14Ezekiel 14

CHAP. XIIII. / 1 God answereth idolaters according to their owne heart. 6 They are exhorted to repent for feare of iudgements, by meanes of seduced prophets. 13 Gods irreuocable sentence of famine, 15

1Then came certaine of the Elders of Israel vnto me, and sate before me.Select Ezekiel 14:1

2And the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,Select Ezekiel 14:2

3Sonne of man, these men haue set vp their idoles in their heart, and put the stumbling blocke of their iniquitie before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?Select Ezekiel 14:3

4Therefore speake vnto them, and say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Euery man of the house of Israel that setteth vp his idoles in his heart, and putteth the stumbling blocke of his iniquitie before his face, and commeth to the Prophet, I the Lord will answere him that commeth, according to the multitude of his idoles,Select Ezekiel 14:4

5That I may take the house of Israel in their owne heart, because they are all estranged from mee through their idoles.Select Ezekiel 14:5

6Therefore say vnto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God, Repent, and turne your selues from your idoles, and turne away your faces from all your abominations.Select Ezekiel 14:6

7For euery one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that soiourneth in Israel, which separateth himselfe from me, and setteth vp his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling blocke of his iniquitie before his face, and commeth to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me, I the Lord will answere him by my selfe.Select Ezekiel 14:7

8And I wil set my face against that man, and will make him a signe and a prouerbe, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people, and yee shall know that I am the Lord.Select Ezekiel 14:8

9And if the prophet bee deceiued when hee hath spoken a thing, I the Lord haue deceiued that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand vpon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.Select Ezekiel 14:9

10And they shall beare the punishment of their iniquitie: the punishment of the prophet shall bee euen as the punishment of him that seeketh vnto him:Select Ezekiel 14:10

11That the house of Israel may goe no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may bee their God, sayeth the Lord God.Select Ezekiel 14:11

12The word of the Lord came againe to me, saying,Select Ezekiel 14:12

13Sonne of man, when the land sinneth against mee by trespassing grieuously, then will I stretch out mine hand vpon it, and will breake the staffe of the bread thereof, and will send famine vpon it, and will cut off man and beast from it.Select Ezekiel 14:13

14Though these three men, Noah, Daniel and Iob were in it, they should deliuer but their owne soules by their righteousnes, saith the Lord God.Select Ezekiel 14:14

15If I cause noisome beastes to passe through the land, and they spoile it, so that it bee desolate, that no man may passe through because of the beasts:Select Ezekiel 14:15

16Though these three men were in it, as I liue, saith the Lord God, they shall deliuer neither sonnes nor daughters: they onely shalbe deliuered, but the land shalbe desolate.Select Ezekiel 14:16

17Or if I bring a sword vpon that land, and say, Sword, goe through the lande, so that I cut off man and beast from it:Select Ezekiel 14:17

18Though these three men were in it, as I liue, saith the Lord God, they shall deliuer neither sonnes nor daughter, but they onely shall bee deliuered themselues.Select Ezekiel 14:18

19Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and powre out my fury vpon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:Select Ezekiel 14:19

20Though Noah, Daniel and Iob were in it, as I liue, saith the Lord God, they shal deliuer neither son nor daughter: they shall but deliuer their owne soules by their righteousnes.Select Ezekiel 14:20

21For thus saith the Lord God, How much more when I send my foure sore iudgements vpon Ierusalem; the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?Select Ezekiel 14:21

22Yet behold, therein shalbe left a remnant that shalbe brought foorth, both sonnes and daughters: behold, they shall come foorth vnto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shalbe comforted concerning the euill that I haue brought vpon Ierusalem, euen concerning all that I haue brought vpon it.Select Ezekiel 14:22

23And they shall comfort you when yee see their wayes and their doings: and ye shal know that I haue not done without cause, all that I haue done in it, saith the Lord God.Select Ezekiel 14:23