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Ezequiel 14
Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)
Ezequiel 14
Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)
Contra la idolatría
14 Unos jefes de Israel vinieron a visitarme, y se sentaron frente a mí. 2 Entonces el Señor me habló diciendo: 3 «Hijo de hombre, estas personas han hecho de su corazón un altar de ídolos, y a su paso han colocado trampas que los hacen pecar. ¿Cómo voy a permitir que me consulten? 4 Por tanto, habla con ellos y adviérteles que así dice el Señor omnipotente: “A todo israelita que haya hecho de su corazón un altar de ídolos, y que después de haber colocado a su paso trampas que lo hagan pecar consulte al profeta, yo el Señor le responderé según la multitud de sus ídolos. 5 Así cautivaré el corazón de los israelitas que por causa de todos esos ídolos se hayan alejado de mí”.
6 »Por tanto, adviértele al pueblo de Israel que así dice el Señor omnipotente: “¡Arrepentíos! Apartaos de una vez por todas de vuestra idolatría y de toda práctica repugnante”. 7 Yo seré quien le responda a todo israelita o extranjero que resida en Israel y que se haya alejado de mí: al que haya hecho de su corazón un altar de ídolos, o haya colocado ante sí trampas que lo hayan hecho pecar, y luego haya acudido al profeta para consultarme. 8 Me enfrentaré a él, y de él haré una señal de escarmiento, y lo arrancaré de mi pueblo. Así sabrán que yo soy el Señor.
9 »Si un profeta es seducido y pronuncia un mensaje, será porque yo, el Señor, lo he seducido. Así que levantaré mi mano contra él, y lo haré pedazos en presencia de mi pueblo. 10 Tanto el profeta como quien lo haya consultado cargarán con la misma culpa, 11 para que el pueblo de Israel ya no se aparte de mí ni vuelva a mancharse con sus pecados. Entonces ellos serán mi pueblo y yo seré su Dios. Lo afirma el Señor omnipotente».
Contra falsas esperanzas
12 El Señor me habló diciendo: 13 «Hijo de hombre, si un país peca contra mí y persiste en su infidelidad, yo levantaré mi mano contra él; le quitaré las provisiones, enviaré hambre sobre él y arrasaré a sus habitantes y a sus animales. 14 Y, aun si Noé, Daniel[a] y Job vivieran en ese país, solo ellos se salvarían por su justicia. Lo afirmo yo, el Señor omnipotente.
15 »Y, si por todo el país yo mandara bestias feroces que lo arrasaran y lo convirtieran en desierto desolado, de modo que por temor a las fieras nadie se atreviera a pasar, 16 aun si aquellos tres hombres vivieran allí, ni sus hijos ni sus hijas sobrevivirían. Solo ellos se salvarían, pero el país quedaría desolado. ¡Yo, el Señor omnipotente, lo juro por mí mismo!
17 »Y, si yo enviara guerra sobre ese país y dejara que la espada arrasara la tierra y eliminara a sus habitantes y a sus animales, 18 aun si aquellos tres hombres vivieran allí, ni sus hijos ni sus hijas sobrevivirían. Solo ellos se salvarían. ¡Yo, el Señor omnipotente, lo juro por mí mismo!
19 »Y, si yo enviara peste a ese país y derramara sobre él mi ira mortal para eliminar a sus habitantes y a sus animales, 20 aun si Noé, Daniel y Job vivieran allí, ni sus hijos ni sus hijas sobrevivirían. Solo ellos se salvarían por su justicia. ¡Yo, el Señor omnipotente, lo juro por mí mismo!
21 »Así dice el Señor omnipotente: ¡Peor será cuando mande contra Jerusalén mis cuatro castigos terribles: la guerra, el hambre, las bestias feroces y la peste! Con ellas arrasaré a sus habitantes y a sus animales. 22 Sin embargo, quedarán algunos sobrevivientes que serán liberados y harán salir al exilio a sus hijos y a sus hijas. Cuando lleguen adonde estáis vosotros, y veáis su conducta y sus obras, os consolaréis del desastre que envié contra Jerusalén, y de todo lo que hice contra ella. 23 Os consolares cuando veáis la conducta y las obras de esa gente, y sabréis que lo que hice contra Jerusalén no fue sin razón. Lo afirma el Señor omnipotente».
Footnotes
- 14:14 Daniel. Alt. Danel; también en v. 20.
Ezekiel 14
New Catholic Bible
Ezekiel 14
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 14
Idolatry of the Elders. 1 Some of the elders came into my presence and sat down before me.[a] 2 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 3 Son of man, these men have reserved a special place in their hearts for their idols and have continued to revere the occasions of sin that led to their downfall. Why should I allow myself to be consulted by them?
4 Therefore, speak to them and declare this: Thus says the Lord God: To all those belonging to the house of Israel who continue to revere their idols in their hearts and fail to remove the stumbling block of their iniquity and then approach a prophet, I, the Lord, will deliver my answer to those who approach me with their multitude of idols. 5 In this way, I will recapture the hearts of the house of Israel, all of those who have been estranged from me through their idols.
6 Therefore, say to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord God: Repent and turn away from your idols, and turn away your faces from all your abominations. 7 For if any members of the house of Israel or any aliens who reside in Israel separate themselves from me, holding the memory of their idols in their hearts and keeping the cause of their iniquity before their eyes, and then approach a prophet to consult me, I, the Lord, will answer them myself. 8 I will set my face against them, and I will make them an example and a byword. I will cut them off from the midst of my people, and thus you will know that I am the Lord.
9 If a prophet is led astray into making a prophecy, I, the Lord, shall have been the one who deceived that prophet. I will stretch out my hand against him and eradicate him from the presence of my people Israel. 10 The punishments received by the inquirer and the prophet shall be identical, 11 so that the house of Israel will never again stray from me or defile themselves any longer with all their sins. Thus, they shall be my people, and I will be their God, says the Lord God.
12 Individual Responsibility.[b] This word of the Lord came to me: 13 Son of man, if a country sins against me by being unfaithful, and I stretch out my hand against it and cut off its supply of food, inflicting famine on it and removing from its midst all of its inhabitants and its animals, 14 even if the three men, Noah, Daniel,[c] and Job were there, they could save no one but themselves by their own righteousness, says the Lord God.
15 If I were to unleash wild animals throughout the land to ravage it, so that it would become a desolate wasteland through which no one could traverse because of the savage beasts, 16 even if those three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord God, they would save neither sons nor daughters; they alone would survive.
17 Or if I were to bring the sword down on that country, commanding the sword to pass through the land, isolating it from man and beast, 18 even if those three men were in it, says the Lord God, they would be unable to save either their sons or their daughters; they alone would be saved.
19 Or if I were to inflict a pestilence upon that land and pour out my wrath upon it with blood, destroying all people and animals with it, 20 even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, says the Lord God, they would save neither son nor daughter; they would only save themselves by their righteousness.
21 Thus says the Lord God: Even if I were to inflict upon Jerusalem my four dreadful scourges—sword, famine, wild animals, and pestilence—to cut off from it both men and animals, 22 even so some survivors will be left in it, both men and women. When they come to you and you observe their conduct and their actions, you will be consoled despite the disaster I have inflicted upon Jerusalem.[d] 23 They will be a source of consolation when you reflect upon their conduct and their deeds, and you will come to realize that it was not without good reason that I have done to it what I did.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 14:1 The elders are the heads of the communities of exiles.
- Ezekiel 14:12 This passage states a basic idea in Ezekiel’s teaching and will be repeated at greater length in other passages (Ezek 18; 33:10-20). The prophet Jeremiah has already said that the Lord will no longer yield to the prayers of the great intercessors unless the people are converted. Ezekiel is even more explicit: the salvation or ruin of individuals depends not on their forebears, or on solidarity with the people, or even on their own past; they are each responsible for themselves individually and according to their dispositions at any moment; they will be repaid each according to their conduct.
- Ezekiel 14:14 Daniel: a famous sage of the ancient East; a Phoenician poem speaks of him. He will also be the chief character of the biblical Book of the same name.
- Ezekiel 14:22 The behavior of these survivors will show how depraved Jerusalem was, and the exiles will recognize that the destruction of the city was a just punishment.
Ezekiel 14
New International Version
Ezekiel 14
New International Version
Idolaters Condemned
14 Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat down in front of me.(A) 2 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 3 “Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts(B) and put wicked stumbling blocks(C) before their faces. Should I let them inquire of me at all?(D) 4 Therefore speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When any of the Israelites set up idols in their hearts and put a wicked stumbling block before their faces and then go to a prophet, I the Lord will answer them myself in keeping with their great idolatry. 5 I will do this to recapture the hearts of the people of Israel, who have all deserted(E) me for their idols.’(F)
6 “Therefore say to the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Repent!(G) Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices!(H)
7 “‘When any of the Israelites or any foreigner(I) residing in Israel separate themselves from me and set up idols in their hearts and put a wicked stumbling block(J) before their faces and then go to a prophet to inquire(K) of me, I the Lord will answer them myself. 8 I will set my face against(L) them and make them an example(M) and a byword.(N) I will remove them from my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord.(O)
9 “‘And if the prophet(P) is enticed(Q) to utter a prophecy, I the Lord have enticed that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel.(R) 10 They will bear their guilt—the prophet will be as guilty as the one who consults him. 11 Then the people of Israel will no longer stray(S) from me, nor will they defile themselves anymore with all their sins. They will be my people,(T) and I will be their God, declares the Sovereign Lord.(U)’”
Jerusalem’s Judgment Inescapable
12 The word of the Lord came to me: 13 “Son of man, if a country sins(V) against me by being unfaithful and I stretch out my hand against it to cut off its food supply(W) and send famine upon it and kill its people and their animals,(X) 14 even if these three men—Noah,(Y) Daniel[a](Z) and Job(AA)—were in it, they could save only themselves by their righteousness,(AB) declares the Sovereign Lord.
15 “Or if I send wild beasts(AC) through that country and they leave it childless and it becomes desolate so that no one can pass through it because of the beasts,(AD) 16 as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, even if these three men were in it, they could not save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved, but the land would be desolate.(AE)
17 “Or if I bring a sword(AF) against that country and say, ‘Let the sword pass throughout the land,’ and I kill its people and their animals,(AG) 18 as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, even if these three men were in it, they could not save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved.
19 “Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out my wrath(AH) on it through bloodshed,(AI) killing its people and their animals,(AJ) 20 as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, even if Noah, Daniel and Job were in it, they could save neither son nor daughter. They would save only themselves by their righteousness.(AK)
21 “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem my four dreadful judgments(AL)—sword(AM) and famine(AN) and wild beasts and plague(AO)—to kill its men and their animals!(AP) 22 Yet there will be some survivors(AQ)—sons and daughters who will be brought out of it.(AR) They will come to you, and when you see their conduct(AS) and their actions, you will be consoled(AT) regarding the disaster I have brought on Jerusalem—every disaster I have brought on it. 23 You will be consoled when you see their conduct and their actions, for you will know that I have done nothing in it without cause, declares the Sovereign Lord.(AU)”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 14:14 Or Danel, a man of renown in ancient literature; also in verse 20
Ezekiel 14
King James Version
Ezekiel 14
King James Version
14 Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
2 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
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?
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;
5 That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
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.
7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the Lord will answer him by myself:
8 And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the Lord have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
10 And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;
11 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.
12 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying,
13 Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:
14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God.
15 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:
16 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.
17 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:
18 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.
19 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:
20 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.
21 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?
22 Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.
23 And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord God.
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