Ezekiel · Berean Standard Bible
Ezekiel 14 Berean Standard Bible
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1 Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me.
1 Then some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me.
2 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
3 “Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I consult with them in any way?
3 “Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face. Should I be inquired of at all by them?
4 Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him according to his great idolatry,
4 Therefore speak to them and tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Every man of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face then comes to the prophet, I Yahweh will answer him there according to the multitude of his idols,
5 so that I may take hold of the hearts of the people of Israel. For because of their idols, they are all estranged from Me.’
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 tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your abominations.
6 “Therefore tell the house of Israel, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Return, and turn yourselves from your idols! Turn away your faces from all your abominations.
7 For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.
7 “‘“For everyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live in Israel, who separates himself from me and takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet to inquire for himself of me, I Yahweh will answer him by myself.
8 I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
8 I will set my face against that man and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from among my people. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.
9 But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.
9 “‘“If the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, I, Yahweh, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand on him, and will destroy him from among my people Israel.
10 They will bear their punishment—the punishment of the inquirer will be the same as that of the prophet—
10 They will bear their iniquity. The iniquity of the prophet will be even as the iniquity of him who seeks him,
11 in order that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Then they will be My people and I will be their God, declares the Lord GOD.’”
11 that the house of Israel may no more go astray from me, neither defile themselves any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God,” says the Lord Yahweh.’”
12 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
12 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
13 “Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,
13 “Son of man, when a land sins against me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out my hand on it, and break the staff of its bread and send famine on it, and cut off from it man and animal—
14 then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.
14 though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only their own souls by their righteousness,” says the Lord Yahweh.
15 Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts,
15 “If I cause evil animals to pass through the land, and they ravage it and it is made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the animals—
16 then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.
16 though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “they would deliver neither sons nor daughters. They only would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.
17 Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,
17 “Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, ‘Sword, go through the land, so that I cut off from it man and animal’—
18 then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered.
18 though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only would be delivered themselves.
19 Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath upon it through bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast,
19 “Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath on it in blood, to cut off from it man and animal—
20 then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.
20 though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver only their own souls by their righteousness.”
21 For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?
21 For the Lord Yahweh says: “How much more when I send my four severe judgments on Jerusalem—the sword, the famine, the evil animals, and the pestilence—to cut off from it man and animal!
22 Yet, behold, some survivors will be left in it—sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their conduct and actions, you will be comforted regarding the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem—all that I have brought upon it.
22 Yet, behold, there will be left a remnant in it that will be carried out, both sons and daughters. Behold, they will come out to you, and you will see their way and their doings. Then you will be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought on it.
23 They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
23 They will comfort you, when you see their way and their doings; then you will know that I have not done all that I have done in it without cause,” says the Lord Yahweh.
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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)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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 …
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… 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)