Ezekiel 14 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Ezekiel 15

¹Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

KJVAnd the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 came unto me, saying^H559^(H8800),

² “Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest?

KJVSon^H1121 of man^H120, What is the vine^H1612 tree^H6086 more than any tree^H6086, or than a branch^H2156 which is among the trees^H6086 of the forest^H3293?

³ Will wood be taken of it to make anything? Will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel on it?

KJVShall wood^H6086 be taken^H3947^(H8714) thereof to do^H6213^(H8800) any work^H4399? or will men take^H3947^(H8799) a pin^H3489 of it to hang^H8518^(H8800) any vessel^H3627 thereon?

⁴ Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both its ends, and the middle of it is burned. Is it profitable for any work?

KJVBehold, it is cast^H5414^(H8738) into the fire^H784 for fuel^H402; the fire^H784 devoureth^H398^(H8804) both^H8147 the ends^H7098 of it, and the midst^H8432 of it is burned^H2787^(H8737). Is it meet^H6743^(H8799) for any work^H4399?

⁵ Behold, when it was whole, it was suitable for no work. How much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it has been burned, will it yet be suitable for any work?”

KJVBehold, when it was whole^H8549, it was meet^H6213^(H8735) for no work^H4399: how much less shall it be meet^H6213^(H8738) yet for any work^H4399, when the fire^H784 hath devoured^H398^(H8804) it, and it is burned^H2787^(H8735)?

⁶ Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: “As the vine wood among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

KJVTherefore thus saith^H559^(H8804) the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069; As the vine^H1612 tree^H6086 among the trees^H6086 of the forest^H3293, which I have given^H5414^(H8804) to the fire^H784 for fuel^H402, so will I give^H5414^(H8804) the inhabitants^H3427^(H8802) of Jerusalem^H3389.

⁷ I will set my face against them. They will go out from the fire, but the fire will still devour them. Then you will know that I am Yahweh, when I set my face against them.

KJVAnd I will set^H5414^(H8804) my face^H6440 against them; they shall go out^H3318^(H8804) from one fire^H784, and another fire^H784 shall devour^H398^(H8799) them; and ye shall know^H3045^(H8804) that I am the LORD^H3068, when I set^H7760^(H8800) my face^H6440 against them.

⁸ I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,” says the Lord Yahweh.

KJVAnd I will make^H5414^(H8804) the land^H776 desolate^H8077, because they have committed^H4603^(H8804) a trespass^H4604, saith^H5002^(H8803) the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069.

WEB·Ezekiel 14

¹Then some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me.

KJVThen came^H935^(H8799) certain^H582 of the elders^H2205 of Israel^H3478 unto me, and sat^H3427^(H8799) before^H6440 me.

² Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

KJVAnd the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 came unto me, saying^H559^(H8800),

³ “Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face. Should I be inquired of at all by them?

KJVSon^H1121 of man^H120, these men^H582 have set up^H5927^(H8689) their idols^H1544 in their heart^H3820, and put^H5414^(H8804) the stumblingblock^H4383 of their iniquity^H5771 before^H5227 their face^H6440: should I be enquired^H1875^(H8735) of at all^H1875^(H8736) by them?

⁴ Therefore speak to them and tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Every man of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face then comes to the prophet, I Yahweh will answer him there according to the multitude of his idols,

KJVTherefore speak^H1696^(H8761) unto them, and say^H559^(H8804) unto them, Thus saith^H559^(H8804) the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069; Every man^H376 of the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478 that setteth up^H5927^(H8686) his idols^H1544 in his heart^H3820, and putteth^H7760^(H8799) the stumblingblock^H4383 of his iniquity^H5771 before^H5227 his face^H6440, and cometh^H935^(H8804) to the prophet^H5030; I the LORD^H3068 will answer^H6030^(H8738) him that cometh^H935^(H8804) according to the multitude^H7230 of his idols^H1544;

⁵ that I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.”’

KJVThat I may take^H8610^(H8800) the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478 in their own heart^H3820, because they are all estranged^H2114^(H8738) from me through their idols^H1544.

⁶ “Therefore tell the house of Israel, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Return, and turn yourselves from your idols! Turn away your faces from all your abominations.

KJVTherefore say^H559^(H8798) unto the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478, Thus saith^H559^(H8804) the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069; Repent^H7725^(H8798), and turn^H7725^(H8685) yourselves from your idols^H1544; and turn away^H7725^(H8685) your faces^H6440 from all your abominations^H8441.

⁷ “‘“For everyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live in Israel, who separates himself from me and takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet to inquire for himself of me, I Yahweh will answer him by myself.

KJVFor every one^H376 of the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478, or of the stranger^H1616 that sojourneth^H1481^(H8799) in Israel^H3478, which separateth^H5144^(H8735) himself from me^H310, and setteth up^H5927^(H8799) his idols^H1544 in his heart^H3820, and putteth^H7760^(H8799) the stumblingblock^H4383 of his iniquity^H5771 before^H5227 his face^H6440, and cometh^H935^(H8804) to a prophet^H5030 to enquire^H1875^(H8800) of him concerning me; I the LORD^H3068 will answer^H6030^(H8737) him by myself:

⁸ I will set my face against that man and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from among my people. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.

KJVAnd I will set^H5414^(H8804) my face^H6440 against that man^H376, and will make^H8074^(H8689) him a sign^H226 and a proverb^H4912, and I will cut him off^H3772^(H8689) from the midst^H8432 of my people^H5971; and ye shall know^H3045^(H8804) that I am the LORD^H3068.

⁹ “‘“If the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, I, Yahweh, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand on him, and will destroy him from among my people Israel.

KJVAnd if the prophet^H5030 be deceived^H6601^(H8792) when he hath spoken^H1696^(H8765) a thing^H1697, I the LORD^H3068 have deceived^H6601^(H8765) that prophet^H5030, and I will stretch out^H5186^(H8804) my hand^H3027 upon him, and will destroy^H8045^(H8689) him from the midst^H8432 of my people^H5971 Israel^H3478.

¹⁰ They will bear their iniquity. The iniquity of the prophet will be even as the iniquity of him who seeks him,

KJVAnd they shall bear^H5375^(H8804) the punishment of their iniquity^H5771: the punishment^H5771 of the prophet^H5030 shall be even as the punishment^H5771 of him that seeketh^H1875^(H8802) unto him;

¹¹ that the house of Israel may no more go astray from me, neither defile themselves any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God,” says the Lord Yahweh.’”

KJVThat the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478 may go no more astray^H8582^(H8799) from me^H310, neither be polluted^H2930^(H8691) any more with all their transgressions^H6588; but that they may be my people^H5971, and I may be their God^H430, saith^H5002^(H8803) the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069.

¹² Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

KJVThe word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 came again to me, saying^H559^(H8800),

¹³ “Son of man, when a land sins against me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out my hand on it, and break the staff of its bread and send famine on it, and cut off from it man and animal—

KJVSon^H1121 of man^H120, when the land^H776 sinneth^H2398^(H8799) against me by trespassing^H4603^(H8800) grievously^H4604, then will I stretch out^H5186^(H8804) mine hand^H3027 upon it, and will break^H7665^(H8804) the staff^H4294 of the bread^H3899 thereof, and will send^H7971^(H8689) famine^H7458 upon it, and will cut off^H3772^(H8689) man^H120 and beast^H929 from it:

¹⁴ though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only their own souls by their righteousness,” says the Lord Yahweh.

KJVThough these three^H7969 men^H582, Noah^H5146, Daniel^H1840, and Job^H347, were in it^H8432, they should deliver^H5337^(H8762) but their own souls^H5315 by their righteousness^H6666, saith^H5002^(H8803) the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069.

¹⁵ “If I cause evil animals to pass through the land, and they ravage it and it is made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the animals—

KJVIf^H3863 I cause noisome^H7451 beasts^H2416 to pass through^H5674^(H8686) the land^H776, and they spoil^H7921^(H8765) it, so that it be desolate^H8077, that no man may pass through^H5674^(H8802) because^H6440 of the beasts^H2416:

¹⁶ though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “they would deliver neither sons nor daughters. They only would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.

KJVThough these three^H7969 men^H582 were in it^H8432, as I live^H2416, saith^H5002^(H8803) the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069, they shall deliver^H5337^(H8686) neither sons^H1121 nor daughters^H1323; they only shall be delivered^H5337^(H8735), but the land^H776 shall be desolate^H8077.

¹⁷ “Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, ‘Sword, go through the land, so that I cut off from it man and animal’—

KJVOr if I bring^H935^(H8686) a sword^H2719 upon that land^H776, and say^H559^(H8804), Sword^H2719, go through^H5674^(H8799) the land^H776; so that I cut off^H3772^(H8689) man^H120 and beast^H929 from it:

¹⁸ though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only would be delivered themselves.

KJVThough these three^H7969 men^H582 were in it^H8432, as I live^H2416, saith^H5002^(H8803) the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069, they shall deliver^H5337^(H8686) neither sons^H1121 nor daughters^H1323, but they only shall be delivered^H5337^(H8735) themselves.

¹⁹ “Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath on it in blood, to cut off from it man and animal—

KJVOr if I send^H7971^(H8762) a pestilence^H1698 into that land^H776, and pour out^H8210^(H8804) my fury^H2534 upon it in blood^H1818, to cut off^H3772^(H8687) from it man^H120 and beast^H929:

²⁰ though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver only their own souls by their righteousness.”

KJVThough Noah^H5146, Daniel^H1840, and Job^H347, were in it^H8432, as I live^H2416, saith^H5002^(H8803) the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069, they shall deliver^H5337^(H8686) neither son^H1121 nor^H518 daughter^H1323; they shall but deliver^H5337^(H8686) their own souls^H5315 by their righteousness^H6666.

²¹ For the Lord Yahweh says: “How much more when I send my four severe judgments on Jerusalem—the sword, the famine, the evil animals, and the pestilence—to cut off from it man and animal!

KJVFor thus saith^H559^(H8804) the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069; How much more when I send^H7971^(H8765) my four^H702 sore^H7451 judgments^H8201 upon Jerusalem^H3389, the sword^H2719, and the famine^H7458, and the noisome^H7451 beast^H2416, and the pestilence^H1698, to cut off^H3772^(H8687) from it man^H120 and beast^H929?

²² Yet, behold, there will be left a remnant in it that will be carried out, both sons and daughters. Behold, they will come out to you, and you will see their way and their doings. Then you will be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought on it.

KJVYet, behold, therein shall be left^H3498^(H8738) a remnant^H6413 that shall be brought forth^H3318^(H8716), both sons^H1121 and daughters^H1323: behold, they shall come forth^H3318^(H8802) unto you, and ye shall see^H7200^(H8804) their way^H1870 and their doings^H5949: and ye shall be comforted^H5162^(H8738) concerning the evil^H7451 that I have brought^H935^(H8689) upon Jerusalem^H3389, even concerning all that I have brought^H935^(H8689) upon it.

²³ They will comfort you, when you see their way and their doings; then you will know that I have not done all that I have done in it without cause,” says the Lord Yahweh.

KJVAnd they shall comfort^H5162^(H8765) you, when ye see^H7200^(H8799) their ways^H1870 and their doings^H5949: and ye shall know^H3045^(H8804) that I have not done^H6213^(H8804) without cause^H2600 all that I have done^H6213^(H8804) in it, saith^H5002^(H8803) the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069.

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