Ezekiel 14:1-11
JEHOVAH REFUSES TO ANSWER THE IDOLATERS... [ Continue Reading ]
JEHOVAH REFUSES TO ANSWER THE IDOLATERS... [ Continue Reading ]
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, namely, of the exiles in Chaldea, AND SAT BEFORE ME, evidently for the purpose of obtaining some information concerning the fate of Jerusalem and of the Jewish people, their bearing expressive of the anxiety which they felt.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, literally, "have caused their filthy gods to go up upon their heart," for the corruption of man begins in his heart, AND PUT THE STUMBLING-BLOCK OF THEIR INIQUITY BEFORE THEIR FACE, for the iniquity of their heart became manifest in their... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore speak unto them and say unto them, in a message every word of which was divinely inspired, as the entire book of prophecies is, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD, EVERY MAN OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, each individual being held responsible for his every act, THAT SETTETH UP HIS IDOLS, his filthy gods, I... [ Continue Reading ]
that I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, to bend and mold their hearts by means of His judgments, BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL ESTRANGED FROM ME THROUGH THEIR IDOLS. If the present judgments did not succeed in bringing the people to their senses, they would act as fitting punishments for thei... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God, Repent and turn yourselves from your idols, from the filthy gods which they had chosen for themselves, AND TURN AWAY YOUR FACES FROM ALL YOUR ABOMINATIONS, with the proper revulsion and loathing.... [ Continue Reading ]
For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, associated with the people of God either by birth or by accession in later life, WHICH SEPARATETH HIMSELF FROM ME, through idolatry becoming estranged from the true God, whom he once confessed, AND SETTETH UP HIS IDO... [ Continue Reading ]
and I will set My face against that man, as an implacable enemy, AND WILL MAKE HIM A SIGN AND A PROVERB, so that his case would serve as a standing example of warning to men everywhere, AND I WILL CUT HIM OFF FROM THE MIDST OF MY PEOPLE, Cf Numbers 26:10; Deuteronomy 28:37; AND YE SHALL KNOW THAT I... [ Continue Reading ]
And if the prophet, one who really considers himself a minister of Jehovah, BE DECEIVED WHEN HE HATH SPOKEN A THING, permitting himself, for any reason whatever, to be led astray and to deviate from the clearly expressed will of the Lord, so that his message confirms sinners in their obstinacy, I, T... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity, that which they deserved for their willful transgressions; THE PUNISHMENT OF THE PROPHET SHALL BE EVEN AS THE PUNISHMENT OF HIM THAT SEEKETH UNTO HIM, thereby supporting hypocrisy and deceit,... [ Continue Reading ]
that the house of Israel may go no more astray from Me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions, for the effect of sin is to bring corruption and pollution upon every one that sins, BUT THAT THEY MAY BE MY PEOPLE, AND I MAY BE THEIR GOD, SAITH THE LORD GOD. The purpose of the Lord... [ Continue Reading ]
The word of the Lord came again to me, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
God's Irrevocable Sentence... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, when the land sinneth against Me by trespassing grievously, in unfaithfulness and treachery, THEN WILL I STRETCH OUT MINE HAND UPON IT, to mete out the well-deserved punishment upon its idolatrous inhabitants, AND WILL BREAK THE STAFF OF THE BREAD THEREOF, taking away that upon which man... [ Continue Reading ]
Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, the fact of whose historical, existence, together with the piety of their lives, is thus established, THEY SHOULD DELIVER BUT THEIR OWN SOULS BY THEIR RIGHTEOUSNESS, SAITH THE LORD GOD. Each of these three men not only saved his own life by... [ Continue Reading ]
If I cause noisome beasts, various reptiles and beasts of prey, TO PASS THROUGH THE LAND, causing them to multiply and increase in an unusual degree, AND THEY SPOIL IT, by making men and beasts their prey, SO THAT IT BE DESOLATE, THAT NO MAN MAY PASS THROUGH BECAUSE OF THE BEASTS:... [ Continue Reading ]
though these three men were in it, paragons of virtue though they were, AS I LIVE, SAITH THE LORD GOD, the sovereign Ruler of the world, using the most solemn oath possible for Him, THEY SHALL DELIVER NEITHER SONS NOR DAUGHTERS, it would be impossible for them to ward off the punishment from the lan... [ Continue Reading ]
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, in a third scourge, AND SAY, SWORD, GO THROUGH THE LAND, the figure being purposely strong in order to emphasize the severity of the Lord's punishment through the slaughter of the battle, SO THAT I CUT OFF MAN AND BEAST FROM IT:... [ Continue Reading ]
though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.... [ Continue Reading ]
Or if I send a pestilence into that land, the usual companion of devastating wars, AND POUR OUT MY FURY UPON IT IN BLOOD, TO CUT OFF FROM IT MAN AND BEAST:... [ Continue Reading ]
though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter, not so much as one child; THEY SHALL BUT DELIVER THEIR OWN SOULS BY THEIR RIGHTEOUSNESS. These facts, the prophet says, are generally true; they would be maintained under all conditio... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the Lord God, How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the four principal scourges of His wrath, THE SWORD, AND THE FAMINE, AND THE NOISOME BEAST, AND THE PESTILENCE, TO CUT OFF FROM IT MAN AND BEAST? The people of God were like the servant who knew his Lord's... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant, an escaped portion, that shall be brought forth, both Sons and daughters, whom the mercy of the Lord would spare in the general destruction, although the punishment of the exile would strike them; BEHOLD, THEY SHALL COME FORTH UNTO YOU, namely, the exile... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall comfort you, by offering proof for the righteousness of God's acts, WHEN YE SEE THEIR WAYS AND THEIR DOINGS; AND YE SHALL KNOW THAT I HAVE NOT DONE WITHOUT CAUSE, in arbitrary cruelty, ALL THAT I HAVE DONE IN IT, SAITH THE LORD GOD. This will eventually be true in the case of all thos... [ Continue Reading ]