Ezekiel 14:12-23
Lexham English Bible
Jerusalem will not be Spared
12 And the word of Yahweh came[a] to me, saying,[b] 13 “Son of man,[c] when a land sins against me by acting very unfaithfully,[d] then I will stretch out my hand against it, and I will break for it the supply of food,[e] and I will send against it famine, and I will cut it off, both human and animal. 14 And if even the three of these men were in the midst of it—Noah, Daniel, and Job—they, through their righteousness, would save only themselves!”[f] declares[g] the Lord Yahweh. 15 “If a fierce animal I should let cross through the land, and it should make it childless and it will be a desolation, so that there will not be one crossing over the land due to[h] the presence of the animal, 16 even if these three men were in the midst of it, as surely as I live,”[i] declares[j] the Lord Yahweh, “surely they will not save sons and daughters; they themselves alone,[k] they will be saved, but the land will be a desolation. 17 Or, if I bring a sword over that land, and I say, ‘Sword, let it cross over into[l] the land!’ And I will cut off from it both human and animal. 18 And if these three men were in the midst of it, as surely as I live,”[m] declares[n] the Lord Yahweh, “they will not save sons and daughters, but they alone[o] will be saved. 19 And if I were to send a plague to that land, and I pour out my rage on it with blood to cut it off, both human and animal, 20 and if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in the midst of her, as surely as I live,”[p] declares[q] the Lord Yahweh, “surely not a son, surely not a daughter will they save by their righteousness; they would save themselves.”[r] 21 For thus says the Lord Yahweh: “How much more when I send my four punishments—the evil sword, and famine, and a fierce animal, and a plague—to Jerusalem to cut it off, both human and animal! 22 But[s] look! A remnant will be left over in it, sons and daughters who will be brought out.[t] Look! They are coming out to you, and you will see their way, and with their deeds you will be consoled with respect to[u] the evil that I brought over Jerusalem, all of it that I brought over[v] it. 23 And they will console you when you see their way and their deeds, and you will know that not for nothing I did all that I did in it,” declares[w] the Lord Yahweh.
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- Ezekiel 14:12 Literally “was”
- Ezekiel 14:12 Literally “to say”
- Ezekiel 14:13 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 14:13 Literally “acting unfaithfully doing infidelity”
- Ezekiel 14:13 Literally “staff of bread”
- Ezekiel 14:14 Literally “their souls”
- Ezekiel 14:14 Literally “declaration of”
- Ezekiel 14:15 Literally “from the face of”
- Ezekiel 14:16 Literally “live I”
- Ezekiel 14:16 Literally “declaration of”
- Ezekiel 14:16 Literally “they to alone them”
- Ezekiel 14:17 Hebrew “in”
- Ezekiel 14:18 Literally “live I”
- Ezekiel 14:18 Literally “declaration of”
- Ezekiel 14:18 Literally “they to alone them”
- Ezekiel 14:20 Literally “live I”
- Ezekiel 14:20 Literally “declaration of”
- Ezekiel 14:20 Literally “their souls”
- Ezekiel 14:22 Or “And”
- Ezekiel 14:22 Literally “the ones being brought out”
- Ezekiel 14:22 Hebrew “for”
- Ezekiel 14:22 Or “upon”
- Ezekiel 14:23 Literally “declaration of”
Ezekiel 14:12-23
New American Standard Bible
The City Will Not Be Spared
12 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 13 “Son of man, if a country sins against Me by (A)being unfaithful, and I stretch out My hand against it, [a]destroy its (B)supply of bread, send famine against it, and eliminate from it both human and animal life, 14 even (C)though these three men, (D)Noah, (E)Daniel, and (F)Job were in its midst, by their own righteousness they could only save (G)themselves,” declares the Lord God. 15 “If I were to cause (H)vicious animals to pass through the land and they [b]depopulated it, and it became desolate so that no one would pass through it because of the animals, 16 though these three men were in its midst, as I live,” declares the Lord God, “they could not save either their sons or their daughters. (I)They alone would be saved, but the country would be desolate. 17 Or if I were to (J)bring a sword on that country and say, ‘A sword is to pass through the country,’ and I (K)eliminated human and animal life from it, 18 even though these three men were in its midst, as I live,” declares the Lord God, “they could not save either their sons or their daughters, but they alone would be saved. 19 Or if I were to send a (L)plague against that country and pour out My wrath on it in blood to eliminate man and animal from it, 20 even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in its midst, as I live,” declares the Lord God, “they could not save either their son or their daughter. They would save only themselves by their righteousness.”
21 For this is what the Lord God says: “How much more when (M)I send My four [c]severe judgments against Jerusalem: sword, famine, vicious animals, and plague to eliminate human and animal life from it! 22 Yet, behold, [d]survivors will be left in it who will be brought out, both sons and daughters. Behold, they are going to come out to you, and you will (N)see their conduct and actions; then you will be (O)comforted for the disaster which I have brought against Jerusalem for everything which I have brought upon it. 23 Then they will comfort you when you see their conduct and actions, for you will know that I have not done (P)without reason whatever I did [e]to it,” declares the Lord God.
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- Ezekiel 14:13 Lit break its staff
- Ezekiel 14:15 Lit bereaved it of children
- Ezekiel 14:21 Lit evil
- Ezekiel 14:22 Lit a survivor
- Ezekiel 14:23 Lit in
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