatam-vkhevvod-'elohey-yishera'el-'aleyhem-milema'elah

KJV: Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

AKJV: Then did the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

ASV: Then did the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

YLT: And the cherubs lift up their wings, and the wheels are over-against them, and the honour of the God of Israel is over them above.

Exposition: Ezekiel 11:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 11:23

Hebrew

וַיַּעַל כְּבוֹד יְהוָה מֵעַל תּוֹךְ הָעִיר וַֽיַּעֲמֹד עַל־הָהָר אֲשֶׁר מִקֶּדֶם לָעִֽיר׃

vaya'al-khevvod-yehvah-me'al-tvokhe-ha'iyr-vaya'amod-'al-hahar-'asher-miqedem-la'iyr

KJV: And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

AKJV: And the glory of the LORD went up from the middle of the city, and stood on the mountain which is on the east side of the city. ¶

ASV: And the glory of Jehovah went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

YLT: And the honour of Jehovah goeth up from off the midst of the city, and standeth on the mountain, that is on the east of the city.

Exposition: Ezekiel 11:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 11:24

Hebrew

וְרוּחַ נְשָׂאַתְנִי וַתְּבִיאֵנִי כַשְׂדִּימָה אֶל־הַגּוֹלָה בַּמַּרְאֶה בְּרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים וַיַּעַל מֵֽעָלַי הַמַּרְאֶה אֲשֶׁר רָאִֽיתִי׃

vervcha-nesha'ateniy-vateviy'eniy-khashediymah-'el-hagvolah-vamare'eh-vervcha-'elohiym-vaya'al-me'alay-hamare'eh-'asher-ra'iytiy

KJV: Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.

AKJV: Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.

ASV: And the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.

YLT: And a spirit hath lifted me up, and bringeth me in to Chaldea, unto the Removed, in a vision, by the Spirit of God, and go up from off me doth the vision that I have seen;

Exposition: Ezekiel 11:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 11:25

Hebrew

וָאֲדַבֵּר אֶל־הַגּוֹלָה אֵת כָּל־דִּבְרֵי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר הֶרְאָֽנִי׃

va'adaver-'el-hagvolah-'et-khal-diverey-yehvah-'asher-here'aniy

KJV: Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed me.

AKJV: Then I spoke to them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had showed me.

ASV: Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that Jehovah had showed me.

YLT: and I speak unto the Removed all the matters of Jehovah that He hath shewed me.

Exposition: Ezekiel 11:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.