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Ezekiel 14:11
11so that the house of Israel may no longer drift away from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions, but they will be My people, and I will be their God,” ’ says the Lord God.”
Ezekiel 14:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord God.
- New International Version (NIV)Then the people of Israel will no longer stray from me, nor will they defile themselves anymore with all their sins. They will be my people, and I will be their God, declares the Sovereign Lord.’ ”
- English Standard Version (ESV)that the house of Israel may no more go astray from me, nor defile themselves anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be my people and I may be their God, declares the Lord God."
- New King James Version (NKJV)that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me, nor be profaned anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be My people and I may be their God,“ says the Lord God.’ ”
Context of Ezekiel 14:11
9“But if the prophet [who speaks without My authority] is enticed to speak a word [of his own], it is I the Lord who have caused that prophet [to speak falsely to please the inquirer, thus allowing himself to be a party to the inquirer’s sin], and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel. 10They [both] will bear the punishment of their wickedness; the sin of the [counterfeit] prophet will be the same as the sin of the [hypocritical] inquirer, so that the house of Israel may no longer drift away from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions, but they will be My people, and I will be their God,” ’ says the Lord God.” 12The word of the Lord came [again] to me, saying, 13“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by committing unfaithfulness, and I stretch out My hand against it and destroy its source of bread and send famine on it and cut off from it both man and animal,
Read all of Ezekiel 14Ezekiel 14:11 word by word
לְ֠מַעַן לֹֽא־יִתְע֨וּ ע֤וֹד בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מֵאַֽחֲרַ֔י וְלֹֽא־יִטַּמְּא֥וּ ע֖וֹד בְּכָל־פִּשְׁעֵיהֶ֑ם וְהָ֥יוּ לִ֣י לְעָ֗ם וַֽאֲנִי֙ אֶהְיֶ֤ה לָהֶם֙ לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- That the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- may go no more astrayתָּעָהtâ‛âh · to go astrayH8582
- from meאַחַר'achar · afterH310
- neither be pollutedטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
- any more with all their transgressionsפֶּ֫שַׁעpesha‛ · transgressionH6588
- but that they may be my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- and I may be their Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
- the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
- Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
Cross-references for Ezekiel 14:11
- Ezekiel 34:10‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand My flock from them and make them stop tending the flock, so that the shepherds cannot feed themselves anymore. I will rescue My flock from their mouth, so that they will not be food for them.” ’ ”
- Ezekiel 44:10But the Levites who went far away from Me when Israel went astray, who went astray from Me after their idols, they shall bear the punishment for their sin and guilt.
- Ezekiel 48:11It shall be for the priests who are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, who have kept My charge, and who did not go astray when the children (descendants) of Israel went astray as the [other] Levites did.
- Deuteronomy 13:11Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you.
- Deuteronomy 19:20Those who remain will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such an evil thing among you.
- Psalms 119:67Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I keep and honor Your word [with loving obedience].
- Isaiah 9:16For those who lead this people are causing them to go astray; And those who are led [astray] by them are swallowed up.
- Jeremiah 23:15Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts in regard to the prophets, ‘Behold, I am going to feed them [the bitterness of] wormwood And make them drink the poisonous water [of gall], For from the [counterfeit] prophets of Jerusalem Profaneness and ungodliness have spread into all the land.’ ”
- Jeremiah 50:6“My people have become lost sheep; Their shepherds have led them astray. They have made them turn aside [to the seductive places of idolatry] on the mountains. They have gone along [from one sin to another] from mountain to hill; They have forgotten their [own] resting place.
- 2 Peter 2:15Abandoning the straight road [that is, the right way to live], they have gone astray; they have followed the way of [the false teacher] Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the reward of wickedness;
- Ezekiel 11:18When they return there, they will remove from it all [traces of] its detestable things and all its repulsive things (remnants of paganism).
- Ezekiel 36:25Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your uncleanness and from all your idols.
- Ezekiel 37:23They will no longer defile themselves with their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions; but I will save them from all their transgressions in which they have sinned, and I will cleanse them. So they will be My people, and I will be their God.
- Ezekiel 34:30Then they will know [with assurance] that I the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,” says the Lord God.
- Ezekiel 36:28You will live in the land that I gave to your fathers; and you will be My people, and I will be your God.
- Ezekiel 37:27My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 14:11
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11“God,” it has been said, “punishes sins by means of sins,” but the end is the re-establishment of righteousness.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11The goal of God’s judgment was not the total destruction of the exiles but their salvation, so that the people of Israel would learn not to remain faithful to the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Love was the spring of God's very judgments on His people, who were incurable by any other process (Eze 11:20; 37:27).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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