TORAH
NEVI'IM
KETUVIM
Chapter 11
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1Then a spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the House of Hashem, which faces eastward; and there, at the entrance of the gate, were twenty-five men, among whom I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.
va-ti-SA o-TI ru-ACH va-ta-VE o-TI el sha-AR beit a-do-NAI ha-ka-dmo-NEE ha-po-NEH ka-DEE-ma, v'-hi-NEH b'-pe-TACH ha-sha-AR e-s'-ree-IM va-kha-mi-SHAH eesh, va-ER-e b'-to-KHAM et ya-a-ZAN-ya ben a-ZUR v'-et p'-la-tee-YA-hu ben b'-na-YA-hu sa-REI ha-aM.
אוַתִּשָּׂ֨א אֹתִ֜י ר֗וּחַ וַתָּבֵ֣א אֹ֠תִ֠י אֶל־שַׁ֨עַר בֵּית־יְהֹוָ֤ה הַקַּדְמוֹנִי֙ הַפּוֹנֶ֣ה קָדִ֔ימָה וְהִנֵּה֙ בְּפֶ֣תַח הַשַּׁ֔עַר עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וַֽחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה אִ֑ישׁ וָאֶרְאֶ֨ה בְתוֹכָ֜ם אֶת־יַאֲזַנְיָ֧ה בֶן־עַזֻּ֛ר וְאֶת־פְּלַטְיָ֥הוּ בֶן־בְּנָיָ֖הוּ שָׂרֵ֖י הָעָֽם׃
2[Hashem] said to me, “O mortal, these are the men who plan iniquity and plot wickedness in this city,
vai-YO-mer e-LAI ben a-DAM, AY-leh ha-a-NA-sheem ha-KHO-sh'-VEEM a-VON v'-ha-yo-a-TZIM a-TZAT ra ba-IR ha-ZOT
בוַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֵלָ֑י בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם אֵ֣לֶּה הָאֲנָשִׁ֞ים הַחֹשְׁבִ֥ים אָ֛וֶן וְהַיֹּעֲצִ֥ים עֲצַת־רָ֖ע בָּעִ֥יר הַזֹּֽאת׃
3who say: ‘There is no need now to build houses; this [city] is the pot, and we are the meat.'
ha-o-M'-REEM lo b'-ka-ROV bo-NOT ba-TEEM, hee ha-SEER va-a-na-KH'-nu ha-ba-SAR.
גהָאֹ֣מְרִ֔ים לֹ֥א בְקָר֖וֹב בְּנ֣וֹת בָּתִּ֑ים הִ֣יא הַסִּ֔יר וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ הַבָּשָֽׂר׃
4I adjure you, prophesy against them; prophesy, O mortal!”
la-KHEN hi-NA-ve a-LE-hem hi-NA-ve ben a-DAM
דלָכֵ֖ן הִנָּבֵ֣א עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם הִנָּבֵ֖א בֶּן־אָדָֽם׃
5Thereupon the spirit of Hashem fell upon me, and He said to me, “Speak: Thus said Hashem: Such are your thoughts, O House of Yisrael; I know what comes into your mind.
va-TI-pol a-LAI ru-akh a-do-NAI, va-YO-mer e-LAI e-MOR: ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI, KEIN a-mar-TEM bayt yis-ra-AYL, u-ma-a-LOT ru-kha-KHEM a-NEE y'-da-TI-ha.
הוַתִּפֹּ֣ל עָלַי֮ ר֣וּחַ יְהֹוָה֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י אֱמֹר֙ כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה כֵּ֥ן אֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּמַעֲל֥וֹת רוּחֲכֶ֖ם אֲנִ֥י יְדַעְתִּֽיהָ׃
6Many have you slain in this city; you have filled its streets with corpses.
hir-BAY-tem khal-LE-khem ba-IR ha-ZOT u-mi-LE-tem khu-TZO-te-ha kha-LAL.
והִרְבֵּיתֶ֥ם חַלְלֵיכֶ֖ם בָּעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֑את וּמִלֵּאתֶ֥ם חוּצֹתֶ֖יהָ חָלָֽל׃
7Assuredly, thus says Hashem: The corpses that you have piled up in it are the meat for which it is the pot; but you shall be taken out of it.
la-KHEN ko-ah-a-MAR a-do-NAI y'-ho-VAH, khal-lay-KHEM a-SHER sam-TEM b'-to-KHA, HAY-ma ha-BA-sar v'-HEE ha-SEEYR, v'-et-KHEM ho-TZI mi-TO-kha
זלָכֵ֗ן כֹּֽה־אָמַר֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִה֒ חַלְלֵיכֶם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר שַׂמְתֶּ֣ם בְּתוֹכָ֔הּ הֵ֥מָּה הַבָּשָׂ֖ר וְהִ֣יא הַסִּ֑יר וְאֶתְכֶ֖ם הוֹצִ֥יא מִתּוֹכָֽהּ׃
8You feared the sword, and the sword I will bring upon you—declares Hashem.
KHE-rev ye-re-TEM, v'-KHE-rev a-VEE a-LE-khem, ne-UM a-do-NAI a-do-NAI
חחֶ֖רֶב יְרֵאתֶ֑ם וְחֶ֙רֶב֙ אָבִ֣יא עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יֱהֹוִֽה׃
9I will take you out of it and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and I will execute judgments upon you.
v'-ho-tz'-ti et-KHEM mi-to-KHA, v'-na-ta-TEE et-KHEM b'-yad-za-REEM, v'-a-see-TEE va-KHEM sh'-fa-TEEM
טוְהוֹצֵאתִ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ מִתּוֹכָ֔הּ וְנָתַתִּ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם בְּיַד־זָרִ֑ים וְעָשִׂ֛יתִי בָכֶ֖ם שְׁפָטִֽים׃
10You shall fall by the sword; I will punish you at the border of Yisrael. And you shall know that I am Hashem.
ba-KHE-rev ti-PO-lu al ge-VUL yis-ra-AYL esh-POT et-KHEM vi-da-TEM kee a-NEE a-do-NAI
יבַּחֶ֣רֶב תִּפֹּ֔לוּ עַל־גְּב֥וּל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶשְׁפּ֣וֹט אֶתְכֶ֑ם וִידַעְתֶּ֖ם כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃
11This [city] shall not be a pot for you, nor you the meat in it; I will punish you at the border of Yisrael.
HEE lo-ti-HEH LA-khem l'-SEER v'-A-TEM ti-H'-U v'-to-KHAH l'-BA-sar el g'-VUL yis-ra-AYL esh-POT et-KHEM
יאהִ֗יא לֹֽא־תִהְיֶ֤ה לָכֶם֙ לְסִ֔יר וְאַתֶּ֛ם תִּהְי֥וּ בְתוֹכָ֖הּ לְבָשָׂ֑ר אֶל־גְּב֥וּל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶשְׁפֹּ֥ט אֶתְכֶֽם׃
12Then you shall know that I am Hashem, whose laws you did not follow and whose rules you did not obey, acting instead according to the rules of the nations around you.”
vi-da-TEM, kee a-NEE a-do-NAI, a-SHER b'-khuk-KAI lo ha-la-KHE-TEM, u-mish-pa-TAI lo a-see-TEM, u-kh'-mi-sh'-p'-TEI ha-go-YIM a-SHER s'-vee-vo-TEI-khem a-see-TEM.
יבוִֽידַעְתֶּם֙ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר בְּחֻקַּי֙ לֹ֣א הֲלַכְתֶּ֔ם וּמִשְׁפָּטַ֖י לֹ֣א עֲשִׂיתֶ֑ם וּֽכְמִשְׁפְּטֵ֧י הַגּוֹיִ֛ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר סְבִיבוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם עֲשִׂיתֶֽם׃
13Now, as I prophesied, Pelatiah son of Benaiah dropped dead. I threw myself upon my face and cried out aloud, “Ah, Hashem! You are wiping out the remnant of Yisrael!”
vai-HI, k'-hi-na-VEE, u-f'-la-ti-YA-hu ben b'-na-YA met, va-E-pol al pa-NAI, va-ez-AK kol-GADOL, va-o-MAR, a-HA a-do-NAI, y'-ho-VAH, ka-LAH a-TAH o-SEH, AYT sh'-AY-REET yis-ra-AYL. (P)
יגוַֽיְהִי֙ כְּהִנָּ֣בְאִ֔י וּפְלַטְיָ֥הוּ בֶן־בְּנָיָ֖ה מֵ֑ת וָאֶפֹּ֨ל עַל־פָּנַ֜י וָאֶזְעַ֣ק קוֹל־גָּד֗וֹל וָֽאֹמַר֙ אֲהָהּ֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֔ה כָּלָה֙ אַתָּ֣ה עֹשֶׂ֔ה אֵ֖ת שְׁאֵרִ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
14Then the word of Hashem came to me:
vai-HI d'-var a-do-NAI e-LAI lay-MOR
ידוַיְהִ֥י דְבַר־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֹֽר׃
15“O mortal, [I will save] your brothers, your brothers, the men of your kindred, all of that very House of Yisrael to whom the inhabitants of Yerushalayim say, ‘Keep far from Hashem; the land has been given as a heritage to us.'
ben-a-DAM a-KHE-kha a-KHE-kha an-SHEI ge-u-la-TE-kha v'-kol-BAYT yis-ra-AYL ku-LOH a-SHER a-M'-RU la-HEM yo-SHE-vay y'-ru-sha-LA-im ra-KHA-khu may-aL a-do-NAI LA-nu hee ni-t'-NAH ha-A-retz l'-mo-ra-SHAH. (s)
טובֶּן־אָדָ֗ם אַחֶ֤יךָ אַחֶ֙יךָ֙ אַנְשֵׁ֣י גְאֻלָּתֶ֔ךָ וְכׇל־בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל כֻּלֹּ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֩ אָמְר֨וּ לָהֶ֜ם יֹשְׁבֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלַ֗͏ִם רַֽחֲקוּ֙ מֵעַ֣ל יְהֹוָ֔ה לָ֥נוּ הִ֛יא נִתְּנָ֥ה הָאָ֖רֶץ לְמוֹרָשָֽׁה׃
16Say then: Thus said Hashem: I have indeed removed them far among the nations and have scattered them among the countries, and I have become to them a diminished sanctity in the countries whither they have gone.
la-KHEN e-MOR ko-AMAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VEH, KI hir-khak-TEEM ba-go-YIM, v'-KI ha-fee-TZO-TEEM ba-a-ra-TZOT, va-e-HI la-HEM l'-mik-DASH me-AT ba-a-ra-TZOT a-SHER-ba-U sham. (SeLaH)
טזלָכֵ֣ן אֱמֹ֗ר כֹּֽה־אָמַר֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִה֒ כִּ֤י הִרְחַקְתִּים֙ בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם וְכִ֥י הֲפִיצוֹתִ֖ים בָּאֲרָצ֑וֹת וָאֱהִ֤י לָהֶם֙ לְמִקְדָּ֣שׁ מְעַ֔ט בָּאֲרָצ֖וֹת אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥אוּ שָֽׁם׃
17Yet say: Thus said Hashem: I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the Land of Yisrael.
la-KHEN e-MOR ko-A-maR a-do-NAI ye-HO-viH, v'-ki-baTZ-tee et-KHEM min ha-a-MEEM, v'-a-SAFT-tee et-KHEM min ha-a-ra-TZOT a-SHER ne-fo-TZO-tem ba-HEM, v'-na-ta-TEE la-KHEM et-ad-MAT yis-ra-AYL.
יזלָכֵ֣ן אֱמֹ֗ר כֹּֽה־אָמַר֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִה֒ וְקִבַּצְתִּ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ מִן־הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים וְאָסַפְתִּ֣י אֶתְכֶ֔ם מִן־הָ֣אֲרָצ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר נְפֹצוֹתֶ֖ם בָּהֶ֑ם וְנָתַתִּ֥י לָכֶ֖ם אֶת־אַדְמַ֥ת יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
18And they shall return there, and do away with all its detestable things and all its abominations.
u-va-u-SHA-ma, v'-he-SEE-ru et-KOL shi-KU-tze-HA v'-et-KOL to-a-vo-TE-ha mi-ME-nah
יחוּבָ֖אוּ־שָׁ֑מָּה וְהֵסִ֜ירוּ אֶת־כׇּל־שִׁקּוּצֶ֛יהָ וְאֶת־כׇּל־תּוֹעֲבוֹתֶ֖יהָ מִמֶּֽנָּה׃
19I will give them one heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove the heart of stone from their bodies and give them a heart of flesh,
v'-na-ta-TEE la-HEM LAYV e-KHAD v'-RU-akh cha-da-SHAH e-TAYN b'-kir-B'-KHEM va-ha-see-RO-TEE LAYV ha-E-ven mi-b'-sa-RAHM v'-na-ta-TEE la-HEM LAYV ba-SAHR
יטוְנָתַתִּ֤י לָהֶם֙ לֵ֣ב אֶחָ֔ד וְר֥וּחַ חֲדָשָׁ֖ה אֶתֵּ֣ן בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם וַהֲסִ֨רֹתִ֜י לֵ֤ב הָאֶ֙בֶן֙ מִבְּשָׂרָ֔ם וְנָתַתִּ֥י לָהֶ֖ם לֵ֥ב בָּשָֽׂר׃
20that they may follow My laws and faithfully observe My rules. Then they shall be My people and I will be their God.
l'-ma-AN b'-khu-ko-TAI ye-LE-khu, v'-et m'-sh'-PA-tai yish-M'-ru, v'-a-SU o-TAM, v'-ha-YU-li l'-AM, va-a-NEE e-HE-yeh la-HEM l'-e-lo-HEEM
כלְמַ֙עַן֙ בְּחֻקֹּתַ֣י יֵלֵ֔כוּ וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֥י יִשְׁמְר֖וּ וְעָשׂ֣וּ אֹתָ֑ם וְהָיוּ־לִ֣י לְעָ֔ם וַאֲנִ֕י אֶהְיֶ֥ה לָהֶ֖ם לֵאלֹהִֽים׃
21But as for them whose heart is set upon their detestable things and their abominations, I will repay them for their conduct—declares Hashem.”
v'-el-LEV shi-KU-tzei-HEM v'-to-a-vo-TEI-HEM li-BAM ho-LEKH dar-KAM b'-ro-SHAM na-TA-tee, n'-UM a-do-NAI y'-ho-VAH
כאוְאֶל־לֵ֧ב שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֛ם וְתוֹעֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם לִבָּ֣ם הֹלֵ֑ךְ דַּרְכָּם֙ בְּרֹאשָׁ֣ם נָתַ֔תִּי נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יֱהֹוִֽה׃
22Then the cherubs, with the wheels beside them, lifted their wings, while the Presence of the God of Yisrael rested above them.
vai-YIS-u ha-ke-ru-VIM et-kan-FAY-hem v'-ha-o-fa-NEEM l'-u-ma-TAM u-ke-VOD e-lo-HEY yis-ra-AYL a-LE-hem mil-ma-A-la
כבוַיִּשְׂא֤וּ הַכְּרוּבִים֙ אֶת־כַּנְפֵיהֶ֔ם וְהָאוֹפַנִּ֖ים לְעֻמָּתָ֑ם וּכְב֧וֹד אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃
23The Presence of Hashem ascended from the midst of the city and stood on the hill east of the city.
vai-YA-al k'-VOD a-do-NAI me-al TOKH ha-IR va-ya-a-MOD al ha-HAR a-SHER mi-KE-dem la-IR
כגוַיַּ֙עַל֙ כְּב֣וֹד יְהֹוָ֔ה מֵעַ֖ל תּ֣וֹךְ הָעִ֑יר וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙ עַל־הָהָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֖ר מִקֶּ֥דֶם לָעִֽיר׃
24A spirit carried me away and brought me in a vision by the spirit of Hashem to the exile community in Chaldea. Then the vision that I had seen left me,
v'-RU-akh n'-sa-a-TA-ni va-t'-vi-E-ni kha-s'-DI-ma el ha-go-LAH ba-mar-EH b'-RU-akh e-lo-HEEM va-YA-al me-a-LAI ha-mar-EH a-SHER ra-EE-tee
כדוְר֣וּחַ נְשָׂאַ֗תְנִי וַתְּבִאֵ֤נִי כַשְׂדִּ֙ימָה֙ אֶל־הַגּוֹלָ֔ה בַּמַּרְאֶ֖ה בְּר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֑ים וַיַּ֙עַל֙ מֵֽעָלַ֔י הַמַּרְאֶ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר רָאִֽיתִי׃
25and I told the exiles all the things that Hashem had shown me.
va-a-da-BAYR el ha-go-LAH AYT kol div-RAY a-do-NAI a-SHER her-A-nee
כהוָאֲדַבֵּ֖ר אֶל־הַגּוֹלָ֑ה אֵ֛ת כׇּל־דִּבְרֵ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶרְאָֽנִי׃
11:25 And I told the exiles

Rabbi Benjamin Blech (b. 1933)
In verses 16-17, Hashem promises that though He has exiled the Children of Israel and scattered them among the nations, in the future He will gather and redeem them: “I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the Land of Israel.” In this verse, Yechezkel shares Hashem’s promise with the Children of Israel already in captivity, giving them hope for the future. The Hebrew word for ‘captivity’ or ‘exile’, found in this verse, is gola (גולה), while the term for ‘redemption’ is geula (גאולה). Rabbi Benjamin Blech notes that the two words are spelled almost identically, with the only difference between them being the single letter aleph (א). The numerical value of the aleph is one, representing the one true God who must be incorporated into the mentality of the gola (exile) in order to bring about the geula (redemption).