Ézéchiel 11:1

Darby's French Translation

Et l'Esprit m'éleva et me transporta à la porte orientale de la maison de l'Éternel qui regarde vers l'orient; et voici, à l'entrée de la porte, vingt-cinq hommes; et je vis au milieu d'eux Jaazania, fils d'Azzur, et Pelatia, fils de Benaïa, princes du peuple.

Parallel Translations

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Puis l'Esprit m'�leva, et me mena � la porte Orientale de la maison de l'Eternel qui regarde vers l'Orient; et voici vingt-cinq hommes � l'entr�e de la porte; et je vis au milieu d'eux Jaazanja fils de Hazur, et P�latja fils de B�naja, les principaux du peuple.

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Puis l'Esprit m'enleva et me transporta � la porte orientale de la maison de l'�ternel, � celle qui regarde l'Orient; et voici, � l'entr�e de la porte vingt-cinq hommes; je vis au milieu d'eux Joazania, fils d'Azzur, et P�latia, fils de B�naja, chefs du peuple.

Louis Segond (1910)
L'esprit m'enleva, et me transporta � la porte orientale de la maison de l'Eternel, � celle qui regarde l'orient. Et voici, � l'entr�e de la porte, il y avait vingt-cinq hommes; et je vis au milieu d'eux Jaazania, fils d'Azzur, et Pelathia, fils de Benaja, chefs du peuple.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the spirit: Ezekiel 11:24, Ezekiel 3:12, Ezekiel 3:14, Ezekiel 8:3, Ezekiel 37:1, Ezekiel 40:1, Ezekiel 40:2, Ezekiel 41:1, 1 Kings 18:12, 2 Kings 2:16, Acts 8:39, 2 Corinthians 12:1-4, Revelation 1:10

the east: Ezekiel 10:19, Ezekiel 43:4

behold: Ezekiel 8:16

Jaazaniah: 2 Kings 25:23

Pelatiah: Ezekiel 11:13, Ezekiel 22:27, Isaiah 1:10, Isaiah 1:23, Hosea 5:10

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 42:1 - Jezaniah Jeremiah 52:27 - the king Ezekiel 9:6 - at the Ezekiel 40:6 - unto Matthew 4:1 - of the spirit Luke 6:30 - Give Revelation 21:10 - he carried

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Moreover, the spirit lifted me up,.... From the inner court of the temple, where the prophet was, according to the last account of him, Ezekiel 8:16; it was the same Spirit that took him by the lock of his head, and lifted him up, as in Ezekiel 8:3; and perhaps in the same manner:

and brought me unto the east gate of the Lord's house, which looketh eastward; where were the cherubim, and the wheels, and the glory of God above them, Ezekiel 10:19;

and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; not the same as in Ezekiel 8:16; for they were in a different place, between the porch and the altar; and about different service, they were worshipping there; and seem to be men of a different order, priests; whereas these were at the door of the eastern gate, sitting as a court of judicature, and were civil magistrates; though Jarchi and Kimchi take them to be the same. Some say Jerusalem was divided into twenty four parishes, districts, or wards, and everyone had its own head, ruler, and governor; and that there was one who was the president over them all, like the mayor and aldermen of a city;

among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur; not the same that is mentioned in Ezekiel 8:11; he was the son of Shaphan, this of Azur; he was one of the seventy of the ancients of Israel, this one of the twenty five heads or rulers of the people; he seems to have been a prince; by having a censer in his hand, this was a priest: the Septuagint and Arabic versions call him Jechoniah:

and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah; these two are mentioned by name, as being principal men, and well known by the prophet; and the latter is observed more especially for what befell him, hereafter related:

princes of the people; men who were entrusted with power and authority to exercise the laws of the nation; and who should have been reformers of the people, and ought to have given them good advice, and set them good examples; whereas they were the reverse, as follows:

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The gate - The gate of the templecourt. The gate was the place of judgment.

Five and twenty men - Not the same men as in Ezekiel 8:16. There they were representatives of the “priests,” here of the “princes.” The number is, no doubt, symbolic, made up, probably, of 24 men and the king. The number 24 points to the tribes of undivided Israel.

Jaazaniah ... Pelatiah - We know nothing more of these men. The former name was probably common at that time Ezekiel 8:11. In these two names there is an allusion to the false hopes which they upheld. “Jaazaniah” (Yah (weh) listeneth) “son of Azur” (the Helper); “Pelatiah” (Yah (weh) rescues) “son of Benaiah” (Yah (weh) builds). In the latter case, death Ezekiel 11:13 turned the allusion into bitter irony.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XI

This chapter denounces the judgments of God against those

wicked persons who remained in Jerusalem and made a mock of

the types and predictions of the prophets, 1-13;

compare Ezekiel 11:3 with Jeremiah 1:13.

God promises to favour those who were gone into captivity, and

intimates their restoration from the Babylonish yoke, 14-21.

Then the shechinah, or symbol of the Divine Presence, is

represented forsaking the city, as in the foregoing chapter it

did the temple, 22, 23;

and the prophet returns in vision to the place from which he

set out, (Ezekiel 8:1. &c.,)

in order to communicate his instructions to his brethren of the

captivity, 24, 25.

NOTES ON CHAP. XI

Verse Ezekiel 11:1. At the door of the gate five and twenty men — The same persons, no doubt, who appear, Ezekiel 8:16, worshipping the sun.

Jaazaniah the son of Azur — In Ezekiel 8:16, we find a Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan. If Shaphan was also called Azur, they may be the same person. But it is most likely that there were two of this name, and both chiefs among the people.