Ezekiel 14 : 1 (HCSB)
Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat down in front of me.
Ezekiel 14 : 2 (HCSB)
Then the word of the LORD came to me:
Ezekiel 14 : 3 (HCSB)
"Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and have put sinful stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I be consulted by them at all?
Ezekiel 14 : 4 (HCSB)
"Therefore, speak to them and tell them: This is what the Lord God says: When anyone from the house of Israel sets up idols in his heart, puts a sinful stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I, the LORD, will answer him appropriately. *I will answer him according to his many idols,
Ezekiel 14 : 5 (HCSB)
so that I may take hold of the house of Israel by their hearts, because they are all estranged from Me by their idols.
Ezekiel 14 : 6 (HCSB)
"Therefore, say to the house of Israel: This is what the Lord God says: Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your abominations.
Ezekiel 14 : 7 (HCSB)
For when anyone from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who reside in Israel separates himself from Me, setting up idols in his heart and putting a sinful stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I, the LORD, will answer him Myself.
Ezekiel 14 : 8 (HCSB)
I will turn against that one and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 14 : 9 (HCSB)
"But if the prophet is deceived and speaks a message, it was I, the LORD, who deceived that prophet. I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.
Ezekiel 14 : 10 (HCSB)
They will bear their punishment-- the punishment of the one who inquires will be the same as that of the prophet--
Ezekiel 14 : 11 (HCSB)
in order that the house of Israel may no longer stray from following Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Then they will be My people and I will be their God." *This is the declaration of the Lord God.
Ezekiel 14 : 12 (HCSB)
The word of the LORD came to me:
Ezekiel 14 : 13 (HCSB)
"Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of bread, to send famine through it, and to wipe out *both man and animal from it,
Ezekiel 14 : 14 (HCSB)
even *if these three men-- Noah, Daniel, and Job-- were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness." This is the declaration of the Lord God.
Ezekiel 14 : 15 (HCSB)
"If I allow dangerous animals to pass through the land and depopulate it so that it becomes desolate, with no one passing through *it for fear of the animals,
Ezekiel 14 : 16 (HCSB)
even *if these three men were in it, as I live"-- the declaration of the Lord God-- "they could not deliver their sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.
Ezekiel 14 : 17 (HCSB)
"Or if I bring a sword against that land and say: Let a sword pass through it, so that I wipe out *both man and animal from it,
Ezekiel 14 : 18 (HCSB)
even *if these three men were in it, as I live"-- the declaration of the Lord God-- "they could not deliver their sons or daughters, but they alone would be delivered.
Ezekiel 14 : 19 (HCSB)
"Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath on it with bloodshed to wipe out *both man and animal from it,
Ezekiel 14 : 20 (HCSB)
even *if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live"-- the declaration of the Lord God-- "they could not deliver their son or daughter. They would deliver only themselves by their righteousness.
Ezekiel 14 : 21 (HCSB)
"For this is what the Lord God says: How much worse will it be when I send My four devastating judgments against Jerusalem-- sword, famine, dangerous animals, and plague-- in order to wipe out *both man and animal from it!
Ezekiel 14 : 22 (HCSB)
Even so, there will be survivors left in it, sons and daughters who will be brought out. Indeed, they will come out to you, and you will observe their conduct and actions. Then you will be consoled about the devastation I have brought on Jerusalem, about all I have brought on it.
Ezekiel 14 : 23 (HCSB)
They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done what I did to it." *This is the declaration of the Lord God.
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