Ezekiel 14:17 — Meaning and Application

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“Or {if} I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:”

Ezekiel 14:17

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If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts: {spoil: or, bereave}

{Though} these three men {were} in it, {as} I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate. {in it: Heb. in the midst of it}

Or {if} I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

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.

Or {if} I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:

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Ezekiel 14:1

"Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me."

Ezekiel 14:2

"And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"

Ezekiel 14:3

"Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?"

Ezekiel 14:4

"Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;"

Ezekiel 14:5

"That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols."

Ezekiel 14:6

"Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn {yourselves} from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations. {yourselves: or, others}"

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