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BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
Then some
of the elders of Israel came
and sat down
before me.
Then came
certain
of the elders of Israel to
me,
and sat before me.
And
the word of the
LORD
came to me, saying,
The word of Yahweh
came to me, saying,
“
Son of man, these men have set
up
idols in
their hearts
and put wicked
stumbling blocks
before their faces.
Should I consult
with
them in
any
way
?
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?
Therefore speak to them and tell them that
this
is
what
the Lord GOD
says
: ‘When
any
Israelite
sets
up
idols in
his heart and puts a
wicked
stumbling block before his face, and then
comes to the prophet ,
I the
LORD
will answer him according to his great
idolatry,
Therefore speak to them ,
and tell them ,
Thus
says
the Lord Yahweh
: 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, and comes to the prophet ;
I Yahweh
will answer him therein
according to the
multitude
of
his idols;
so
that I may take hold
of
the hearts
of
the
people
of Israel .
For
because
of
their idols
, they are all estranged from Me. ’
that I may take the house
of Israel in
their own
heart
, because
they are all estranged from me through
their
idols
.
Therefore tell the house of Israel that
this
is
what
the Lord GOD
says
: ‘Repent
and turn away
from your idols; turn your faces away
from all your abominations.
Therefore tell the house of Israel ,
Thus
says
the Lord Yahweh
: Return
you,
and turn yourselves
from your idols; and
turn away
your faces from all your abominations.
For when
any
Israelite
or any
foreigner
dwelling
in Israel separates himself from Me, sets
up
idols in
his heart, and puts a
wicked
stumbling block before his face, and then
comes to the prophet to inquire of Me ,
I the
LORD
will answer him Myself .
For everyone
of
the
house
of
Israel,
or of
the
strangers
who
sojourn
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 :
I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb ;
I will cut him off from among
My people .
Then
you will
know that I am the
LORD
.
and
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 the
midst
of
my people ;
and
you shall
know that I am Yahweh
.
But
if the prophet is
enticed
to
speak a message
, then
it
was
I the
LORD
who
enticed
him
, and I will stretch out My hand against
him and destroy him from among
My people Israel.
If the prophet be
deceived
and
speak a word
, I, Yahweh,
have
deceived
that
prophet,
and I will stretch out my hand on
him ,
and will
destroy him from the
midst
of
my people Israel.
They will
bear their punishment—
the punishment
of the inquirer
will
be the
same
as that
of
the prophet—
They shall
bear their iniquity:
the iniquity
of the prophet
shall
be even
as the iniquity
of
him
who
seeks
[to
him];
in
order
that the house of Israel may no longer
stray
from Me and
no
longer
defile themselves with all their transgressions .
Then
they will
be My people and I will
be their God, declares
the Lord GOD
. ’”
that the house of Israel may go
no more
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
.
And
the word of the
LORD
came to me, saying,
The word of Yahweh
came to me, saying,
“
Son of man, if
a land sins against Me by acting
unfaithfully
, and I stretch out My hand against
it to
cut
off
its
supply
of food
, to
send famine upon
it, and to
cut off from it both
man and beast,
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 the
bread
of
it
, and
send famine on
it, and cut off from it man and animal;
then
even
if
these three men —
Noah, Daniel, and Job —
were in it, their righteousness could
deliver
only
themselves
, declares
the Lord GOD
.
though
these three men ,
Noah, Daniel, and Job ,
were in it, they
should
deliver
but
their own
souls
by
their
righteousness, says
the Lord Yahweh
.
Or
if I send
wild
beasts
through the land to
leave
it childless
and desolate, with
no man passing
through it
for
fear
of the beasts,
If I cause
evil
animals
to
pass
through the land ,
and
they
ravage
it ,
and it
be
made
desolate, so
that
no man may
pass
through because
of the animals;
then
as
surely
as
I
live,
declares
the
Lord
GOD,
even
if
these three men were in it, they could
not
deliver their
own
sons or
daughters .
They alone
would
be delivered, but the land would
be desolate.
though
these three men were in it, as
I
live,
says
the
Lord
Yahweh,
they should
deliver neither
sons nor
daughters ;
they only
should
be delivered, but the land should
be desolate.
Or if I bring a sword against
that land and say, ‘Let
a
sword pass
through
it
, ’
so that I cut off from it both
man and beast,
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;
then
as
surely
as
I
live,
declares
the
Lord
GOD,
even
if
these three men were in it, they could
not
deliver their
own
sons or
daughters .
They alone
would
be delivered.
though
these three men were in it, as
I
live,
says
the
Lord
Yahweh,
they should
deliver neither
sons nor
daughters ,
but
they only
should
be delivered themselves
.
Or if I send a plague
into that land and pour out My wrath upon
it through
bloodshed
, cutting
off from it both
man and beast,
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;
then
as
surely
as
I
live,
declares
the
Lord
GOD,
even
if
Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could
not
deliver their own sons
or
daughters.
Their righteousness could
deliver
only
themselves
.
though
Noah, Daniel, and Job ,
were in it, as
I
live,
says
the
Lord
Yahweh,
they should
deliver neither
son
nor
daughter;
they
should
but
deliver
their own souls
by
their righteousness.
For this
is
what
the Lord GOD
says
: ‘
How much worse
will
it
be
when I send against
Jerusalem
My four dire
judgments —
sword, famine, wild
beasts
, and plague—in
order
to cut off from it both
man and beast?
For thus
says
the Lord Yahweh
: How much more
when I send my four sore
judgments on
Jerusalem,
the
sword, and
the
famine, and
the
evil
animals
, and the
pestilence,
to cut off from it man and animal!
Yet, behold, 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 conduct
and actions,
you will
be comforted regarding
the disaster
I have brought upon
Jerusalem —
all that I have brought upon
it.
Yet, behold, therein
shall
be left a
remnant
that
shall
be
carried
forth,
both
sons and daughters :
behold,
they shall
come forth
to you, and you shall
see their way
and their
doings;
and
you shall
be comforted concerning
the evil
that
I have brought on
Jerusalem ,
even
concerning
all that I have brought on
it.
They will
bring
you consolation
when you see their conduct
and actions,
and you will
know that it
was
not without cause that I have done all
these
things
within
it, ’
declares
the Lord GOD
. ”
They shall
comfort
you ,
when you see their way
and their
doings;
and you shall
know that I
have
not done
without cause all
that I have done in
it, says
the Lord Yahweh
.
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