Ezekiel 11 — Judgment, exile and a changed heart — Hebrew and Greek compared
Disparate in this chapter: 11:3, 11:11, 11:15
Each card keeps the independently rendered source readings above their shared comparison and reception notes. The badge records the source’s governing classification; disparate readings are marked in red. Each reading retains its original reference.
Ezekiel 11 — Judgment, exile and a changed heart
11:1–11:6 — Counsel at the east gate
Verse 11:1 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[11:1] A spirit lifted me and brought me to the eastern gate of YHWH’s house, facing east. And behold, at the gate entrance were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[11:1] A spirit lifted me and brought me to the opposite gate of the Lord’s house, facing east. And behold, at the gate entrance were about twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Ezer and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek adds about and has Ezer as Jaazaniah’s father, against Hebrew Azzur; that name difference is retained. Greek Iezonias, Phaltias and Banaiou represent the recognizable figures Jaazaniah, Pelatiah and Benaiah.
Verse 11:2 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[11:2] He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise evil and counsel wicked counsel in this city,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[11:2] The Lord said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise vain things and counsel wicked counsel in this city,
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek explicitly names the Lord as speaker and has vain things for Hebrew evil.
Verse 11:3 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[11:3] who say, ‘The building of houses is not near. She is the pot, and we are the meat.’
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[11:3] who say, ‘Have the houses not been built recently? She is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Hebrew has a negative near and an infinitival building-of-houses phrase whose precise force is debated; the wording is retained. Greek explicitly asks whether houses have recently been built. Neither column is conformed to the other.
Verse 11:4 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[11:4] Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, son of man.”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[11:4] Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, son of man.”
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The repeated commission agrees.
Verse 11:5 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[11:5] YHWH’s spirit fell upon me, and He said to me, “Say, ‘Thus says YHWH: You have said this, house of Israel, and I know what rises in your spirit.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[11:5] The Lord’s spirit fell upon me, and He said to me, “Say, ‘Thus says the Lord: You have said this, house of Israel, and I understand the deliberations of your spirit.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Hebrew names the risings of their spirit; Greek its deliberations. Both assert divine knowledge.
Verse 11:6 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[11:6] You have multiplied your slain in this city and filled her streets with the slain.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[11:6] You have multiplied your dead in this city and filled her roads with the wounded.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew repeats slain; Greek distinguishes dead and wounded.
11:7–11:13 — The pot and the sword
Verse 11:7 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[11:7] Therefore thus says Lord YHWH: Your slain whom you have placed within her are the meat, and she is the pot; but you are to be brought out of her.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[11:7] Therefore thus says the Lord: Your dead whom you struck within her are the meat, and she is the cauldron; but I will bring you out of her.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew says placed; Greek struck. Hebrew’s final hotsi form is rendered as a bringing-out declaration without an added first-person agent; Greek explicitly says I will bring you out.
Verse 11:8 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[11:8] You have feared the sword, and I will bring a sword upon you, declares Lord YHWH.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[11:8] You fear the sword, and I will bring a sword upon you, says the Lord.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Hebrew’s fear is perfect, Greek present; the promised sword agrees.
Verse 11:9 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[11:9] I will bring you out of her midst, give you into strangers’ hands, and execute judgments among you.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[11:9] I will bring you out of her midst, hand you into foreigners’ hands, and execute judgments among you.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Expulsion, handing over and judgment correspond.
Verse 11:10 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[11:10] You will fall by the sword. At Israel’s border I will judge you, and you will know that I am YHWH.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[11:10] You will fall by the sword. At Israel’s borders I will judge you, and you will recognize that I am the Lord.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Hebrew border is singular, Greek borders plural.
Verse 11:11 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[11:11] She will not be a pot for you, and you will be meat within her. At Israel’s border I will judge you.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[11:11] She will not be a cauldron for you, and you certainly will not become meat within her. At Israel’s borders I will judge you,
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Hebrew explicitly negates only the first clause; Greek separately and emphatically negates becoming meat. Hebrew’s second clause is retained affirmatively without supplying a repeated negative.
Verse 11:12 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[11:12] You will know that I am YHWH, in whose statutes you have not walked and whose judgments you have not carried out; instead you have acted according to the judgments of the nations around you.’”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[11:12] and you will recognize that I am the Lord.’”
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek retains only the recognition formula and lacks the entire Hebrew indictment concerning divine statutes and surrounding nations’ judgments.
Verse 11:13 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[11:13] As I prophesied, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. I fell upon my face and cried with a loud voice, saying, “Ah, Lord YHWH! You are making a complete end of Israel’s remnant!”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[11:13] As I prophesied, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. I fall upon my face and cried aloud with a loud voice and said, “Alas, alas, Lord! You are bringing Israel’s survivors to a complete end!”
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek repeats alas and uses present fall within the narrative. Both retain the death and Ezekiel’s protest.
11:14–11:21 — A sanctuary among the scattered
Verse 11:14 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[11:14] YHWH’s word came to me, saying,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[11:14] The Lord’s word came to me, saying,
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The renewed word formula corresponds.
Verse 11:15 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[11:15] “Son of man, your brothers, your brothers, the men of your kinship, and the whole house of Israel, all of it—to them Jerusalem’s inhabitants have said, ‘Keep far from YHWH; the land has been given to us as a possession.’
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[11:15] “Son of man, your brothers and the men of your captivity and the whole house of Israel have been brought to an end. To them Jerusalem’s inhabitants said, ‘Keep far from the Lord; the land has been given to us as an inheritance.’
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Hebrew repeats brothers and speaks of kinship, with whole/all describing Israel; Greek has captivity and an explicit has-been-brought-to-an-end predicate. No destruction predicate is inserted into Hebrew.
Verse 11:16 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[11:16] Therefore say, ‘Thus says Lord YHWH: Though I have sent them far among the nations and scattered them among the lands, I have been a little sanctuary for them in the lands where they have gone.’
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[11:16] Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord: I will thrust them away into the nations and scatter them through all the earth, and I will be a little sanctuary for them in the countries where they may enter.’
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew describes past scattering and divine sanctuary; Greek uses future verbs and all the earth. Little sanctuary retains the shared smallness term without deciding temporal versus spatial force.
Verse 11:17 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[11:17] Therefore say, ‘Thus says Lord YHWH: I will gather you from the peoples and collect you from the lands where you have been scattered, and I will give you the soil of Israel.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[11:17] Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord: I will receive them from the nations and gather them from the countries where I scattered them, and I will give them the land of Israel.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew addresses you and passively describes scattering; Greek consistently says them and makes God the explicit scatterer.
Verse 11:18 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[11:18] They will come there and remove all her detestable things and all her abominations from her.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[11:18] They will enter there and remove all her abominations and all her lawlessness from her.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The removal agrees, with differing offense terms.
Verse 11:19 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[11:19] I will give them one heart and put a new spirit within you. I will remove the stone heart from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[11:19] I will give them another heart and put a new spirit within them. I will tear the stone heart from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew one heart differs from Greek another heart. Hebrew shifts to within you before returning to them; Greek remains within them. Neither distinction is flattened.
Verse 11:20 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[11:20] so that they may walk in My statutes, keep My judgments and carry them out. They will be My people, and I will be their God.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[11:20] so that they may walk in My commands, keep My ordinances and carry them out. They will be My people, and I will be their God.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The purpose and reciprocal people/God promise correspond.
Verse 11:21 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[11:21] But their heart goes toward the heart of their detestable things and their abominations; I have brought their way upon their head, declares Lord YHWH.’”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[11:21] As their heart went toward the heart of their abominations and their lawlessness, I have brought their ways upon their heads, says the Lord.’”
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Both retain the difficult heart-of-the-offenses expression rather than silently rewriting it as a simple desire for idols. Hebrew’s present movement contrasts with Greek’s past construction.
11:22–11:25 — The glory moves and Ezekiel returns
Verse 11:22 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[11:22] The cherubim lifted their wings, with the wheels alongside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[11:22] The cherubim raised their wings, with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was upon them, above them.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The ascent tableau corresponds; Greek retains both upon and above.
Verse 11:23 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[11:23] YHWH’s glory rose from the midst of the city and stood upon the mountain east of the city.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[11:23] The Lord’s glory rose from the midst of the city and stood upon the mountain opposite the city.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Hebrew explicitly locates the mountain eastward; Greek says opposite.
Verse 11:24 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[11:24] A spirit lifted me and brought me to Chaldea, to the exiles, in the vision by God’s spirit. The vision I had seen rose away from me.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[11:24] A spirit lifted me and brought me into the Chaldeans’ land, to the captivity, in a vision by God’s spirit. I rose out of the vision I had seen,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew has the vision rise away from Ezekiel; Greek explicitly has Ezekiel rise out of the vision.
Verse 11:25 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[11:25] I spoke to the exiles all YHWH’s words that He had shown me.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[11:25] and I spoke to the captivity all the Lord’s words that He had shown me.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both retain words that had been shown, linking report and vision.