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Ezekiel 14
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Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. |
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| 14:2
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, |
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| 14:3
Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the
stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of
at all by them? |
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| 14:4
Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and
putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to
the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the
multitude of his idols; |
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| 14:5
That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are
all estranged from me through their idols. |
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| 14:6
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent,
and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your
abominations. |
(14:6-8)
And ye shall no that I am the Lord."
God again vows to destroy those that dare
worship something or someone other than him.
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| 14:7
For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth
in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his
heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and
cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer
him by myself: |
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| 14:8
And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a
proverb, and I will cut
him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. |
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| 14:9
And if the prophet be
deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that
prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy
him from the midst of my people Israel. |
"I the LORD have deceived that
prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy
him."
God deceives some of his prophets and then kills them for believing his lies.
Does God lie?
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| 14:10
And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of
the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;
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| 14:11
That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be
polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my
people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD. |
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| 14:12
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, |
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| 14:13
Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously,
then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the
bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast
from it: |
(14:13, 15, 17, 19, 21)
When really bad things happen
(like you get eaten by wild beasts, get killed in war, get sick and die, etc.),
then you'll know that it was God that did it to you.
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| 14:14
Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should
deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD. |
(14:14, 20)
" Noah, Daniel, and Job ... by their righteousness"
Has there ever been a righteous person?
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| 14:15
If I cause noisome
beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate,
that no man may pass through because of the beasts: |
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| 14:16
Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they
shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but
the land shall be desolate. |
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| 14:17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land;
so that I cut off man and beast from it: |
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| 14:18
Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they
shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered
themselves. |
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Or if I send a
pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off
from it man and beast: |
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Though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD,
they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their
own souls by their righteousness. |
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| 14:21
For thus saith the Lord
GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the
sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off
from it man and beast? |
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| 14:22
Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth,
both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye
shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning
the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have
brought upon it. |
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| 14:23
And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and
ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it,
saith the Lord GOD.
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