Ezekiel 14 in plain modern English. New Ground English Translation.
Some of the of came and sat down in front of me.
Then the word of came to me:
of these men have set up in their hearts — they've planted the very that them right in front of their own faces. Should I really let them come to me for answers?"
"So tell them this: This is what Yahweh, the who says — anyone in Israel who sets up idols in their heart, who plants what will make them fall right before their face, and then comes to a — I, Yahweh, will answer them myself, and it will match the sheer number of their idols."
"I will do this to the of Israel — their hearts that have all turned away from me because of their idols."
"So tell the house of Israel: This is what Yahweh, the God who truly rules, says — completely Turn your faces away from your idols. Turn away from all the that me."
"When anyone from the house of — or any in — cuts themselves off from me, sets up idols in their heart, plants what will make them fall right before their face, and then goes to a prophet to ask me for guidance — I, Yahweh, will answer them myself."
"I will my that person. I will make them a a I will cut them off from my people. Then you will know that I am Yahweh."
"And if a prophet is into giving a message — it is I, Yahweh, who let that prophet be I will out my against them and destroy them from among my people Israel."
"They will bear their own — the one who asks and the prophet will be equally guilty — "
"so that the house of Israel will never again from me, and never again with all their acts of Then they will be my and I will be their This is the declaration of Yahweh, the who truly rules.
The word of Yahweh came to me:
"Son of man, when a land me by being I will stretch out my hand against it. I will its send famine into it, and both people and animals from it."
"Even if these three men were in it — Noah, and — they could only rescue themselves by how they They could not save the land." This is the declaration of Yahweh, the God who truly rules.
"Or if I send through that land and they leave it childless — a wasteland where no one passes through because of the — "
"even if these three men were in it — as I declares Yahweh, the God who truly rules — "they could not rescue their own sons or daughters. Only they themselves would be rescued, but the land would be a wasteland."
"Or if I bring a against that land and say, 'Let the sweep through this land,' and I cut off both people and animals from it — "
"even if these three men were in it — as I live," declares Yahweh, the God who truly rules — "they could not rescue their own sons or daughters. Only they themselves would be rescued."
"Or if I send a into that land and out my on it in bloodshed, cutting off both people and animals from it — "
"even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it — as I live," declares Yahweh, the God who truly rules — "they could not rescue a single son or daughter. They could only rescue themselves by how they lived."
"This is what Yahweh, the God who truly rules, says: How much worse will it be when I send my against — the sword, famine, wild animals, and plague — to cut off both people and animals from it!"
"But look — there will be left in it, sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see how they live and what they do, you will be about the disaster I brought on Jerusalem — about everything I brought on it."
"They will comfort you when you see how they live and what they do. Then you will that I did not do anything I did to Jerusalem This is the declaration of Yahweh, the God who truly rules.