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11 Then Israel’s house won’t wander away from me again, nor will they defile themselves again with all their transgressions. They’ll become my people and I’ll be their God,” declares the Lord God.

On Noah, Daniel, and Job

12 This message came to me from the Lord: 13 “Son of Man, when a nation[a] sins against me by a treacherous act,[b] I’ll reach out to oppose it, destroying its source of food,[c] by sending famine against it, and by destroying both people and beast within it.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 14:13 Lit. land
  2. Ezekiel 14:13 Lit. nation acts treacherously by a treacherous act
  3. Ezekiel 14:13 Lit. will break in pieces its staff of bread.

11 Then the people of Israel will no longer stray(A) from me, nor will they defile themselves anymore with all their sins. They will be my people,(B) and I will be their God, declares the Sovereign Lord.(C)’”

Jerusalem’s Judgment Inescapable

12 The word of the Lord came to me: 13 “Son of man, if a country sins(D) against me by being unfaithful and I stretch out my hand against it to cut off its food supply(E) and send famine upon it and kill its people and their animals,(F)

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