Ezekiel:14

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* And there came certain of the elders of Israel unto me , and sat before me . * And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , * Son of man , these men have set up their idols in their heart , and put the stumbling-block of their iniquity before their face : should I be inquired of at all by them ? * Therefore speak to them , and say unto them , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart , and putteth the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face , and cometh to the prophet , I Jehovah will answer him according to this , according to the multitude of his idols : * that I may take the house of Israel by their own heart , because they are all estranged from me through their idols . * Therefore say unto the house of Israel , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Return ye , and turn yourselves from your idols ; and turn away your faces from all your abominations . * For every one of the house of Israel , or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel , who separateth himself from me , and setteth up his idols in his heart , and putteth the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face , and cometh to the prophet to inquire of me by him , I Jehovah will answer him by myself ; * and I will set my face against that man , and will make him desolate , [so that he shall be ] for a sign and for proverbs , and I will cut him off from the midst of my people : and ye shall know that I [am ] Jehovah . * And if the prophet be enticed and shall speak a word , I Jehovah have enticed that prophet ; and I will stretch out my hand against him , and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel . * And they shall bear their iniquity : the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of the inquirer ; * that the house of Israel may go no more astray from me , neither make themselves any more unclean with all their transgressions ; and they shall be my people , and I will be their God , saith the Lord Jehovah . * And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , * Son of man , when a land sinneth against me by working unfaithfulness , and I stretch out my hand upon it , and break the staff of the bread thereof , and send famine upon it , and cut off man and beast from it ; * though these three men , Noah , Daniel , and Job , should be in it , they should deliver [but ] their own souls by their righteousness , saith the Lord Jehovah . * If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land , and they bereave it , and it become a desolation , so that no one passeth through because of the beasts ; * -- though these three men should be in it , [as ] I live , saith the Lord Jehovah , they should deliver neither sons nor daughters : they only should be delivered , and the land should be a desolation . * Or [if ] I bring the sword upon that land , and say , Sword , go through the land , so that I cut off man and beast from it , * and these three men should be in it , [as ] I live , saith the Lord Jehovah , they should deliver neither sons nor daughters , but they only themselves should be delivered . * 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 , * and Noah , Daniel , and Job should be in it , [as ] I live , saith the Lord Jehovah , they should deliver neither son nor daughter : they should [but ] deliver their own souls by their righteousness . * For thus saith the Lord Jehovah : How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem , the sword , and the famine , and the evil beast , and the pestilence , to cut off from it man and beast ! * But behold , there shall be left in it those that escape , who shall be brought out of [it ], 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 , as to all that I have brought upon it . * And they shall comfort you , when ye see their way and their doings ; and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it , saith the Lord Jehovah .

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