Ezekiel 11:15-25

15 Fils de l'homme, ce sont tes frères, oui, tes frères, les gens de ta parenté et la maison d'Israël tout entière, à qui les habitants de Jérusalem ont dit: Demeurez loin de l'Éternel; c'est à nous que ce pays a été donné en héritage.

16 C'est pourquoi dis-leur: Ainsi a dit le Seigneur, l'Éternel: Quoique je les tienne éloignés parmi les nations, quoique je les aie dispersés en divers pays, pourtant je serai pour eux un asile quelque temps dans les pays où ils sont allés.

17 C'est pourquoi dis-leur: Ainsi a dit le Seigneur, l'Éternel: Je vous rassemblerai du milieu des peuples, je vous recueillerai des divers pays où vous êtes dispersés, et je vous donnerai la terre d'Israël.

18 Ils y entreront, et feront disparaître de son sein toutes les idoles et toutes les abominations.

19 Je leur donnerai un même cœur, et je mettrai en eux un esprit nouveau; j'ôterai de leur chair le cœur de pierre, et je leur donnerai un cœur de chair,

20 Afin qu'ils marchent selon mes statuts, qu'ils gardent et observent mes ordonnances; ils seront mon peuple et je serai leur Dieu.

21 Mais pour ceux dont le cœur marche au gré de leurs idoles et de leurs abominations, je ferai retomber leur conduite sur leur tête, dit le Seigneur, l'Éternel.

22 Puis les chérubins déployèrent leurs ailes, les roues s'élevèrent avec eux, ainsi que la gloire du Dieu d'Israël, qui était au-dessus d'eux, tout en haut.

23 Et la gloire de l'Éternel s'éleva du milieu de la ville, et s'arrêta sur la montagne qui est à l'Orient de la ville.

24 L'Esprit m'enleva et me transporta en vision, par l'Esprit de Dieu, en Caldée auprès de ceux de la captivité, et la vision que j'avais vue disparut de devant moi.

25 Alors je racontai à ceux qui avaient été emmenés captifs, toutes les choses que l'Éternel m'avait révélées.

Ezekiel 11:15-25 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 11

This chapter contains an account of the sins of the princes of Judah; a prophecy of their destruction; some comfortable, promises respecting those of the captivity; and the chapter is closed with the finishing of the vision of the Lord's removing from Jerusalem; and the whole being ended, the prophet related it to the men of the captivity. In Eze 11:1; the prophet, is shown five and twenty men, among whom were two he knew, and are mentioned by name, and were princes of the people; and he is told that these men devised mischief, and gave bad advice to the people, Eze 11:2,3; wherefore he is bid to prophesy against them, Eze 11:4; which he accordingly did, the Spirit of the Lord falling upon him, Eze 11:5; declaring that their secret evils were known, as well as their public ones; and that, seeing they had multiplied their slain, and had feared the sword, the sword should come upon them; some should fall by it, and others should be carried captive; the consequence of which would be, that God would be known, and his justice acknowledged, it being what their sins deserved, Eze 11:6-12; upon this prophecy being delivered out, one of the princes before named died immediately; which filled the prophet with great concern, and put him upon expostulating with God, Eze 11:13; wherefore, for his comfort, he is told, that though the inhabitants of Jerusalem had insulted their brethren that were carried captive, and looked upon the land of Israel as their own possession, that God would be a little sanctuary to them; that he would gather them out of all lands, and give them the land of Israel; that they should come thither, and remove all idolatry from it, and should have regenerating and renewing grace given them, to walk in the statutes and ordinances of the Lord, by which they should appear to be his people, and he to be their God, Eze 11:14-20; but as for such that continued in their abominable idolatries, these should receive a just recompence of reward, Eze 11:21; after which follows an account of the entire removal of the glory of the Lord from the city of Jerusalem, Eze 11:22,23; and the prophet being, in vision, brought again to Chaldea, reports the whole he had seen to them of the captivity, Eze 11:24,25.