Ezekiel · Bible in Basic English
Ezekiel 14 Bible in Basic English
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1 Then certain of the responsible men of Israel came to me and took their seats before me.
1 Y VINIERON á mí algunos de los ancianos de Israel, y sentáronse delante de mí.
2 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 Y fué á mí palabra de Jehová, diciendo:
3 Son of man, these men have taken their false gods into their hearts and put before their faces the sin which is the cause of their fall: am I to give ear when they come to me for directions?
3 Hijo del hombre, estos hombres han puesto sus ídolos en su corazón, y establecido el tropiezo de su maldad delante de su rostro: ¿acaso he de ser yo verdaderamente consultado por ellos?
4 For this cause say to them, These are the words of the Lord: Every man of Israel who has taken his false god into his heart, and put before his face the sin which is the cause of his fall, and comes to the prophet; I the Lord will give him an answer by myself in agreement with the number of his false gods;
4 Háblales por tanto, y diles: Así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: Cualquier hombre de la casa de Israel que hubiere puesto sus ídolos en su corazón, y establecido el tropiezo de su maldad delante de su rostro, y viniere al profeta, yo Jehová responderé al que viniere en la multitud de sus ídolos;
5 So as to take the children of Israel in the thoughts of their hearts, because they have become strange to me through their false gods.
5 Para tomar á la casa de Israel en su corazón, que se han apartado de mí todos ellos en sus ídolos.
6 For this cause say to the children of Israel, These are the words of the Lord: Come back and give up your false gods and let your faces be turned from your disgusting things.
6 Por tanto di á la casa de Israel: Así dice el Señor Jehová: Convertíos, y volveos de vuestros ídolos, y apartad vuestro rostro de todas vuestras abominaciones.
7 When any one of the men of Israel, or of those from other lands who are living in Israel, who has become strange to me, and takes his false gods into his heart, and puts before his face the sin which is the cause of his fall, comes to the prophet to get directions from me; I the Lord will give him an answer by myself:
7 Porque cualquier hombre de la casa de Israel, y de los extranjeros que moran en Israel, que se hubiere apartado de andar en pos de mí, y hubiere puesto sus ídolos en su corazón, y establecido delante de su rostro el tropiezo de su maldad, y viniere al profeta para preguntarle por mí, yo Jehová le responderé por mí mismo:
8 And my face will be turned against that man, and I will make him a sign and a common saying, cutting him off from among my people; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
8 Y pondré mi rostro contra aquel hombre, y le pondré por señal y por fábula, y yo lo cortaré de entre mi pueblo; y sabréis que yo soy Jehová.
9 And if the prophet, tricked by deceit, says anything, it is I the Lord by whom he has been tricked, and I will put out my hand against him, and he will be cut off from among my people Israel.
9 Y el profeta, cuando fuere engañado y hablare palabra, yo Jehová engañé al tal profeta; y extenderé mi mano sobre él, y raeréle de en medio de mi pueblo de Israel.
10 And the punishment of their sin will be on them: the sin of the prophet will be the same as the sin of him who goes to him for directions;
10 Y llevarán su maldad: como la maldad del que pregunta, así será la maldad del profeta;
11 So that the children of Israel may no longer go wandering away from me, or make themselves unclean with all their wrongdoing; but they will be my people, and I will be their God, says the Lord.
11 Para que no yerren más la casa de Israel de en pos de mí: ni más se contaminen en todas sus rebeliones, y me sean por pueblo, y yo les sea por Dios, dice el Señor Jehová.
12 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
12 Y fué á mí palabra de Jehová, diciendo:
13 Son of man, when a land, sinning against me, does wrong, and my hand is stretched out against it, and the support of its bread is broken, and I make it short of food, cutting off man and beast from it:
13 Hijo del hombre, cuando la tierra pecare contra mí rebelándose pérfidamente, y extendiere yo mi mano sobre ella, y le quebrantare el arrimo del pan, y enviare en ella hambre, y talare de ella hombres y bestias;
14 Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, only themselves would they keep safe by their righteousness, says the Lord.
14 Si estuvieren en medio de ella estos tres varones, Noé, Daniel, y Job, ellos por su justicia librarán su vida, dice el Señor Jehová.
15 Or if I send evil beasts through the land causing destruction and making it waste, so that no man may go through because of the beasts:
15 Y si hiciere pasar malas bestias por la tierra, y la asolaren, y fuere desolada que no haya quien pase á causa de las bestias,
16 Even if these three men were in it, by my life, says the Lord, they would not keep safe their sons or daughters, but only themselves, and the land would be made waste.
16 Y estos tres varones estuvieren en medio de ella, vivo yo, dice el Señor Jehová, ni á sus hijos ni á sus hijas librarán; ellos solos serán libres, y la tierra será asolada.
17 Or if I send a sword against that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, cutting off from it man and beast:
17 O si yo trajere espada sobre la tierra, y dijere: Espada, pasa por la tierra; é hiciere talar de ella hombres y bestias,
18 Even if these three men were in it, by my life, says the Lord, they would not keep safe their sons or daughters, but only themselves.
18 Y estos tres varones estuvieren en medio de ella, vivo yo, dice el Señor Jehová, no librarán sus hijos ni sus hijas; ellos solos serán libres.
19 Or if I send disease into that land, letting loose my wrath on it in blood, cutting off from it man and beast:
19 O si pestilencia enviare sobre esa tierra, y derramare mi ira sobre ella en sangre, para talar de ella hombres y bestias,
20 Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, by my life, says the Lord, they would not keep son or daughter safe; only themselves would they keep safe through their righteousness.
20 Y estuvieren en medio de ella Noé, Daniel, y Job, vivo yo, dice el Señor Jehová, no librarán hijo ni hija; ellos por su justicia librarán su vida.
21 For this is what the Lord has said: How much more when I send my four bitter punishments on Jerusalem, the sword and need of food and evil beasts and disease, cutting off from it man and beast?
21 Por lo cual así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: ¿Cuánto más, si mis cuatro malos juicios, espada, y hambre, y mala bestia, y pestilencia, enviare contra Jerusalem, para talar de ella hombres y bestias?
22 But truly, there will still be a small band who will be safe, even sons and daughters: and they will come out to you, and you will see their ways and their doings: and you will be comforted about the evil which I have sent on Jerusalem, even about everything I have sent on it.
22 Sin embargo, he aquí quedarán en ella algunos residuos, hijos é hijas, que serán llevados fuera: he aquí que ellos entrarán á vosotros, y veréis su camino y sus hechos; y tomaréis consolación del mal que hice venir sobre Jerusalem, de todas las cosas que traje sobre ella.
23 They will give you comfort when you see their ways and their doings: and you will be certain that not for nothing have I done all the things I have done in it, says the Lord.
23 Y consolaros han cuando viereis su camino y sus hechos, y conoceréis que no sin causa hice todo lo que habré hecho en ella, dice el Señor Jehová.
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Daniel
A young man of Judah taken to Babylon, renamed Belteshazzar, who interpreted dreams and visions and served the kings of Babylon and Persia.
Cited in the guide: Ezekiel 14:14; Daniel 1:6; Daniel 1:7
Cross references (21)
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- 1 Ezekiel 8:1; 2 Kings 6:32; Isaiah 29:13; Ezekiel 20:1; Ezekiel 33:31
- 2 Amos 3:7; 1 Kings 14:4
- 3 Ezekiel 14:7; Ezekiel 7:19; Ezekiel 20:16; Ezekiel 20:3; Isaiah 1:15
- 4 Ezekiel 14:7; Isaiah 66:4; Ezekiel 3:17–21; Isaiah 3:11; 2 Kings 1:16
- 5 Isaiah 1:4; Zechariah 11:8; Ezekiel 14:9–10; Jeremiah 2:11–13; Deuteronomy 32:15–16
- 6 Ezekiel 18:30; James 4:8–10; Lamentations 3:39–41; Ezekiel 36:31–32; Isaiah 30:22
- 7 Exodus 12:48; Isaiah 58:1–2; Leviticus 24:22; Hosea 4:14; Jeremiah 37:1–3
- 8 Ezekiel 15:7; Jeremiah 44:11; Ezekiel 5:15; Leviticus 17:10; Isaiah 65:15
- 9 Ezekiel 20:25; Jeremiah 4:10; Isaiah 9:21; Jeremiah 14:15; Isaiah 63:16
- 10 Ezekiel 23:49; Jeremiah 8:11–12; Micah 7:9; Jeremiah 14:15; Deuteronomy 17:2–7
- 11 Ezekiel 37:23; Ezekiel 48:11; Ezekiel 44:10; Revelation 21:7; Jeremiah 11:4
- 13 Ezekiel 4:16; Leviticus 26:26; Isaiah 3:1; Ezekiel 14:21; Ezekiel 15:8
- 14 Ezekiel 14:20; Jeremiah 15:1; Ezekiel 28:3; Genesis 7:1; Job 1:1
- 15 Ezekiel 5:17; Leviticus 26:22; Jeremiah 15:3; 2 Kings 17:25; 1 Kings 20:36
- 16 Genesis 19:29; Job 22:20; Ezekiel 14:14; Ezekiel 14:18; Acts 27:24
- 17 Ezekiel 21:3–4; Leviticus 26:25; Zephaniah 1:3; Ezekiel 5:12; Jeremiah 47:6
- 19 Ezekiel 38:22; Jeremiah 14:12; 2 Samuel 24:15; Ezekiel 7:8; Ezekiel 5:12
- 20 Ezekiel 14:14; 1 John 3:10; 1 John 3:7; Acts 10:35; Isaiah 3:10
- 21 Ezekiel 33:27; Ezekiel 5:17; Ezekiel 14:17; Ezekiel 14:15; Ezekiel 14:13
- 22 Ezekiel 12:16; Ezekiel 20:43; Hebrews 12:6–11; Jeremiah 30:11; Jeremiah 4:27
- 23 Jeremiah 22:8–9; Revelation 16:6; Ezekiel 8:6–18; Ezekiel 9:8–9; Revelation 15:4
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"Though Moses himself and Samuel stood before me," I would not receive their supplication for these men." Yea, if it be Ezekiel who entreats, he will be told, "Though Noah stand forth, and Job, and Daniel, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters." Though the patriarch Abraham be supplicating for them that are most incurably diseased, and change not, God …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… at the doors, whether he be old or young; and it is not possible for men after they have gone hence, either to buy oil any more, or to obtain pardon by prayers, though he that entreats be Abraham, or Noah, or Job, or Daniel. While then we have opportunity, let us store up for ourselves beforehand much confidence, let …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)