Chiasm
Ezekiel 11:14–21
Ezekiel 11:14–212 matched frames
Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.
- A 14–15 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, "Son of man, your brothers—your relatives, your fellow exiles, and the whole house of Israel—are those of whom the people of Jerusalem have said, 'They are far away from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a possession.'
- B 16 Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries to which they have gone.'
- B' 17 Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: 'I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries to which you have been scattered, and I will give back to you the land of Israel.'
- A' 17 Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: 'I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries to which you have been scattered, and I will give back to you the land of Israel.'
- A 18 When they return to it, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations.
- A' 21 But as for those whose hearts pursue detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD."
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