The Lord Will Not Relent

15 Then the Lord said to me, (A)“Though (B)Moses (C)and Samuel (D)stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go!

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15 Then the Lord said to me: “Even if Moses(A) and Samuel(B) were to stand before me, my heart would not go out to this people.(C) Send them away from my presence!(D) Let them go!

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14 (A)even if these three men, (B)Noah, (C)Daniel, and (D)Job, were in it, (E)they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord God.

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14 even if these three men—Noah,(A) Daniel[a](B) and Job(C)—were in it, they could save only themselves by their righteousness,(D) declares the Sovereign Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 14:14 Or Danel, a man of renown in ancient literature; also in verse 20

20 even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, declares the Lord God, they would deliver neither son nor daughter. They would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness.

21 “For thus says the Lord God: How much more (A)when I send upon Jerusalem my four disastrous acts of judgment, (B)sword, (C)famine, (D)wild beasts, and (E)pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!

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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.(A)

21 “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem my four dreadful judgments(B)—sword(C) and famine(D) and wild beasts and plague(E)—to kill its men and their animals!(F)

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11 The Lord said to me: (A)“Do not pray for the welfare of this people.

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11 Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray(A) for the well-being of this people.

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14 “Therefore (A)do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer on their behalf, (B)for I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their trouble.

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14 “Do not pray(A) for this people or offer any plea or petition for them, because I will not listen(B) when they call to me in the time of their distress.

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23 Therefore (A)he said he would destroy them—
    had not Moses, his (B)chosen one,
(C)stood in the breach before him,
    to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

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23 So he said he would destroy(A) them—
    had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach(B) before him
    to keep his wrath from destroying them.

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15 (A)And I will cast you out of my sight, (B)as I cast out all your kinsmen, all the offspring of (C)Ephraim.

16 “As for you, (D)do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I will not hear you.

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15 I will thrust you from my presence,(A) just as I did all your fellow Israelites, the people of Ephraim.’(B)

16 “So do not pray for this people nor offer any plea(C) or petition for them; do not plead with me, for I will not listen(D) to you.

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11 But (A)Moses implored the Lord his God and said, “O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? 12 (B)Why should the Egyptians say, ‘With evil intent did he bring them out, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your burning anger and (C)relent from this disaster against your people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you (D)swore by your own self, and said to them, (E)‘I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.’” 14 And the Lord (F)relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people.

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11 But Moses sought the favor(A) of the Lord his God. “Lord,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?(B) 12 Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth’?(C) Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster(D) on your people. 13 Remember(E) your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self:(F) ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars(G) in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land(H) I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.’” 14 Then the Lord relented(I) and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.

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(A)Moses and Aaron were among his (B)priests,
    Samuel also was among those who (C)called upon his name.
    They (D)called to the Lord, and he answered them.

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Moses(A) and Aaron(B) were among his priests,
    Samuel(C) was among those who called on his name;
they called on the Lord
    and he answered(D) them.

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23 Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing (A)to pray for you, (B)and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

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23 As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray(A) for you. And I will teach(B) you the way that is good and right.

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So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. And (A)Samuel cried out to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord answered him.

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Then Samuel(A) took a suckling lamb and sacrificed it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. He cried out to the Lord on Israel’s behalf, and the Lord answered him.(B)

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20 And the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them (A)and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

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20 Therefore the Lord rejected all the people of Israel; he afflicted them and gave them into the hands of plunderers,(A) until he thrust them from his presence.(B)

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For because of the anger of the Lord it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that he cast them out from his presence.

And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

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It was because of the Lord’s anger that all this happened to Jerusalem and Judah,(A) and in the end he thrust them from his presence.(B)

Now Zedekiah rebelled(C) against the king of Babylon.

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