Ezekiel 14:12

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

In Context

11that the house of Israel may go no more astray from Me, neither defile themselves any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be My people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.'

13'Son of man, when a land sinneth against Me by trespassing grievously, and I stretch out My hand upon it, and break the staff of the bread thereof, and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast;

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Cross References

Jeremiah 29:17thus saith the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 14:2-12

The Elders of Israel Rebuked; The Prophet's Address to the Elders. ( b. c. 593.) 1 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 stumbling-block 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,… Read the whole commentary →

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