Ezekiel 11:2

2 He said to me, "Mortal, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city;

Ezekiel 11:2 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 11:2

Then said he unto me, son of man
That is, the Lord, or, the Spirit of the Lord, that lifted him up: these [are] the men that devise mischief;
or "vanity" ^F4; this is to be understood not of the two only that are named, though it may of them chiefly; but of all the twenty five, who formed schemes for the holding out of the siege, and for the security of the city, and of themselves in it, which was all folly and vanity: and give wicked counsel in this city;
either in ecclesiastical affairs, to forsake the worship of God, and cleave to the idols of the nations; or in civil things, as follows:

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (Nwa) "vanitatem", Calvin, Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius; "vanum", Cocceius, Starckius.

Ezekiel 11:2 In-Context

1 The spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the house of the Lord, which faces east. There, at the entrance of the gateway, were twenty-five men; among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur, and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, officials of the people.

2 He said to me, "Mortal, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city;

3 they say, "The time is not near to build houses; this city is the pot, and we are the meat.'

4 Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O mortal."

5 Then the spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and he said to me, "Say, Thus says the Lord: This is what you think, O house of Israel; I know the things that come into your mind.