## Ezekiel Chapter 14

###### Ezekiel 14:1
[Ezekiel 14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/14:1)

וַיָּב֤וֹא אֵלַי֙ אֲנָשִׁ֔ים מִזִּקְנֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ לְפָנָֽי׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then came certain of the elders of Yisra᾽el to me, and sat before me.


###### Ezekiel 14:2
[Ezekiel 14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/14:2)

וַיְהִ֥י דְבַר־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,


###### Ezekiel 14:3
[Ezekiel 14:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/14:3)

בֶּן־אָדָ֗ם הָאֲנָשִׁ֤ים הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ הֶעֱל֤וּ גִלּֽוּלֵיהֶם֙ עַל־לִבָּ֔ם וּמִכְשׁ֣וֹל עֲוֺנָ֔ם נָתְנ֖וּ נֹ֣כַח פְּנֵיהֶ֑ם הַאִדָּרֹ֥שׁ אִדָּרֵ֖שׁ לָהֶֽם׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their faces: should I let myself be inquired of at all by them?


###### Ezekiel 14:4
[Ezekiel 14:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/14:4)

לָכֵ֣ן דַּבֵּר־א֠וֹתָ֠ם וְאָמַרְתָּ֨ אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר**׀** אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֗ה אִ֣ישׁ אִ֣ישׁ מִבֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל אֲשֶׁר֩ יַעֲלֶ֨ה אֶת־גִּלּוּלָ֜יו אֶל־לִבּ֗וֹ וּמִכְשׁ֤וֹל עֲוֺנוֹ֙ יָשִׂים֙ נֹ֣כַח פָּנָ֔יו וּבָ֖א אֶל־הַנָּבִ֑יא אֲנִ֣י יְהֹוָ֗ה נַעֲנֵ֧יתִי ל֦וֹ (בה) [בָ֖א] בְּרֹ֥ב גִּלּוּלָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore speak to them, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God; Every man of the house of Yisra᾽el that sets up his idols in his heart, and puts the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I the Lord will answer him that comes with the multitude of his idols;


###### Ezekiel 14:5
[Ezekiel 14:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/14:5)

לְמַ֛עַן תְּפֹ֥שׂ אֶת־בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּלִבָּ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָזֹ֙רוּ֙ מֵֽעָלַ֔י בְּגִלּוּלֵיהֶ֖ם כֻּלָּֽם׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that I may catch the house of Yisra᾽el in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.


###### Ezekiel 14:6
[Ezekiel 14:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/14:6)

לָכֵ֞ן אֱמֹ֣ר**׀** אֶל־בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֔ה שׁ֣וּבוּ וְהָשִׁ֔יבוּ מֵעַ֖ל גִּלּוּלֵיכֶ֑ם וּמֵעַ֥ל כׇּל־תּוֹעֲבֹתֵיכֶ֖ם הָשִׁ֥יבוּ פְנֵיכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore say to the house of Yisra᾽el, Thus says the Lord God; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.


###### Ezekiel 14:7
[Ezekiel 14:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/14:7)

כִּי֩ אִ֨ישׁ אִ֜ישׁ מִבֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וּמֵהַגֵּר֮ אֲשֶׁר־יָג֣וּר בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וְיִנָּזֵ֣ר מֵאַחֲרַ֗י וְיַ֤עַל גִּלּוּלָיו֙ אֶל־לִבּ֔וֹ וּמִכְשׁ֣וֹל עֲוֺנ֔וֹ יָשִׂ֖ים נֹ֣כַח פָּנָ֑יו וּבָ֤א אֶל־הַנָּבִיא֙ לִדְרׇשׁ־ל֣וֹ בִ֔י אֲנִ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה נַעֲנֶה־לּ֖וֹ בִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For everyone of the house of Yisra᾽el, and of the stranger that sojourns in Yisra᾽el, who separates himself from me, and sets up his idols in his heart, and puts the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me; I the Lord will answer him by myself:


###### Ezekiel 14:8
[Ezekiel 14:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/14:8)

וְנָתַתִּ֨י פָנַ֜י בָּאִ֣ישׁ הַה֗וּא וַהֲשִׂמֹתִ֙יהוּ֙ לְא֣וֹת וְלִמְשָׁלִ֔ים וְהִכְרַתִּ֖יו מִתּ֣וֹךְ עַמִּ֑י וִידַעְתֶּ֖ם כִּי־אֲנִ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you shall know that I am the Lord.


###### Ezekiel 14:9
[Ezekiel 14:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/14:9)

וְהַנָּבִ֤יא כִֽי־יְפֻתֶּה֙ וְדִבֶּ֣ר דָּבָ֔ר אֲנִ֤י יְהֹוָה֙ פִּתֵּ֔יתִי אֵ֖ת הַנָּבִ֣יא הַה֑וּא וְנָטִ֤יתִי אֶת־יָדִי֙ עָלָ֔יו וְהִ֨שְׁמַדְתִּ֔יו מִתּ֖וֹךְ עַמִּ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And if the prophet be deceived when he has spoken a thing, I the Lord have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Yisra᾽el.


###### Ezekiel 14:10
[Ezekiel 14:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/14:10)

וְנָשְׂא֖וּ עֲוֺנָ֑ם כַּעֲוֺן֙ הַדֹּרֵ֔שׁ כַּעֲוֺ֥ן הַנָּבִ֖יא יִהְיֶֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeks to him;


###### Ezekiel 14:11
[Ezekiel 14:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/14:11)

לְ֠מַ֠עַן לֹא־יִתְע֨וּ ע֤וֹד בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מֵֽאַחֲרַ֔י וְלֹא־יִטַּמְּא֥וּ ע֖וֹד בְּכׇל־פִּשְׁעֵיהֶ֑ם וְהָיוּ־לִ֣י לְעָ֗ם וַאֲנִי֙ אֶהְיֶ֤ה לָהֶם֙ לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יֱהֹוִֽה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that the house of Yisra᾽el may no more go astray from me, neither be defiled any more by all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, says the Lord God.


###### Ezekiel 14:12
[Ezekiel 14:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/14:12)

וַיְהִ֥י דְבַר־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The word of the Lord came again to me, saying,


###### Ezekiel 14:13
[Ezekiel 14:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/14:13)

בֶּן־אָדָ֗ם אֶ֚רֶץ כִּ֤י תֶֽחֱטָא־לִי֙ לִמְעׇל־מַ֔עַל וְנָטִ֤יתִי יָדִי֙ עָלֶ֔יהָ וְשָׁבַ֥רְתִּי לָ֖הּ מַטֵּה־לָ֑חֶם וְהִשְׁלַחְתִּי־בָ֣הּ רָעָ֔ב וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י מִמֶּ֖נָּה אָדָ֥ם וּבְהֵמָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Son of man, when the land sins against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out my hand upon it, and will break its staff of bread, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:


###### Ezekiel 14:14
[Ezekiel 14:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/14:14)

וְ֠הָי֠וּ שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֤ים הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ בְּתוֹכָ֔הּ נֹ֖חַ (דנאל) [דָּנִיֵּ֣אל] וְאִיּ֑וֹב הֵ֤מָּה בְצִדְקָתָם֙ יְנַצְּל֣וּ נַפְשָׁ֔ם נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יֱהֹוִֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
though these three men, Noaĥ, Dani᾽el, and Iyyov, were in it, they should only save their own lives by their righteousness, says the Lord God.


###### Ezekiel 14:15
[Ezekiel 14:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/14:15)

לוּ־חַיָּ֥ה רָעָ֛ה אַעֲבִ֥יר בָּאָ֖רֶץ וְשִׁכְּלָ֑תָּה וְהָיְתָ֤ה שְׁמָמָה֙ מִבְּלִ֣י עוֹבֵ֔ר מִפְּנֵ֖י הַחַיָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:


###### Ezekiel 14:16
[Ezekiel 14:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/14:16)

שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים הָאֵלֶּה֮ בְּתוֹכָהּ֒ חַי־אָ֗נִי נְאֻם֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֔ה אִם־בָּנִ֥ים וְאִם־בָּנ֖וֹת יַצִּ֑ילוּ הֵ֤מָּה לְבַדָּם֙ יִנָּצֵ֔לוּ וְהָאָ֖רֶץ תִּהְיֶ֥ה שְׁמָמָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they alone shall be saved, but the land shall be desolate.


###### Ezekiel 14:17
[Ezekiel 14:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/14:17)

א֛וֹ חֶ֥רֶב אָבִ֖יא עַל־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַהִ֑יא וְאָמַרְתִּ֗י חֶ֚רֶב תַּעֲבֹ֣ר בָּאָ֔רֶץ וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י מִמֶּ֖נָּה אָדָ֥ם וּבְהֵמָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:


###### Ezekiel 14:18
[Ezekiel 14:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/14:18)

וּשְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים הָאֵ֘לֶּה֮ בְּתוֹכָהּ֒ חַי־אָ֗נִי נְאֻם֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֔ה לֹ֥א יַצִּ֖ילוּ בָּנִ֣ים וּבָנ֑וֹת כִּ֛י הֵ֥ם לְבַדָּ֖ם יִנָּצֵֽלוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they alone shall be saved.


###### Ezekiel 14:19
[Ezekiel 14:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/14:19)

א֛וֹ דֶּ֥בֶר אֲשַׁלַּ֖ח אֶל־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַהִ֑יא וְשָׁפַכְתִּ֨י חֲמָתִ֤י עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ בְּדָ֔ם לְהַכְרִ֥ית מִמֶּ֖נָּה אָדָ֥ם וּבְהֵמָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:


###### Ezekiel 14:20
[Ezekiel 14:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/14:20)

וְנֹ֨חַ (דנאל) [דָּנִיֵּ֣אל] וְאִיּוֹב֮ בְּתוֹכָהּ֒ חַי־אָ֗נִי נְאֻם֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֔ה אִם־בֵּ֥ן אִם־בַּ֖ת יַצִּ֑ילוּ הֵ֥מָּה בְצִדְקָתָ֖ם יַצִּ֥ילוּ נַפְשָֽׁם׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
though Noaĥ, Dani᾽el, and Iyyov, were in it, as I live, says the Lord God, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but save their own lives by their righteousness.


###### Ezekiel 14:21
[Ezekiel 14:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/14:21)

כִּי֩ כֹ֨ה אָמַ֜ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֗ה אַ֣ף כִּֽי־אַרְבַּ֣עַת שְׁפָטַ֣י׀הָרָעִ֡ים חֶ֠רֶב וְרָעָ֞ב וְחַיָּ֤ה רָעָה֙ וָדֶ֔בֶר שִׁלַּ֖חְתִּי אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם לְהַכְרִ֥ית מִמֶּ֖נָּה אָדָ֥ם וּבְהֵמָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For thus says the Lord God; How much more when I send my four severe judgments upon Yerushalayim, namely the sword, and the famine, and the evil beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?


###### Ezekiel 14:22
[Ezekiel 14:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/14:22)

וְהִנֵּ֨ה נֽוֹתְרָה־בָּ֜הּ פְּלֵטָ֗ה הַֽמּוּצָאִים֮ בָּנִ֣ים וּבָנוֹת֒ הִנָּם֙ יוֹצְאִ֣ים אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם וּרְאִיתֶ֥ם אֶת־דַּרְכָּ֖ם וְאֶת־עֲלִילוֹתָ֑ם וְנִחַמְתֶּ֗ם עַל־הָרָעָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר הֵבֵ֙אתִי֙ עַל־יְר֣וּשָׁלַ֔͏ִם אֵ֛ת כׇּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֵבֵ֖אתִי עָלֶֽיהָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant to be brought out, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come out to you, and you shall see their way and their doings: and you shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Yerushalayim, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.


###### Ezekiel 14:23
[Ezekiel 14:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/14:23)

וְנִחֲמ֣וּ אֶתְכֶ֔ם כִּֽי־תִרְא֥וּ אֶת־דַּרְכָּ֖ם וְאֶת־עֲלִילוֹתָ֑ם וִידַעְתֶּ֗ם כִּי֩ לֹ֨א חִנָּ֤ם עָשִׂ֙יתִי֙ אֵ֣ת כׇּל־אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֣יתִי בָ֔הּ נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יֱהֹוִֽה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they shall console you, when you see their ways and their doings: and you shall know that not without cause have I done all that I have done in it, says the Lord God.