English Standard Version
Ezekiel 14:11
11that 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."
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.’ ”
- 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.’ ”
- New Living Translation (NLT)In this way, the people of Israel will learn not to stray from me, polluting themselves with sin. They will be my people, and I will be their God. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!’”
Context of Ezekiel 14:11
9And if the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, I, the Lord, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. 10And they shall bear their punishment—the punishment of the prophet and the punishment of the inquirer shall be alike— 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." 12And the word of the Lord came to me: 13"Son of man, when a land sins against me by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out my hand against it and break its supply of bread and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast,
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 34:10Thus says the Lord God, Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require my sheep at their hand and put a stop to their feeding the sheep. No longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them.
- Ezekiel 44:10But the Levites who went far from me, going astray from me after their idols when Israel went astray, shall bear their punishment.
- Ezekiel 48:11This shall be for the consecrated priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept my charge, who did not go astray when the people of Israel went astray, as the Levites did.
- Deuteronomy 13:11And all Israel shall hear and fear and never again do any such wickedness as this among you.
- Deuteronomy 19:20And the rest shall hear and fear, and shall never again commit any such evil among you.
- Psalms 119:67Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word.
- Isaiah 9:16for those who guide this people have been leading them astray, and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.
- Jeremiah 23:15Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets: "Behold, I will feed them with bitter food and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has gone out into all the land."
- Jeremiah 50:6"My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold.
- 2 Peter 2:15Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved gain from wrongdoing,
- Ezekiel 11:18And when they come there, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations.
- Ezekiel 36:25I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
- Ezekiel 37:23They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But I will save them from all the backslidings in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
- Ezekiel 34:30And they shall know that I am the Lord their God with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, declares the Lord God.
- Ezekiel 36:28You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
- Ezekiel 37:27My dwelling place shall be with them, and I will be their God, and they shall 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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