Ezekiel 14:12-14

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 ₁ 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.

1. Cross References
   Ezekiel 2:1
   And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
   
2. 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.
   
3. 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.
   
4. 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!
   
5. 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!
   
6. Cross References
   Genesis 6:9
   These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.
   
7. 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.
   
8. 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.
   
9. 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.