Ezequiel 11:14-24

14 Esperanza para Israel en el destierro
Luego recibí este mensaje del Señor
:

15 «Hijo de hombre, el pueblo que aún queda en Jerusalén habla de ti, de tus parientes y de todos los israelitas desterrados. Dicen: “¡Ellos están lejos del Señor
, así que ahora él nos ha dado a nosotros la tierra que les pertenecía!”.

16 »Por lo tanto, diles a los desterrados: “Esto dice el Señor
Soberano: ‘A pesar de que los esparcí por los países del mundo, yo seré un santuario para ustedes durante su tiempo en el destierro.

17 Yo, el Señor
Soberano, los reuniré de entre las naciones adonde fueron esparcidos y les daré una vez más el territorio de Israel’”.

18 »Cuando los israelitas regresen a su patria, quitarán todo rastro de sus imágenes repugnantes y sus ídolos detestables.

19 Les daré integridad de corazón y pondré un espíritu nuevo dentro de ellos. Les quitaré su terco corazón de piedra y les daré un corazón tierno y receptivo,

20 para que obedezcan mis decretos y ordenanzas. Entonces, verdaderamente serán mi pueblo y yo seré su Dios.

21 Sin embargo, a todos los que añoren las imágenes repugnantes y los ídolos detestables, les daré su merecido por sus pecados. ¡Yo, el Señor
Soberano, he hablado!».

22 La gloria del Señor
abandona a Jerusalén
Luego los querubines desplegaron las alas y se elevaron por el aire con las ruedas junto a ellos y la gloria del Dios de Israel se sostenía en el aire por encima de ellos.

23 Entonces la gloria del Señor
se levantó de la ciudad y se detuvo sobre la montaña que está al oriente.

24 Después el Espíritu de Dios me llevó de regreso a Babilonia,
al pueblo desterrado. Así terminó la visión de mi visita a Jerusalén.

Ezequiel 11:14-24 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.