Eze 14 | ABEn | STEP | And there came to me men from the elders of the people of Israel, and they sat before my face.

‏ Ezekiel 14

CHAPTER 14 The Word against the False Prophets

1 And there came to me men from the elders of the people of Israel, and they sat before my face. 2 And came to pass the word of the lord to me, saying, 3 Son of man, these men set their thoughts in their hearts, and [²the ³punishment ⁴of their iniquities ¹set] before their face. Shall in answering I answer them, no. 4 On account of this, speak to them! And you shall say to them, Thus says Adonai the lord; A man, a man from out of the house of Israel who ever should put his considerations upon his heart, and [²punishment ³for his iniquities ¹should arrange] before his face, and should come to the false prophet; I the lord will answer him by them, in the things which are within in his mind, 5 so that he should bend away the house of Israel according to their hearts, the ones being separated from me in their thoughts. 6 Because of this, say to the house of Israel! Thus says Adonai the lord; Turn and turn away from your practices, and from all [²impious deeds ¹your], and turn your faces! 7 For a man, a man from the house of Israel, and from the foreigners of the ones converting in Israel, who ever should separate from me, and set his thoughts upon his heart, and [²punishment ³for his iniquities ¹should arrange] before his face, and should come to the false prophet to ask him concerning me, I the lord will answer to him in the things which he presses in them. 8 And I will firmly fix my face against that man, and I will appoint him for a desolate place and for extinction, and I will lift him away from the midst of my people; and you shall realize that I am the lord. 9 And the prophet, if he should be mislead and should say a word, I the lord have misled that prophet; and I will stretch out my hand against him, and I will remove him from out of the midst of my people Israel. 10 And they shall bear their iniquity according to the offence of the one asking; likewise also the offence of the prophet it will be; 11 so that [³should not ⁴be misled ⁵still ¹the house ²of Israel] from me; and that they should not be defiled still in all their transgressions; and they will be to me for a people, and I will be to them for God, says Adonai the lord.

Noah, Daniel, and Job

12 And [³came ¹the word ²of the lord] to me, saying, 13 O son of man, a land, if it should sin against me to fall into transgression, then I shall stretch out my hand against it, and I will break its reliance on bread, and I will send upon it famine, and I will lift away [⁴from ⁵it ¹man ²and ³beast]. 14 And if [⁴might be ²three ³men ¹these] in the midst of it, Noah, and Daniel, and Job, these in their righteousness shall be delivered, says Adonai the lord. 15 And if [³wild beasts ²ferocious ¹I bring] upon the land, and punish it, and it shall be for extinction, and there shall not be one traveling through because of the countenance of the wild beasts, 16 and [²three ³men ¹these] were in the midst of it; as I live, says Adonai the lord, shall sons or daughters be delivered, no. Only these alone shall be delivered, but the land will be for ruin. 17 Or even [³a broadsword ¹if ²I bring] against that land, and I should say, Let the broadsword go through the land! and I shall lift away from out of them man and beast. 18 And if [²three ³men ¹these] were in the midst of it, as I live, says Adonai the lord, that in no way shall [⁴be rescued ¹sons ²nor ³daughters], but these alone shall be delivered. 19 Or also [³a plague ¹if ²I should send] as a successor upon that land, and I shall pour out my rage upon it in blood, to utterly destroy from out of it man and beast, 20 and Noah, and Daniel, and Job be in the midst of it, as I live, says Adonai the lord, neither sons or daughters shall be delivered, but they in their righteousness shall rescue their souls. 21 Thus says Adonai the lord; But if also [²four ³punishments ¹my] -- the ferocious broadsword, and famine, and [²wild beasts ¹ferocious], and plague, I should send out upon Jerusalem to utterly destroy from out of it man and beast; 22 and behold, these being left behind in it -- the ones escaping from it, the ones who shall lead out of it sons and daughters; behold, they shall go forth to you, and you shall see their ways, and their thoughts; and you shall be repentant over the hurts which I brought upon Jerusalem, for all which I brought upon it. 23 That they shall comfort you, because you shall see theirs ways and their thoughts. and you shall realize that [²not ⁵in vain ¹I have ³done ⁴all] as much as I did by it, says Adonai the lord.