LEB - Ezekiel - 14

14:1  And men from the elders of Israel came to me, and they sat ⌞before me⌟.

14:2  And the word of Yahweh ⌞came⌟ to me, ⌞saying⌟,

14:3  “Son of man, these men took up their idols into their heart and ⌞they placed before themselves⌟ a stumbling block of their guilt. ⌞Should I really let myself be consulted by them⌟?

14:4  Therefore speak with them, and you must say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Every person from the house of Israel who brings up his idols into his heart and ⌞places before himself⌟ a stumbling block of his guilt and yet he comes to the prophet, I Yahweh, I will respond to him through this act with respect to the multitude of his idols,

14:5  so that I may take hold of the house of Israel by their heart, those who are estranged from me, all of them, through their idols.’

14:6  Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Return, and turn away from your idols and from all of your detestable things! Turn away your faces!” ’

14:7  For ⌞each person⌟ from the house of Israel, and from the alien who dwells as an alien in Israel, who separates himself ⌞from following me⌟ and brings up his idols into his heart and ⌞places before himself⌟ a stumbling block of his guilt, and yet he comes to the prophet to consult him concerning me, I Yahweh will answer him myself.

14:8  And I will set my face against that person, and I will make him to be a sign and make him into the subject of proverbs; and I will cut him off from the midst of my people, and you will know I am Yahweh.

14:9  And the prophet, if he is deceived and he speaks a word, I Yahweh, I have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him, and I will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

14:10  And they will bear their guilt, like the guilt of the inquirer so the guilt of the prophet will be,

14:11  so that the house of Israel will not go astray again ⌞from me⌟, and they will not make themselves unclean again with all of their transgressions, and they will be for me a people, and I will be for them as God,” ⌞declares⌟ the Lord Yahweh.

14:12  And the word of Yahweh ⌞came⌟ to me, ⌞saying⌟,

14:13  “Son of man, when a land sins against me by ⌞acting very unfaithfully⌟, then I will stretch out my hand against it, and I will break for it the ⌞supply of food⌟, and I will send against it famine, and I will cut it off, both human and animal.

14:14  And if even the three of these men were in the midst of it—Noah, Daniel, and Job—they, through their righteousness, would save only ⌞themselves⌟!” ⌞declares⌟ the Lord Yahweh.

14:15  “If a fierce animal I should let cross through the land, and it should make it childless and it will be a desolation, so that there will not be one crossing over the land ⌞due to⌟ the presence of the animal,

14:16  even if these three men were in the midst of it, ⌞as surely as I live⌟,” ⌞declares⌟ the Lord Yahweh, “surely they will not save sons and daughters; ⌞they themselves alone⌟, they will be saved, but the land will be a desolation.

14:17  Or, if I bring a sword over that land, and I say, ‘Sword, let it cross over into the land!’ And I will cut off from it both human and animal.

14:18  And if these three men were in the midst of it, ⌞as surely as I live⌟,” ⌞declares⌟ the Lord Yahweh, “they will not save sons and daughters, but ⌞they alone⌟ will be saved.

14:19  And if I were to send a plague to that land, and I pour out my rage on it with blood to cut it off, both human and animal,

14:20  and if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in the midst of her, ⌞as surely as I live⌟,” ⌞declares⌟ the Lord Yahweh, “surely not a son, surely not a daughter will they save by their righteousness; they would save ⌞themselves⌟.”

14:21  For thus says the Lord Yahweh: “How much more when I send my four punishments—the evil sword, and famine, and a fierce animal, and a plague—to Jerusalem to cut it off, both human and animal!

14:22  But look! A remnant will be left over in it, sons and daughters ⌞who will be brought out⌟. Look! They are coming out to you, and you will see their way, and with their deeds you will be consoled with respect to the evil that I brought over Jerusalem, all of it that I brought over it.

14:23  And they will console you when you see their way and their deeds, and you will know that not for nothing I did all that I did in it,” ⌞declares⌟ the Lord Yahweh.