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Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 14

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Ezekiel 14 NASB - New American Standard BibleEzekiel 14 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 14 of Ezekiel—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Then some 1elders of Israel came to me and 2sat down before me.
  2. And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  3. “Son of man, these men have 3set up their idols in their hearts and have 4put right before their faces the stumbling block of their iniquity. Should I be 5consulted by them at all?
  4. Therefore speak to them and tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord [a]GOD, “Any man of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, puts right before his face the stumbling block of his iniquity, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will be brought to give him an answer in [b]the matter in view of the 6multitude of his idols,
  5. in order to lay hold of [c]7the hearts of the house of Israel who are [d]8estranged from Me through all their idols.”’
  6. ¶ “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “9Repent and turn away from your idols and turn your faces away from all your 10abominations.
  7. For anyone of the house of Israel or of the 11immigrants who stay in Israel who separates himself from Me, sets up his idols in his heart, puts right before his face the stumbling block of his iniquity, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me for himself, 12I the LORD will be brought to answer him in My own person.
  8. I will 13set My face against that man and make him a 14sign and [e]a proverb, and I will cut him off from among My people. So you will know that I am the LORD.
  9. ¶ “But if the prophet is [f]prevailed upon to speak a word, it is I, the LORD, who have [g]prevailed upon that prophet, and I will stretch out My hand against him and 15destroy him from among My people Israel.
  10. They will bear the punishment of their iniquity; as the iniquity of the inquirer is, so the iniquity of the prophet will be,
  11. in order that the house of Israel may no longer 16stray from Me and no longer 17defile themselves with all their transgressions. Thus they will be 18My people, and I shall be their God,”’ declares the Lord GOD.”
  12. ¶ Then the word of the LORD came to me saying,
  13. “Son of man, if a country sins against Me by 19committing unfaithfulness, and I stretch out My hand against it, [h]destroy its 20supply of bread, send famine against it and cut off from it both man and beast,
  14. even 21though these three men, 22Noah, 23Daniel and 24Job were in its midst, by their own righteousness they could only deliver 25themselves,” declares the Lord GOD.
  15. “If I were to cause 26wild beasts to pass through the land and they [i]depopulated it, and it became desolate so that no one would pass through it because of the beasts,
  16. though these three men were in its midst, as I live,” declares the Lord GOD, “they could not deliver either their sons or their daughters. 27They alone would be delivered, but the country would be desolate.
  17. Or if I should 28bring a sword on that country and say, ‘Let the sword pass through the country and 29cut off man and beast from it,’
  18. even though these three men were in its midst, as I live,” declares the Lord GOD, “they could not deliver either their sons or their daughters, but they alone would be delivered.
  19. Or if I should send a 30plague against that country and pour out My wrath in blood on it to cut off man and beast from it,
  20. even though Noah, Daniel and Job were in its midst, as I live,” declares the Lord GOD, “they could not deliver either their son or their daughter. They would deliver only themselves by their righteousness.”
  21. ¶ For thus says the Lord GOD, “How much more when 31I send My four [j]severe judgments against Jerusalem: sword, famine, wild beasts and plague to cut off man and beast from it!
  22. Yet, behold, [k]survivors will be left in it who will be brought out, both sons and daughters. Behold, they are going to come forth to you and you will 32see their conduct and actions; then you will be 33comforted for the calamity which I have brought against Jerusalem for everything which I have brought upon it.
  23. Then they will comfort you when you see their conduct and actions, for you will know that I have not done 34in vain whatever I did [l]to it,” declares the Lord GOD.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  2. ^ Lit it
  3. ^ Lit their
  4. ^ Or all estranged from Me through their idols
  5. ^ Lit proverbs
  6. ^ Or enticed
  7. ^ Or enticed
  8. ^ Lit break the staff
  9. ^ Lit bereave of children
  10. ^ Lit evil
  11. ^ Lit escaped ones
  12. ^ Or in

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 2Ki 6:32; Eze 8:1; 20:1
  2. ^ Is 29:13; Eze 33:31, 32
  3. ^ Eze 20:16
  4. ^ Eze 7:19; 14:4, 7; Zp 1:3
  5. ^ Is 1:15; Je 11:11; Eze 20:3, 31
  6. ^ 1Ki 21:20-24; 2Ki 1:16; Is 66:4
  7. ^ Je 17:10; Zc 7:12
  8. ^ Is 1:4; Je 2:11; Zc 11:8
  9. ^ 1Sa 7:3; Ne 1:9; Is 2:20; 30:22; 55:6, 7; Eze 18:30
  10. ^ Eze 8:6; 14:4
  11. ^ Ex 12:48; 20:10
  12. ^ Eze 14:4
  13. ^ Je 44:11; Eze 15:7
  14. ^ Is 65:15; Eze 5:15
  15. ^ Je 6:14, 15; 14:15
  16. ^ Eze 44:10, 15; 48:11
  17. ^ Eze 11:18; 37:23
  18. ^ Eze 11:20; 34:30; 36:28
  19. ^ Eze 15:8; 20:27
  20. ^ Le 26:26; Is 3:1; Eze 4:16
  21. ^ Je 15:1
  22. ^ Ge 6:8; 7:1; Heb 11:7
  23. ^ Eze 28:3; Da 1:6; 9:21; 10:11
  24. ^ Jb 1:1, 5; 42:8, 9
  25. ^ Eze 16:18, 20; 18:20
  26. ^ Le 26:22; Nu 21:6; Eze 5:17; 14:21
  27. ^ Ge 19:29; Eze 18:20
  28. ^ Le 26:25; Eze 5:12; 21:3, 4
  29. ^ Eze 25:13; Zp 1:3
  30. ^ Je 14:12; Eze 5:12; 14:21
  31. ^ Eze 5:17; 33:27; Am 4:6-10; Re 6:8
  32. ^ Eze 12:16; 36:20
  33. ^ Eze 16:54; 31:16; 32:31
  34. ^ Je 22:8, 9

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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