1 GLT Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me. BSB BSB: Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me.
2 GLT Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, BSB BSB: And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
3 GLT “Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their hearts and have put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their own faces. Should I be inquired of at all by them? BSB BSB: “Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I consult with them in any way?
4 GLT Therefore announce this to them and say to them,‘The Lord Yahweh says this: Every man of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart, or who puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and who then comes to a prophet— I, Yahweh, will answer him according to the number of his idols. BSB BSB: Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him according to his great idolatry,
5 GLT I will do this so that I may take back the house of Israel in their hearts that have been driven far from me through their idols.’ BSB BSB: so that I may take hold of the hearts of the people of Israel. For because of their idols, they are all estranged from Me.’
6 GLT Therefore say to the house of Israel,‘The Lord Yahweh says this: Repent and turn away from your idols! Turn back your faces from all your abominations. BSB BSB: Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your abominations.
7 GLT For every one from the house of Israel and every one of the foreigners staying in Israel who deserts me, who takes his idols into his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his own face, and who then comes to a prophet to seek me— I, Yahweh, will answer him myself. BSB BSB: For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.
8 GLT So I will set my face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb, for I will cut him off from the midst of my people, and you will know that I am Yahweh. BSB BSB: I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
9 GLT If a prophet is deceived and speaks a message, then I, Yahweh, will deceive that prophet; I will reach out with my hand against him and destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. BSB BSB: But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.
10 GLT They will carry their own iniquity; the iniquity of the prophet will be the same as the iniquity of the one who inquires from him. BSB BSB: They will bear their punishment—the punishment of the inquirer will be the same as that of the prophet—
11 GLT Because of this, the house of Israel will no longer wander away from following me nor defile themselves any longer through all their transgressions. They will be my people, and I will be their God— this is the Lord Yahweh’ s declaration.’” BSB BSB: in order that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Then they will be My people and I will be their God, declares the Lord GOD.’”
12 GLT Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, BSB BSB: And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
13 GLT “Son of man, when a land sins against me by committing a sin so that I reach out with my hand against it and break the staff of its bread, and send out over it a famine and cut off both man and beast from the land; BSB BSB: “Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,
14 GLT then even if these three men— Noah, Daniel, and Job— were in the land’ s midst, they could only rescue their own lives by their righteousness— this is the Lord Yahweh’ s declaration. BSB BSB: then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.
15 GLT If I send evil beasts through the land and make it barren so that it becomes a wasteland where no man may pass through because of the beasts, BSB BSB: Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts,
16 GLT then even if these same three men were in it— as I live, declares the Lord Yahweh— they would not be able to rescue even their own sons or daughters; only their own lives would be rescued, but the land would become a wasteland. BSB BSB: then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.
17 GLT Or if I bring a sword against that land and say,‘Sword, go through the land and cut off both man and beast from it’, BSB BSB: Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,
18 GLT then even if these three men were in the midst of the land— as I live, declares the Lord Yahweh— they would not be able to rescue even their own sons or daughters; only their own lives would be rescued. BSB BSB: then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered.
19 GLT Or if I send a plague against this land and pour out my fury against it through bloodshed, in order to cut off both man and beast, BSB BSB: Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath upon it through bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast,
20 GLT then even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in that land— as I live, declares the Lord Yahweh— they would not be able to rescue even their own sons or daughters; only their own lives would be rescued by their righteousness. BSB BSB: then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.
21 GLT For the Lord Yahweh says this: I will certainly make things worse by sending my four punishments— famine, sword, wild animals, and plague— against Jerusalem to cut off both man and beast from her. BSB BSB: For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?
22 GLT Yet, behold! A remnant will be left in her, survivors who will go out with sons and daughters. Behold! They will go out to you, and you will see their ways and actions and be comforted concerning the punishment that I have sent to Jerusalem, and about everything else that I have sent against the land. BSB BSB: Yet, behold, some survivors will be left in it—sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their conduct and actions, you will be comforted regarding the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem—all that I have brought upon it.
23 GLT The survivors will comfort you when you see their ways and their actions, so you will know all these things I have done against her, that I have not done them in vain!— this is the Lord Yahweh’ s declaration.” BSB BSB: They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
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