Ezekiel 14
1. Then came * certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat * before me.
2. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying * ,
3. Son of man, these men have set up * their idols in their heart, and put * the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired * of at all * by them?
4. Therefore 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 * the 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;
5. That I may take * the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged * from me through their idols.
6. Therefore say * unto the house of Israel, Thus saith * the Lord GOD;Repent * , and turn * yourselves from your idols; and turn away * your faces from all your abominations.
7. For every one of the house of Israel,or of the stranger that sojourneth * in Israel, which separateth * himself from me, and setteth up * his idols in his heart, and putteth * the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face,and cometh * to a prophet to enquire * of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer * him by myself:
8. And I will set * my face against that man, and will make * him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off * from the midst of my people; and ye shall know * that I am the LORD.
9. And if the prophet be deceived * when he hath spoken * a thing, I 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.
10. And they shall bear * the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh * unto him;
11. That the house of Israel may go no more astray * from me, neither be polluted * any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God,saith * the Lord GOD.
12. The word of the LORD came again to me, saying * ,
13. Son of man, when the land sinneth * against me by trespassing * grievously, then will I stretch out * mine hand upon it, and will break * the staff of the bread thereof, and will send * famine upon it, and will cut off * man and beast from it:
14. Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver * but their own souls by their righteousness, saith * the Lord GOD.
15. If I cause noisome 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:
16. Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith * the Lord GOD, they shall deliver * neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered * , but the land shall be desolate.
17. Or if I bring * a sword upon that land, and say * , Sword, go through * the land; so that I cut off * man and beast from it:
18. Though these three men were in it,as I live, saith * the Lord GOD, they shall deliver * neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered * themselves.
19. Or if I send * a pestilence into that land, and pour out * my fury upon it in blood, to cut off * from it man and beast:
20. Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith * the Lord GOD, they shall deliver * neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver * their own souls by their righteousness.
21. For thus saith * the Lord GOD;How much more when I send * my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off * from it man and beast?
22. Yet, behold, therein 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 * their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted * concerning the evil that I have brought * upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought * upon it.
23. And they shall comfort * you, when ye see * their ways and their doings: and ye shall know * that I have not done * without cause all that I have done * in it, saith * the Lord GOD.
