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Text -- Ezekiel 14:9-23 (NET)
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14:9 “‘As for the prophet , if he is made a fool by being deceived into speaking a prophetic word – I , the Lord , have made a fool of that prophet , and I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel .
14:10 They will bear their punishment ; the punishment of the one who sought an oracle will be the same as the punishment of the prophet who gave it
14:11 so that the house of Israel will no longer go astray from me, nor continue to defile themselves by all their sins . They will be my people and I will be their God , declares the sovereign Lord .’”
14:12 The word of the Lord came to me:
14:13 “Son of man , suppose a country sins against me by being unfaithful , and I stretch out my hand against it, cut off its bread supply , cause famine to come on it, and kill both people and animals .
14:14 Even if these three men , Noah , Daniel , and Job , were in it , they would save only their own lives by their righteousness , declares the sovereign Lord .
14:15 “Suppose I were to send wild animals through the land and kill its children , leaving it desolate , without travelers due to the wild animals .
14:16 Even if these three men were in it , as surely as I live , declares the sovereign Lord , they could not save their own sons or daughters ; they would save only their own lives, and the land would become desolate .
14:17 “Or suppose I were to bring a sword against that land and say , ‘Let a sword pass through the land ,’ and I were to kill both people and animals .
14:18 Even if these three men were in it , as surely as I live , declares the sovereign Lord , they could not save their own sons or daughters – they would save only their own lives.
14:19 “Or suppose I were to send a plague into that land , and pour out my rage on it with bloodshed , killing both people and animals .
14:20 Even if Noah , Daniel , and Job were in it , as surely as I live , declares the sovereign Lord , they could not save their own son or daughter ; they would save only their own lives by their righteousness .
14:21 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says : How much worse will it be when I send my four terrible judgments – sword , famine , wild animals , and plague – to Jerusalem to kill both people and animals !
14:22 Yet some survivors will be left in it, sons and daughters who will be brought out . They will come out to you, and when you see their behavior and their deeds , you will be consoled about the catastrophe I have brought on Jerusalem – for everything I brought on it.
14:23 They will console you when you see their behavior and their deeds , because you will know that it was not without reason that I have done everything which I have done in it, declares the sovereign Lord .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
RESURRECTION |
SALVATION |
Idolatry |
Job |
Animals |
Intercession |
JOB, BOOK OF |
Daniel |
Afflictions and Adversities |
God |
Israel |
Noah |
Works |
PESTILENCE |
Minister |
NOISOME |
Judgments |
Bread |
Prophecy |
Famine |
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NET Notes: Eze 14:9 The translation is uncertain due to difficulty both in determining the meaning of the verb’s stem and its conjugation in this context. In the Qa...
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NET Notes: Eze 14:14 Traditionally this has been understood as a reference to the biblical Daniel, though he was still quite young when Ezekiel prophesied. One wonders if ...
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