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Ezekiel 11:2
Ezekiel 11:2 is verse 2 of Ezekiel chapter 11, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
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 Version
Then said he unto 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;
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Ezekiel 11:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible
1 Then 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.
2 And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.
3 They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’
4 Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man!”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Esther 8:3And once again, Esther addressed the king. She fell at his feet weeping and begged him to revoke the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews.
Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
Psalms 36:4Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
Psalms 52:2Your 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.
Isaiah 59:4No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Jeremiah 5:5I 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.
Jeremiah 18:18Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”
Micah 2:1Woe 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.
Micah 2:2They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.