Ezekiel 11:1-3

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

11 Moreover, the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the East Gate of the Lord’s house, which faces east. And behold, at the door of the gateway there were twenty-five men; and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

² Then [the Spirit] said to me, Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give wicked counsel in this city,

³ Who say, [The time] is not near to build houses; this city is the boiling pot and we are the flesh.