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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Ezekiel 14 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/ezekiel/14.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">A Prophecy against Idolatry</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/14-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Later, some men from the elders of Israel came to visit me. After they had sat down in my presence, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/14-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>this message came to me from the LORD.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/14-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“Son of Man, these men have taken idols into their hearts. They’ve placed the stumbling block that is their own iniquity right in front of their faces. Should I be consulted by them at all? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/14-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Therefore, speak up and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says, “Every person from Israel’s house who follows his idols and sets the stumbling block that is his own sin in front of his face, and then consults a prophet, I the LORD will answer him according to how many idols he embraces. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/14-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I’ll do this in order to capture the hearts of Israel’s house who have become alienated from me due to all of their idols.”’”</p> <p class="heading">An Exhortation to Turn Away</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/14-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“Therefore you are to tell Israel’s house, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says, “Turn away! Turn away from your idols, and abandon your detestable practices! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/14-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For when a native Israeli or a resident alien abandons me to set up idols in his heart behind my back, and then places the stumbling block of his iniquity right in front of his own face, then approaches a prophet to inquire of me on behalf of his own self-interest, I, the LORD will answer him myself. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/14-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I’m determined to oppose that person<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:8 Lit. man">a</a></span> and make him an example. Proverbs will be written about him<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:8 The Heb. lacks will be written abut him">b</a></span> when I eliminate him from my people. Then you’ll know that I am the LORD.”’”</p> <p class="heading">On False Prophets</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/14-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Now as to the prophet, if through deceit he delivers a message, I the LORD have deceived that prophet! I’ll reach out in opposition to him and exterminate him from among my people Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/14-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>They’ll bear the consequences of their guilt, and the prophet will be just as guilty as the one who seeks that prophet’s guidance. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/14-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then Israel’s house won’t wander away from me again, nor will they defile themselves again with all their transgressions. They’ll become my people and I’ll be their God,” declares the Lord GOD.</p> <p class="heading">On Noah, Daniel, and Job</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/14-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>This message came to me from the LORD: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/14-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“Son of Man, when a nation<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:13 Lit. land">c</a></span> sins against me by a treacherous act,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:13 Lit. nation acts treacherously by a treacherous act">d</a></span> I’ll reach out to oppose it, destroying its source of food,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:13 Lit. will break in pieces its staff of bread.">e</a></span> by sending famine against it, and by destroying both people and beast within it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/14-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Though these three men, Noah, Daniel,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:14 cf. Eze 28:3">f</a></span> and Job lived in that land, they would only save their own lives on account of their righteousness,” declares the Lord GOD.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/14-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“If I were to make wild animals pass throughout the land, so that they kill its residents<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:15 Lit. children">g</a></span> and it were to become desolate because no one will travel through it due to those wild animals,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:15 Lit. in the face of living beings">h</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/14-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>then even though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord GOD, “they wouldn’t be able to deliver even their sons or daughters. They would only save themselves, but the land would become desolate.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/14-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Or if I were to bring war to<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:17 Lit. bring a sword against">i</a></span> that land and say, ‘Hey, sword! Pass throughout the land so I can destroy both man and beasts in it,’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/14-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>though these three men lived there, as I live,” declares the Lord GOD, “they couldn’t deliver their own sons and daughters. They would only save themselves.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/14-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“Or if I were to send a pestilence against that land and pour out my anger in it with bloodshed, destroying both man and beast in it, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/14-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were among them, as I live” says the Lord GOD, “they couldn’t save their own sons or daughters. They would only save their own souls due to their own righteousness.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/14-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>This is what the Lord GOD says, “I’m sending four of my most destructive judgments—military invasion,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:21 Lit. judgments—the sword">j</a></span> famine, wild animals, and pestilence—into Jerusalem to destroy both human beings and livestock in it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/14-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But look! There will be a remnant who escapes, a few sons and daughters to be brought out. Look! They’ll come out to you and you’ll see how they’ve lived and what they’ve done, and you’ll be comforted concerning the catastrophe that I brought on Jerusalem, including everything that I brought against her. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/14-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>They’ll comfort you when you see how they’ve lived and what they’ve done, because you’ll know for certain that I haven’t done anything that I’ve done against them without any reason,”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:23 Or cause">k</a></span> declares the Lord GOD.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 14:8 Lit. <i>man</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 14:8 The Heb. lacks <i>will be written abut him</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 14:13 Lit. <i>land</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 14:13 Lit. <i>nation acts treacherously by a treacherous act</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 14:13 Lit. will break<i> in pieces its staff of bread.</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 14:14 cf. 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