Ezekiel 14

Then ^acame certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. ²And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, ³Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put ^bthe stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: ^cshould I be inquired of at all by them? ⁴Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth ^bthe stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the Lord will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols; ^5dthat I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all ^eestranged from me through their idols. ⁶Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Repent, and turn ^fyourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations. ⁷For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which ^eseparateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth ^bthe stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me; I the Lord will answer him by myself: ⁸and ^gI will set my face against that man, and will make him a ^hsign and ⁱa proverb, and ^gI will cut him off from the midst of my people; ^kand ye shall know that I am the Lord. ⁹And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, ^lI the Lord have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. ¹⁰And they shall bear ^mthe punishment of their iniquity: ^mthe punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him; ¹¹that the house of Israel ⁿmay go no more astray from me, neither ^obe polluted any more with all their transgressions; but ^pthat they may be my people, ^pand I may be their God, saith the Lord God.

¹²The word of the Lord came again to me, saying, ¹³Son of man, when the land sinneth against me ^qby trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and ^rwill break the staff of the bread thereof, and ^rrwill send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it: ^14sthough these three men, ^tNoah, ^uDaniel, and ^vJob, were in it, ^wthey should deliver but their own souls ^xby their righteousness, saith the Lord God. ¹⁵If I cause ^ynoisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts: ^16sthough these three men were in it, ^zas I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but ^zzthe land shall be desolate. ¹⁷Or if ^aI bring ^ya sword upon that land, and say, ^aaSword, go through the land; so that ^bI cut off man and beast from it: ^18cthough these three men were in it, ^zas I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves. ¹⁹Or if I send ^da pestilence into that land, and ^epour out my fury upon it in blood, ^bto cut off from it man and beast: ^20cthough Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, ^zas I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; ^wthey shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness. ²¹For thus saith the Lord God; How much more when ^xI send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, ^fghithe sword, and ^fhkthe famine, and ^fglthe noisome beast, and ^fghmthe pestilence, ^bto cut off from it man and beast? ²²Yet behold, ⁿtherein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see ^otheir way and their doings: and ^pye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it. ²³And ^pthey shall comfort you, when ye see ^otheir ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done ^qwithout cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord God.

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