EZEKIEL 14

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Idolaters Condemned

   1 Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat

down in front of me.   2 Then the word of the LORD came

to me:   3 "Son of man, these men have set up idols in

their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before

their faces. Should I let them inquire of me at all?

4 Therefore speak to them and tell them, 'This is what

the Sovereign LORD says: When any of the Israelites set

up idols in their hearts and put a wicked stumbling

block before their faces and then go to a prophet, I the

LORD will answer them myself in keeping with their great

idolatry.   5 I will do this to recapture the hearts of the

people of Israel, who have all deserted me for their idols.'

   6 "Therefore say to the people of Israel, 'This is what

the Sovereign LORD says: Repent! Turn from your idols

and renounce all your detestable practices!

   7 " 'When any of the Israelites or any foreigner

residing in Israel separate themselves from me and set

up idols in their hearts and put a wicked stumbling

block before their faces and then go to a prophet to

inquire of me, I the LORD will answer them myself.   8 I will

set my face against them and make them an example

and a byword. I will remove them from my people. Then

you will know that I am the LORD.

   9 " 'And if the prophet is enticed to utter a prophecy, I

the LORD have enticed that prophet, and I will stretch

out my hand against him and destroy him from among

my people Israel.   10 They will bear their guilt--the

prophet will be as guilty as the one who consults him.

11 Then the people of Israel will no longer stray from

me, nor will they defile themselves anymore with all

their sins. They will be my people, and I will be their

God, declares the Sovereign LORD.' "

Jerusalem's Judgment Inescapable

   12 The word of the LORD came to me:   13 "Son of man,

if a country sins against me by being unfaithful and I

stretch out my hand against it to cut off its food supply

and send famine upon it and kill its people and their

animals,   14 even if these three men-- Noah, Daniel

and Job--were in it, they could save only themselves

by their righteousness, declares the Sovereign LORD.

   15 "Or if I send wild beasts through that country and

they leave it childless and it becomes desolate so that

no one can pass through it because of the beasts,   16 as

surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, even if

these three men were in it, they could not save their

own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved,

but the land would be desolate.

   17 "Or if I bring a sword against that country and say,

'Let the sword pass throughout the land,' and I kill its

people and their animals,   18 as surely as I live, declares

the could not save their own sons or daughters. They

alone would be saved.

   19 "Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out

my wrath on it through bloodshed, killing its people and

their animals,   20 as surely as I live, declares the

Sovereign LORD, even if Noah, Daniel and Job were in it,

they could save neither son nor daughter. They would

save only themselves by their righteousness.

   21 "For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: How

much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem

my four dreadful judgments--sword and famine and

wild beasts and plague--to kill its men and their

animals!   22 Yet there will be some survivors--sons and

daughters who will be brought out of it. They will come

to you, and when you see their conduct and their

actions, you will be consoled regarding the disaster I

have brought on Jerusalem--every disaster I have

brought on it.   23 You will be consoled when you see

their conduct and their actions, for you will know that I

have done nothing in it without cause, declares the

Sovereign LORD."