Ezekiel 11:2 “And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil…”

Ezekiel 11:2

And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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;

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;

Geneva Bible 1599

Then said he vnto me, Sonne of man, these are the men that imagine mischiefe, and deuise wicked counsell in this citie.

Darby Translation

And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and 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;

Bible in Basic English

Then he said to me, Son of man, these are the men who are designing evil, who are teaching evil ways in this town:

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Cross references

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

Isaiah 30:1 Psalm 52:2 Jeremiah 5:5 Isaiah 59:4 Esther 8:3 Psalm 36:4

Isaiah 30:1 · BSB

“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.

Psalm 52:2 · BSB

Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

Jeremiah 5:5 · BSB

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.

Isaiah 59:4 · BSB

No 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.

Esther 8:3 · BSB

And 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.

Psalm 36:4 · BSB

Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.

3They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’

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