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King James Version (1611 Edition)

Ezekiel 14:12

The word of the Lord came againe to me, saying,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Idolatry;   Prophecy;  

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Job;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Salvation;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord came to me:
Hebrew Names Version
The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
King James Version
The word of the Lord came again to me, saying,
English Standard Version
And the word of the Lord came to me:
New American Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New Century Version
The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
Amplified Bible
The word of the LORD came [again] to me, saying,
World English Bible
The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
The worde of the Lord came againe vnto me, saying,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the word of the LORD came to me saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to me saying,
Berean Standard Bible
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Contemporary English Version
The Lord God said:
Complete Jewish Bible
The word of Adonai came to me:
Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the word of the Lord came to me. He said,
George Lamsa Translation
The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Good News Translation
The Lord spoke to me.
Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the worde of the LORDE came vnto me, sayenge:
American Standard Version
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Bible in Basic English
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
English Revised Version
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide,
Update Bible Version
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
New English Translation
The word of the Lord came to me:
New King James Version
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying:
New Living Translation
Then this message came to me from the Lord :
New Life Bible
Then the Word of the Lord came to me saying,
New Revised Standard
The word of the Lord came to me:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the word of Yahweh came unto me saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Revised Standard Version
And the word of the LORD came to me:
Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
THE MESSAGE
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

12 The word of the Lord came againe to me, saying, 13 Sonne of man, when the land sinneth against mee by trespassing grieuously, then will I stretch out mine hand vpon it, and will breake the staffe of the bread thereof, and will send famine vpon it, and will cut off man and beast from it. 14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel and Iob were in it, they should deliuer but their owne soules by their righteousnes, saith the Lord God. 15 If I cause noisome beastes to passe through the land, and they spoile it, so that it bee desolate, that no man may passe through because of the beasts: 16 Though these three men were in it, as I liue, saith the Lord God, they shall deliuer neither sonnes nor daughters: they onely shalbe deliuered, but the land shalbe desolate. 17 Or if I bring a sword vpon that land, and say, Sword, goe through the lande, so that I cut off man and beast from it: 18 Though these three men were in it, as I liue, saith the Lord God, they shall deliuer neither sonnes nor daughter, but they onely shall bee deliuered themselues. 19 Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and powre out my fury vpon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast: 20 Though Noah, Daniel and Iob were in it, as I liue, saith the Lord God, they shal deliuer neither son nor daughter: they shall but deliuer their owne soules by their righteousnes. 21 For thus saith the Lord God, How much more when I send my foure sore iudgements vpon Ierusalem; the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 24:10 - General Jeremiah 29:17 - Behold

Cross-References

Genesis 11:27
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begate Abram, Nahor, and Haran: And Haran begate Lot.
Genesis 12:5
And Abram tooke Sarai his wife, and Lot his brothers sonne, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the soules that they had gotten in Haran, and they went foorth to goe into the land of Canaan: and into the land of Canaan they came.
Genesis 14:9
With Chedorlaomer the King of Elam, and with Tidal King of nations, and Amraphel King of Shinar, and Arioch King of Ellasar; foure Kings with fiue.
Genesis 14:11
And they tooke all the goods of Sodome and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
Genesis 14:12
And they tooke Lot, Abrams brothers sonne, (who dwelt in Sodome) and his goods, and departed.
Genesis 14:13
And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew, for hee dwelt in the plaine of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
Genesis 14:17
And the king of Sodome went out to meete him, (after his returne from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the Kings that were with him) at the valley of Saueh, which is the Kings dale.
Genesis 14:19
And hee blessed him, and saide; Blessed bee Abram of the most high God, possessour of heauen and earth,
Numbers 16:26
And hee spake vnto the Congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sinnes.
Job 9:23
If the scourge slay suddenly, hee will laugh at the triall 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.


 
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