Ezekiel 14
Judgment on Idolaters
Who Consult a Prophet |
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Then came certain of the elders of Israel
unto me, and sat before me.
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And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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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 inquired of at all by them?
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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;
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that I may take the house of Israel in
their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through
their idols.
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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.
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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 inquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:
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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.
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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.
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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;
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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.
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The Justice of God's
Punishment of Jerusalem |
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The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
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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:
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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, Rev. 6.8 to cut off from it man and beast?
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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.
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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.
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