Ezekiel 14:1-14

1Then some 1elders of Israel came to me and 2sat down before me. 2And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 3“Son of man, these men have 3set up their idols in their hearts and have 4put in front of their faces the stumbling block of their wrongdoing. Should I let Myself be 5consulted by them at all? 4Therefore speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord 6God says: “Anyone of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, puts in front of his face the stumbling block of his wrongdoing, and then comes to the prophet, I the Lord will let Myself answer him in 7the matter in view of the 8multitude of his idols, 5in order to take hold of 910the hearts of the house of Israel who have 1112turned away from Me due to all their idols.”’

6“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “13Repent and turn away from your idols, and turn your faces away from all your 14abominations. 7For anyone of the house of Israel, or of the 15strangers who reside in Israel, who deserts Me, sets up his idols in his heart, puts in front of his face the stumbling block of his wrongdoing, and then comes to the prophet to request something of Me for himself, 16I the Lord will let Myself answer him Myself. 8I will 17set My face against that person and make him a 18sign and 19a proverb, and I will eliminate him from among My people. So you will know that I am the Lord.

9“But if the prophet is persuaded so that he speaks a word, it is I, the Lord, who have persuaded that prophet; and I will stretch out My hand against him and 20eliminate him from among My people Israel. 10And they will bear the punishment for their wrongdoing; as the wrongdoing of the inquirer is, so the wrongdoing of the prophet will be, 11in order that the house of Israel may no longer 21stray from Me and no longer 22defile themselves with all their offenses. So they will be 23My people, and I shall be their God,”’ declares the Lord God.”

12Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 13“Son of man, if a country sins against Me by 24being unfaithful, and I stretch out My hand against it, 25destroy its 26supply of bread, send famine against it, and eliminate from it both human and animal life, 14even 27though these three men, 28Noah, 29Daniel, and 30Job were in its midst, by their own righteousness they could only save 31themselves,” declares the Lord God.