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11 so that the house of Israel will not go astray again from me,[a] and they will not make themselves unclean again with all of their transgressions, and they will be for me a people, and I will be for them as God,” declares[b] the Lord Yahweh.

Jerusalem will not be Spared

12 And the word of Yahweh came[c] to me, saying,[d] 13 “Son of man,[e] when a land sins against me by acting very unfaithfully,[f] then I will stretch out my hand against it, and I will break for it the supply of food,[g] and I will send against it famine, and I will cut it off, both human and animal.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 14:11 Literally “from behind me”
  2. Ezekiel 14:11 Literally “declaration of”
  3. Ezekiel 14:12 Literally “was”
  4. Ezekiel 14:12 Literally “to say”
  5. Ezekiel 14:13 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  6. Ezekiel 14:13 Literally “acting unfaithfully doing infidelity”
  7. Ezekiel 14:13 Literally “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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