# Ezekiel 11 đ: A New Heart Promised
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> [!info] Table of Contents
> [[#đ Scripture Text (NET)]]
> [[#đ Verse-by-Verse Commentary]]
> [[#đ¤ Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]]
> [[#đ§ Chapter Summary]]
> [[#âď¸ Christ in This Chapter]]
> [[#đ Key Principles / đ Life Application]]
> [[#đŹ Discussion Questions]]
> [[#âď¸ Key Verses to Remember]]
> [[#đ Related Passages/Cross Reference]]
> [[#đ Devotional Reflection]]
> [[#đ Internal Notes]]
## đ Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
### The Fall of Jerusalem
[[#Verse 01.]] A wind lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lordâs 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.Â
[[#Verse 02.]] The Lord said to me, âSon of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.
[[#Verse 03.]] They say, âThe time is not near to build houses; the city is a cooking pot, and we are the meat in it.âÂ
[[#Verse 04.]]Â Therefore, prophesy against them! Prophesy, son of man!â
[[#Verse 05.]] Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon me and said to me, âSay: âThis is what the Lord says: This is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds.Â
[[#Verse 06.]] You have killed many people in this city; you have filled its streets with corpses.âÂ
[[#Verse 07.]] Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: âThe corpses you have dumped in the midst of the city are the meat, and this city is the cooking pot, but I will take you out of it.Â
[[#Verse 08.]] You fear the sword, so the sword I will bring against you,â declares the Sovereign Lord.Â
[[#Verse 09.]] âBut I will take you out of the city. And I will hand you over to foreigners. I will execute judgments on you.Â
[[#Verse 10.]] You will die by the sword; I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.Â
[[#Verse 11.]] This city will not be a cooking pot for you, and you will not be meat within it; I will judge you at the border of Israel.Â
[[#Verse 12.]] Then you will know that I am the Lord, whose statutes you have not followed and whose regulations you have not carried out. Instead you have behaved according to the regulations of the nations around you!ââ
[[#Verse 13.]] Now, while I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I threw myself face down and cried out with a loud voice, âAlas, Sovereign Lord! You are completely wiping out the remnant of Israel!â
[[#Verse 14.]] Then the Lordâs message came to me:Â
[[#Verse 15.]] âSon of man, your brothers, your relatives, and the whole house of Israel, all of them are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, âThey have gone far away from the Lord; to us this land has been given as a possession.â
[[#Verse 16.]] âTherefore say: âThis is what the Sovereign Lord says: Although I have removed them far away among the nations and have dispersed them among the countries, I have been a little sanctuary for them among the lands where they have gone.â
[[#Verse 17.]] âTherefore say: âThis is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I regather you from the peoples and assemble you from the lands where you have been dispersed, I will give you back the country of Israel.â
[[#Verse 18.]]Â âWhen they return to it, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations.Â
[[#Verse 19.]] I will give them one heart and I will put a new spirit within them; I will remove the hearts of stone from their bodies and I will give them tender hearts,Â
[[#Verse 20.]]Â so that they may follow my statutes and observe my regulations and carry them out. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.Â
[[#Verse 21.]] But those whose hearts are devoted to detestable things and abominations, I hereby repay them for what they have done, says the Sovereign Lord.â
[[#Verse 22.]] Then the cherubim spread their wings with their wheels alongside them while the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.Â
[[#Verse 23.]] The glory of the Lord rose up from within the city and stopped over the mountain east of it.Â
[[#Verse 24.]] Then a wind lifted me up and carried me to the exiles in Babylonia, in the vision given to me by the Spirit of God. Then the vision I had seen went up from me.Â
[[#Verse 25.]] So I told the exiles everything the Lord had shown me.
## đ Verse-by-Verse Commentary
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## đ¤ Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights
1. Twenty-five men stood at the east gate, including Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah (11:1). This Jaazaniah is a different man from the one in 8:11.
2. The leaders compared Jerusalem to a cooking pot and themselves to the meat (11:3), meaning they thought they were safe inside.
3. Pelatiah died while Ezekiel was prophesying (11:13). His name means something like "the Lord rescues."
4. Ezekiel's response was to fall facedown and plead for the remnant (11:13).
5. The people left in Jerusalem claimed the land because the exiles were "far from the Lord" (11:15).
6. God says He has been a sanctuary "for a little while" to the exiles (11:16). Jewish tradition later used this phrase to describe the synagogue as a "little sanctuary."
7. The promise of a new heart (11:19-20) is repeated and expanded in Ezekiel 36:26-27.
8. "They will be My people, and I will be their God" (11:20) is the heart of God's covenant promise throughout Scripture.
9. The mountain east of the city (11:23) is the Mount of Olives.
10. Jesus ascended to heaven from the Mount of Olives (Acts 1:12).
## đ§ Chapter Summary
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## âď¸ Christ in This Chapter
Christ is the One who gives the new heart God promised. God said He would remove the heart of stone and give a heart of flesh (11:19), and through the new covenant in Jesus, the Spirit writes God's word on human hearts (2 Corinthians 3:3-6).
## đ Key Principles / đ Life Application
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## đŹ Discussion Questions
1. The leaders in Jerusalem felt safe, like meat protected in a pot (11:3). Where are people tempted to feel secure apart from God?
2. God said He had been a sanctuary to the exiles for a little while (11:16). How has God been your refuge when familiar things were taken away?
3. Only God can replace a heart of stone with a heart of flesh (11:19). Where do you need Him to soften your heart?
## âď¸ Key Verses to Remember
- đ verse 16: God has been a sanctuary for the exiles in the lands where they went.
- đ verses 19-20: God will give them a new heart and a new spirit so they will walk in His ways.
- đ verse 23: The glory of the Lord leaves the city and stops over the mountain to the east.
## đ Related Passages/Cross Reference
- đ [[Ezekiel 36#Verse 26.|Ezekiel 36:26-27]] - A new heart and a new spirit.
- đ [[Jeremiah 31#Verse 33.|Jeremiah 31:33]] - I will write My law on their hearts.
- đ [[Jeremiah 24#Verse 05.|Jeremiah 24:5-7]] - God's good plans for the exiles.
- đ [[2 Corinthians 03#Verse 03.|2 Corinthians 3:3]] - Written with the Spirit on hearts of flesh.
- đ [[Acts 01#Verse 09.|Acts 1:9-12]] - Jesus ascends from the Mount of Olives.
## đ Devotional Reflection
đ SOAP: [[Ezekiel 11 - SOAP|The LORD Will Empower You]]
## đ Internal Notes