Pelatiah (II)

II. PELATIAH, or Phelti, Son of Benaiah, a Prince of the People, who lived in the Time of Zedekiah King of Judah, and opposed the wholesome Advice given by Jeremiah, to submit to King Nebuchadnezzar¹. Ezekiel being a Captive in Ezek. xi. 1, 2, 3, 4.Mesopotamia, had a Vision, in which he saw five and twenty Men at the Door of the Temple of Jerusalem, among which were Jaazaniah the Son of Azur, and Pelatiah the Son of Benaiah, who were the most remarkable. Then the Lord said to him, Son of Man, these are the Men that have Thoughts of Iniquity, and who are forming pernicious Designs against this City, saying: Have not the Houses been built a long Time? Jerusalem is the Pot, and we are the Flesh. Thus saith the Lord: You have made great Havock in this City, and have filled its Streets with dead Bodies. These Men are the Flesh, and the City is the Pot. But as for you, I will make you come forth from the Middle of this City, and I will make you perish by the Hand of your Enemies. As he was prophecying in this Manner, Pelatiah the Son of Benaiah died.

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