ABP - Ezekiel - 14

14:1  And there came to me men from the elders of the people of Israel, and they sat before my face.

14:2  And came to pass the word of the lord to me, saying,

14:3  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.

14:4  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,

14:5  so that he should bend away the house of Israel according to their hearts, the ones being separated from me in their thoughts.

14:6  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!

14:7  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.

14:8  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.

14:9  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.

14:10  And they shall bear their iniquity according to the offence of the one asking; likewise also the offence of the prophet it will be;

14:11  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.

14:12  And [3came 1the word 2of the lord] to me, saying,

14:13  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].

14:14  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.

14:15  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,

14:16  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.

14:17  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.

14:18  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.

14:19  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,

14:20  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.

14:21  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;

14:22  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.

14:23  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.