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Ezekiel 14:12
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- InternationalParallel Translations
The word of the Lord came to me:
The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
The word of the Lord came again to me, saying,
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
The word of the LORD came [again] to me, saying,
The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
The worde of the Lord came againe vnto me, saying,
Then the word of the LORD came to me saying,
Then the word of Yahweh came to me saying,
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
The Lord God said:
The word of Adonai came to me:
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Then the word of the Lord came to me. He said,
The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
The Lord spoke to me.
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
And the Word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
And the worde of the LORDE came vnto me, sayenge:
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
The word of the Lord came againe to me, saying,
And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide,
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
The word of the Lord came to me:
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying:
Then this message came to me from the Lord :
Then the Word of the Lord came to me saying,
The word of the Lord came to me:
And the word of Yahweh came unto me saying:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
And the word of the LORD came to me:
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, when a country sins against me by living faithlessly and I reach out and destroy its food supply by bringing on a famine, wiping out humans and animals alike, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job—the Big Three—were alive at the time, it wouldn't do the population any good. Their righteousness would only save their own lives." Decree of God , the Master.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 24:10 - General Jeremiah 29:17 - Behold
Cross-References
Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
with Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, four kings against five.
So the enemy took all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way.
They also took Lot, the son of Abram's brother, who was dwelling in Sodom, and his possessions, and went their way.
Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner. These were allies of Abram.
After his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).
And he blessed him and said, "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth;
And he spoke to the congregation, saying, "Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be swept away with all their sins."
When disaster brings sudden death, he mocks at the calamity of the innocent.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The word of the Lord came again unto saying. At the same time as before, continuing the prophecy, and a denunciation of judgments; for it does not seem to begin a new prophecy. The Targum renders it, the word of prophecy from the Lord.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Jeremiah 14:0; Jeremiah 15:0 is a remarkable parallel to this prophecy. Here, as elsewhere, Ezekiel is commissioned to deliver to the exiles the same message which Jeremiah conveys to the inhabitants of Judaea. The answer discovers the nature of the questions which had been expressed or implied.
(1) Can God cast out a people who are holy unto Himself?
(2) Is it just to punish them with utter desolation?
The prophet answers:
(1) That when a people is so corrupt as to call down national judgment, individual piety shall save none but the individuals themselves.
(2) The corrupt condition of the people shall be made so manifest, that none will question the justice of God in dealing thus severely with them.
Ezekiel 14:12
Or, “When a land” - the case is first put in a general form, and then ism brought with increased force home to Jerusalem - “sinneth against me by trespassing grievously,” and I stretch out “mine hand upon it,” and break the staff of bread “thereof,” and send famine “upon it and” cut off “man and beast: though these three men” etc.
Ezekiel 14:14
Noah, Daniel, and Job - Three striking instances of men who, for their integrity, were delivered from the ruin which fell upon others. Some have thought it strange that Daniel, a contemporary, and still young, should have been classed with the two ancient worthies. But the account of him Daniel 2:0 shows, that by this time Daniel was a very remarkable man (compare Ezekiel 28:3), and the introduction of the name of a contemporary gives force and life to the illustration. There is in the order in which the names occur a kind of climax. Noah did not rescue the guilty world, but did carry forth with him his wife, sons, and sons’ wives. Daniel raised only a few, but he did raise three of his countrymen with him to honor. To Job was spared neither son nor daughter.
Ezekiel 14:22, Ezekiel 14:23
Ye shall be comforted ... - By a truer estimate of the dispensations of the Almighty. This visitation will be recognized as inevitable and just.
