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Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Return,[a] and turn away from your idols and from all of your detestable things! Turn away your faces!”’ For each person[b] from the house of Israel, and from the alien who dwells as an alien in Israel, who separates himself from following me[c] and brings up his idols into his heart and places before himself[d] a stumbling block of his guilt[e], and yet he comes to the prophet to consult him concerning me, I Yahweh will answer[f] him myself. And I will set my face against that person, and I will make him to[g] be a sign and make him into[h] the subject of proverbs; and I will cut him off from the midst of my people, and you will know I am Yahweh. And the prophet, if he is deceived and he speaks a word, I Yahweh, I have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him, and I will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. 10 And they will bear their guilt, like[i] the guilt of the inquirer so[j] the guilt of the prophet will be, 11 so that the house of Israel will not go astray again from me,[k] and they will not make themselves unclean again with all of their transgressions, and they will be for me a people, and I will be for them as God,” declares[l] the Lord Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 14:6 Or “Repent”
  2. Ezekiel 14:7 Literally “a man, a man” or “each one, each one”
  3. Ezekiel 14:7 Literally “from behind me”
  4. Ezekiel 14:7 Literally “he puts beside his face”
  5. Ezekiel 14:7 Or “iniquity”
  6. Ezekiel 14:7 Or “am answering”
  7. Ezekiel 14:8 Or “as”
  8. Ezekiel 14:8 Hebrew “to”
  9. Ezekiel 14:10 Or “as”
  10. Ezekiel 14:10 Or “like”
  11. Ezekiel 14:11 Literally “from behind me”
  12. Ezekiel 14:11 Literally “declaration of”

“Therefore, tell the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Repent and turn away from your idols, and stop all your detestable sins. I, the Lord, will answer all those, both Israelites and foreigners, who reject me and set up idols in their hearts and so fall into sin, and who then come to a prophet asking for my advice. I will turn against such people and make a terrible example of them, eliminating them from among my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

“‘And if a prophet is deceived into giving a message, it is because I, the Lord, have deceived that prophet. I will lift my fist against such prophets and cut them off from the community of Israel. 10 False prophets and those who seek their guidance will all be punished for their sins. 11 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!’”

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