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Ezekiel 14:19 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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: "
Ezekiel 14:19
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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
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
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:
Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, 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"
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"
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."
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