Ezekiel 14

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 14 of 48

1 And the men of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me.

2 And the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,

3 Son of man, these men have made go up their idols in their hearts, and have set the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. Should I at all be sought by them?

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Chapter Summary

Jehovah answers idolaters. His irrevocable sentence of famine, and of pestilence.

Key Hebrew Words

גִּלּוּל idols H1544 · TWOT 353h
מִכְשׁוֹל stumbling block H4383 · TWOT 1050c
עָוֺן iniquity H5771 · TWOT 1577a
נָבִיא prophet H5030 · TWOT 1277a
צְדָקָה righteousness H6666 · TWOT 1879b
רָעָב famine H7458 · TWOT 2183a

People & Context

Ezekiel

The prophet addressed as 'son of man,' confronting Israel's elders over idolatry and declaring Jehovah's judgments.

Noah

Cited with Daniel and Job as a paragon of righteousness whose presence could deliver only his own soul.

Daniel

Named with Noah and Job as a supremely righteous man, unable to save others from Jerusalem's coming judgment.

Job

Listed with Noah and Daniel as a model of righteousness who by his uprightness could deliver only himself.

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