Yehezkiel 11:20-25

11:20 so that they may follow my statutes and observe my regulations and carry them out. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God. ¹  11:21 But those whose hearts are devoted to detestable things and abominations, I hereby repay them for what they have done, ²  says the sovereign Lord.”

11:22 Then the cherubim spread ³  their wings with their wheels alongside them while the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them. 11:23 The glory of the Lord rose up from within the city and stopped ⁴  over the mountain east of it. 11:24 Then a wind ⁵  lifted me up and carried me to the exiles in Babylonia, ⁶  in the vision given to me by the Spirit of God.

Then the vision I had seen went up from me. 11:25 So I told the exiles everything ⁷  the Lord had shown me.

[11:20]  ¹ sn The expression They will be my people, and I will be their God occurs as a promise to Abraham (Gen 17:8), Moses (Exod 6:7), and the nation (Exod 29:45).

[11:21]  ² tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.”

[11:22]  ³ tn Heb “lifted.”

[11:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “stood.”

[11:24]  ⁵ tn Or “spirit.” See note on “wind” in 2:2.

[11:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “to Chaldea.”

[11:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “all the words of.”