Ezekiel 11:1-13
There at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men, and I saw among them Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people. They say, ‘Haven’t our houses been recently rebuilt? This city is a pot, and we are the meat in it.’
Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: The bodies you have thrown there are the meat and this city is the pot, but I will drive you out of it. You fear the sword, and the sword is what I will bring against you, declares the Sovereign Lord. I will drive you out of the city and deliver you into the hands of foreigners and inflict punishment on you. You will fall by the sword, and I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
This city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat in it; I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel. And you will know that I am the Lord, for you have not followed my decrees or kept my laws but have conformed to the standards of the nations around you.
But first Ezekiel sees two men he recognizes, rulers who are advocating resistance to Babylon, despite the insistence of God's prophets that this would prove fatal. Ezekiel pronounces God's judgment, and as he speaks to his alarm. Pelatiah falls dead in confirmation of God's word.
Why?
Leader of Israel said this city is a pot, they killed many people. So the Lord said I will drive them out of it. This city will not be a pot for them, nor will them be the meat in it. God will destroy this city and the people who are doing wicked. Because they have not followed God's decrees or kept God's laws.
How?
To be a leader have to care the people life and love them. For God give is authority to help others but not to control them or killed them. God will judge us according to what we are doing.
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