Ezekiel 14:8-17

Idolatrous Elders Condemned

8 And n I will set my face against that man; I o will make him a sign and a byword n and cut him off from the midst of my people, p and you shall know that I am the Lord. 9 And if the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, q I, the Lord, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. 10 And they shall bear their punishment 1 - the punishment of the prophet and the punishment of the inquirer shall be alike - 11 that the house of Israel may no more go astray from me, nor r defile themselves anymore with all their transgressions, s but that they may be my people and I may be their God, declares the Lord God."

Jerusalem Will Not Be Spared

12 And the word of the Lord came to me: 13 t "Son of man, when a land sins against me u by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out my hand against it and v break its supply 2 of bread and send famine upon it, and w cut off from it man and beast, 14 x even if these three men, y Noah, z Daniel, and a Job, were in it, b they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord God.

15 c "If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, d and it be made desolate, so that no one may pass through because of the beasts, 16 even if these three men were in it, e as I live, declares the Lord God, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters. They alone would be delivered, but f the land would be desolate.

17 "Or g if I bring a sword upon that land and say, Let a sword pass through the land, h and I cut off from it man and beast,

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 15:7
    And I will set my face against them. Though they escape from the fire, the fire shall yet consume them, and you will know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.
    Leviticus 17:10
    If any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn among them eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people.
    Jeremiah 44:11
    Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for harm, to cut off all Judah.
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 15:7
    And I will set my face against them. Though they escape from the fire, the fire shall yet consume them, and you will know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.
    Leviticus 17:10
    If any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn among them eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people.
    Jeremiah 44:11
    Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for harm, to cut off all Judah.
  3. Cross References
    Ezekiel 5:15
    You shall be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror, to the nations all around you, when I execute judgments on you in anger and fury, and with furious rebukes - I am the Lord ; I have spoken -
    Deuteronomy 28:37
    And you shall become a horror, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the Lord will lead you away.
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 6:7
    And the slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
  5. Cross References
    1 Kings 22:23
    Now therefore behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; the Lord has declared disaster for you.
  6. Cross References
    Ezekiel 37:23
    They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But I will save them from all the backslidings in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
  7. Cross References
    Ezekiel 11:20
    That they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
  8. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:1
    And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
  9. Cross References
    Ezekiel 15:8
    And I will make the land desolate, because they have acted faithlessly, declares the Lord God.
    Ezekiel 17:20
    I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon and enter into judgment with him there for the treachery he has committed against me.
    Ezekiel 18:24
    But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live? None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die.
    Ezekiel 20:27
    Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel and say to them, Thus says the Lord God : In this also your fathers blasphemed me, by dealing treacherously with me.
    2 Chronicles 36:14
    All the officers of the priests and the people likewise were exceedingly unfaithful, following all the abominations of the nations. And they polluted the house of the Lord that he had made holy in Jerusalem.
  10. Cross References
    Ezekiel 4:16
    Moreover, he said to me, "Son of man, behold, I will break the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water by measure and in dismay.
  11. Cross References
    Ezekiel 14:17
    Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, Let a sword pass through the land, and I cut off from it man and beast.
    Ezekiel 14:19
    Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out my wrath upon it with blood, to cut off from it man and beast.
    Ezekiel 14:21
    For thus says the Lord God : How much more when I send upon Jerusalem my four disastrous acts of judgment, sword, famine, wild beasts, and pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!
  12. Cross References
    Jeremiah 15:1
    Then the Lord said to me, "Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go!
  13. Cross References
    Genesis 6:9
    These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.
  14. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:3
    You are indeed wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you.
    Daniel 9:23
    At the beginning of your pleas for mercy a word went out, and I have come to tell it to you, for you are greatly loved. Therefore consider the word and understand the vision.
  15. Cross References
    Job 1:1
    There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
  16. Cross References
    Ezekiel 3:19
    But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.
  17. Cross References
    Ezekiel 5:17
    I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will rob you of your children. Pestilence and blood shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword upon you. I am the Lord ; I have spoken.
  18. Cross References
    Ezekiel 6:6
    Wherever you dwell, the cities shall be waste and the high places ruined, so that your altars will be waste and ruined, your idols broken and destroyed, your incense altars cut down, and your works wiped out.
    Ezekiel 12:20
    And the inhabited cities shall be laid waste, and the land shall become a desolation; and you shall know that I am the Lord.
  19. Cross References
    Ezekiel 5:11
    Therefore, as I live, declares the Lord God, surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will withdraw. My eye will not spare, and I will have no pity.
  20. Cross References
    Ezekiel 6:14
    And I will stretch out my hand against them and make the land desolate and waste, in all their dwelling places, from the wilderness to Riblah. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
  21. Cross References
    Ezekiel 21:3 - 4
    And say to the land of Israel, Thus says the Lord : Behold, I am against you and will draw my sword from its sheath and will cut off from you both righteous and wicked.
    Ezekiel 21:9
    Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord, say: "A sword, a sword is sharpened and also polished.
    Leviticus 26:25
    And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute vengeance for the covenant. And if you gather within your cities, I will send pestilence among you, and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
    Jeremiah 47:6 - 7
    Ah, sword of the Lord! How long till you are quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard; rest and be still!
  22. Cross References
    Ezekiel 14:13
    Son of man, when a land sins against me by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out my hand against it and break its supply of bread and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast.
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