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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Ezekiel 14 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ezekiel/14.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ezekiel/14-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Ezekiel 14</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezekiel/13.htm" title="Ezekiel 13">◄</a> Ezekiel 14 <a href="../ezekiel/15.htm" title="Ezekiel 15">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Ezekiel Encourages the People To Turn Back to the <span class="nd">Lord</span></h3><p class="par"><span class="v26_14_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.14.1" class="v26_14_1">1</span>One day, some of Israel's leaders came to me and asked for a message from the <span class="nd">Lord</span>. </span><span class="v26_14_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.14.2" class="v26_14_2">2</span>While they were there, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> said:</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v26_14_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.14.3" class="v26_14_3">3</span>Ezekiel, son of man, these men have started worshiping idols, though they know it will cause them to sin even more. So I refuse to give them a message!</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v26_14_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.14.4" class="v26_14_4">4</span>Tell the people of Israel that if they sin by worshiping idols and then go to a prophet to find out what I say, I will give them the answer their sins deserve. </span><span class="v26_14_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.14.5" class="v26_14_5">5</span>When they hear my message, maybe they will see that they need to turn back to me and stop worshiping those idols.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v26_14_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.14.6" class="v26_14_6">6</span>Now, Ezekiel, tell everyone in Israel:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v26_14_6">I am the <span class="nd">Lord</span> God. Stop worshiping those idols I hate so much and come back to me.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v26_14_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.14.7" class="v26_14_7">7</span>Suppose one of you Israelites or a foreigner living in Israel rejects me and starts worshiping idols. If you then go to a prophet to find out what I say, I will answer </span><span class="v26_14_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.14.8" class="v26_14_8">8</span>by turning against you. I will make you a warning to anyone who might think of doing the same thing, and you will no longer belong to my people. Then you will know that I am the <span class="nd">Lord</span> and that you have sinned against me.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v26_14_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.14.9" class="v26_14_9">9</span>If a prophet gives a false message, I am the one who caused that prophet to lie. But I will still reject him and cut him off from my people, </span><span class="v26_14_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.14.10" class="v26_14_10">10</span>and anyone who goes to that prophet for a message will be punished in the same way. </span><span class="v26_14_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.14.11" class="v26_14_11">11</span>I will do this, so that you will come back to me and stop destroying yourselves with these disgusting sins. So turn back to me! Then I will be your God, and you will be my people. I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> God, make this promise.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Judgment on a Sinful Nation</h3><p class="par"><span class="v26_14_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.14.12" class="v26_14_12">12</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> God said:</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v26_14_13"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.14.13" class="v26_14_13">13</span>Ezekiel, son of man, suppose an entire nation sins against me, and I punish it by destroying the crops and letting its people and livestock starve to death. </span><span class="v26_14_14"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.14.14" class="v26_14_14">14</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ezek.14.14!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Even if Noah, Daniel,<a href="#fn" id="link_Ezek.14.14!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and Job were living in that nation, their faithfulness would not save anyone but themselves.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v26_14_15"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.14.15" class="v26_14_15">15</span>Or suppose I punish a nation by sending wild animals to eat people and scare away every passerby, so that the land becomes a barren desert. </span><span class="v26_14_16"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.14.16" class="v26_14_16">16</span>As surely as I live, I promise that even if these three men lived in that nation, their own children would not be spared. The three men would live, but the land would be an empty desert.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v26_14_17"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.14.17" class="v26_14_17">17</span>Or suppose I send an enemy to attack a sinful nation and kill its people and livestock. </span><span class="v26_14_18"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.14.18" class="v26_14_18">18</span>If these three men were in that nation when I punished it, not even their children would be spared. Only the three men would live.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v26_14_19"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.14.19" class="v26_14_19">19</span>And suppose I am so angry that I send a deadly disease to wipe out the people and livestock of a sinful nation. </span><span class="v26_14_20"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.14.20" class="v26_14_20">20</span>Again, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were living there, I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, promise that the children of these faithful men would also die. Only the three of them would be spared.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v26_14_21"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.14.21" class="v26_14_21">21</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ezek.14.21!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> I am the <span class="nd">Lord</span> God, and I promise to punish Jerusalem severely. I will send war, starvation, wild animals, and deadly disease to slaughter its people and livestock. </span><span class="v26_14_22"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.14.22" class="v26_14_22">22</span>And those who survive will be taken from their country and led here to Babylonia. Ezekiel, when you see how sinful they are, you will know why I did all these things to Jerusalem. </span><span class="v26_14_23"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.14.23" class="v26_14_23">23</span>You will be convinced that I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> God, was right in doing what I did.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">14.14 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Daniel: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “Danel,” possibly a well-known hero or wise man.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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