Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Then
some
of the elders of Israel came
and sat
down
before me.
And
come
in
unto
me
do
certain
of the elders of Israel ,
and sit
before me.
And the
word of the
LORD
came
to
me, saying,
And there
is
a
word of Jehovah
unto
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 caused
their
idols to
go
up
on
their heart,
and the
stumbling -block
of
their iniquity
they
have
put
over-against
their
faces ;
am
I 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 with
them ,
and thou
hast
said
unto
them :
Thus
said
the Lord Jehovah
: Every
one
of
the
house
of
Israel
who
causeth
his
idols to
go
up
unto
his heart ,
and the
stumbling -
block of
his iniquity
setteth
over-against
his
face, and hath
gone
in
unto
the prophet --
I Jehovah
have
given
an
answer to him
for
this,
for
the
abundance
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. ’
in
order
to
catch
the house
of Israel by
their heart
, in
that
they have
become
estranged from off
me by
their
idols
--
all
of
them
.
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 say
unto
the house of Israel :
Thus
said
the Lord Jehovah
: Turn ye
back,
yea,
turn
ye
back
from your idols ,
and
from all your abominations turn
back
your
faces,
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 every
one
of
the
house
of
Israel,
and
of
the
sojourners
who
doth
sojourn
in Israel ,
who
is
separated
from after
Me, and
doth
cause
his
idols to
go
up
unto
his heart, and the
stumbling -
block of
his iniquity
setteth
over-against
his
face, and hath
come
in
unto
the prophet to inquire of him
concerning
Me, I ,
Jehovah,
have
answered
him for
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 have
set My face against that man ,
and made
him for
a sign ,
and for
similes,
and
I have
cut him off from the
midst
of
My people ,
and
ye
have
known
that I `
am '
Jehovah
.
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.
`And
the prophet ,
when
he
is enticed ,
and
hath
spoken
a word
--
I
, Jehovah,
I have
enticed that
prophet
, and have
stretched
out My hand against him ,
and have
destroyed
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 —
And
they have
borne
their iniquity:
as
the iniquity
of the inquirer ,
so
is
the iniquity
of the prophet ;
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
. ’”
so
that the house of Israel do
not
wander
any
more
from after
Me ,
nor
are
defiled
any
more
with all their transgressions ,
and
they have
been
to
Me
for
a
people ,
and I am
to
them
for
God --
an
affirmation
of
the Lord Jehovah
. '
And the
word of the
LORD
came
to
me, saying,
And there
is
a
word of Jehovah
unto
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, the
land --
when
it
sinneth
against Me to
commit
a
trespass
, and I have
stretched
out My hand against it ,
and
broken
for
it
the
staff
of bread
, and
sent
into
it famine
, and cut off from it man and beast --
then
even
if
these three men —
Noah, Daniel, and Job —were
in
it,
their righteousness could
deliver only
themselves,
declares
the Lord GOD
.
and
these three men have
been
in
its
midst,
Noah, Daniel, and Job --
they
by
their righteousness deliver their
own
soul
--
an
affirmation
of
the Lord Jehovah
.
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 an
evil
beast
I cause
to
pass
through the land ,
and
it hath
bereaved,
and it
hath
been
a
desolation
, without
any
passing through because
of the beast
--
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
.
these three men in its
midst:
I
live
--
an
affirmation
of
the
Lord
Jehovah
--
neither
sons nor
daughters do
they deliver;
they
alone are
delivered, and
the land is
a
desolation
.
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 --
a sword I
bring
in
against that land, and
I
have
said:
Sword ,
thou
dost
pass over
through the
land
, and
I have
cut off from it man and beast --
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.
and
these three men in its
midst:
I
live
--
an
affirmation
of
the
Lord
Jehovah
--
they deliver not
sons and
daughters ,
for
they alone are
delivered.
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 --
pestilence
I send unto
that land ,
and I
have
poured
out My fury
against
it in
blood
, to
cut
off from it man and beast --
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
.
and
Noah, Daniel, and Job, in
its
midst:
I
live
--
an
affirmation
of
the
Lord
Jehovah
--
neither
son
nor
daughter
do
they deliver ;
they,
by
their righteousness ,
deliver their
own
soul
.
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
said
the Lord Jehovah
: Although
My four sore
judgments --
sword, and
famine, and
wild beast
, and pestilence
--
I
have
sent
unto
Jerusalem,
to cut off from it man and beast ,
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, lo
, there
hath
been
left in it an
escape,
who
are
brought
forth,
sons and daughters ,
lo,
they are
coming
forth
unto
you, and ye
have
seen
their way,
and their
doings
, and
have
been
comforted concerning
the evil
that
I have brought in
against
Jerusalem ,
all that which
I have brought in
against
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
. ”
And
they have
comforted
you ,
for
ye
see their way
and their
doings
, and ye
have
known
that not for
nought
have
I
done
all
that which
I have done in
her
--
an
affirmation
of
the Lord Jehovah
. '
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