1 Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. 2 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them? 4 Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols; 5 That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
6 ¶ Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations. 7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: 8 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 ye shall know that I am the LORD. 9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath 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 Israel. 10 And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him; 11 That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.
12 ¶ The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, 13 Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it: 14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
15 ¶ If I cause noisome 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: 16 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.
17 ¶ 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: 18 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.
19 ¶ 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: 20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness. 21 For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
22 ¶ Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it. 23 And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD.
1 et venerunt ad me viri seniorum Israhel et sederunt coram me
2 et factus est sermo Domini ad me dicens
3 fili hominis viri isti posuerunt inmunditias suas in cordibus suis
et scandalum iniquitatis suae statuerunt contra faciem suam
numquid interrogatus respondebo eis
4 propter hoc loquere eis et dices ad eos haec dicit Dominus Deus
homo homo de domo Israhel
qui posuerit inmunditias suas in corde suo
et scandalum iniquitatis suae statuerit contra faciem suam
et venerit ad prophetam interrogans per eum me
ego Dominus respondebo ei in multitudine inmunditiarum suarum
5 ut capiatur domus Israhel in corde suo
quo recesserunt a me in cunctis idolis suis
6 propterea dic ad domum Israhel haec dicit Dominus Deus
convertimini et recedite ab idolis vestris
et ab universis contaminationibus vestris avertite facies vestras
7 quia homo homo de domo Israhel et de proselytis
quicumque advena fuerit in Israhel
si alienatus fuerit a me et posuerit idola sua in corde suo
et scandalum iniquitatis suae statuerit contra faciem suam
et venerit ad prophetam ut interroget per eum me
ego Dominus respondebo ei per me
8 et ponam faciem meam super hominem illum
et faciam eum in exemplum et in proverbium
et disperdam eum de medio populi mei
et scietis quia ego Dominus
9 et propheta cum erraverit et locutus fuerit verbum
ego Dominus decepi prophetam illum
et extendam manum meam super eum
et delebo eum de medio populi mei Israhel
10 et portabunt iniquitatem suam
iuxta iniquitatem interrogantis sic iniquitas prophetae erit
11 ut non erret ultra domus Israhel a me
neque polluatur in universis praevaricationibus suis
sed sit mihi in populum et ego sim eis in Deum
ait Dominus exercituum
12 et factus est sermo Domini ad me dicens
13 fili hominis terra cum peccaverit mihi ut praevaricetur praevaricans
extendam manum meam super eam et conteram virgam panis eius
et inmittam in eam famem
et interficiam de ea hominem et iumentum
14 et si fuerint tres viri isti in medio eius Noe Danihel et Iob
ipsi iustitia sua liberabunt animas suas ait Dominus exercituum
15 quod si et bestias pessimas induxero super terram ut vastem eam
et fuerit invia eo quod non sit pertransiens propter bestias
16 tres viri isti qui fuerint in ea
vivo ego dicit Dominus Deus quia nec filios nec filias liberabunt
sed ipsi soli liberabuntur
terra autem desolabitur
17 vel si gladium induxero super terram illam
et dixero gladio transi per terram
et interfecero de ea hominem et iumentum
18 et tres viri isti fuerint in medio eius
vivo ego dicit Dominus Deus
non liberabunt filios neque filias
sed ipsi soli liberabuntur
19 si autem et pestilentiam inmisero super terram illam
et effudero indignationem meam super eam in sanguine
ut auferam ex ea hominem et iumentum
20 et Noe et Danihel et Iob fuerint in medio eius
vivo ego dicit Dominus Deus
quia filium et filiam non liberabunt
sed ipsi iustitia sua liberabunt animas suas
21 quoniam haec dicit Dominus Deus
quod si et quattuor iudicia mea pessima
gladium et famem et bestias malas et pestilentiam
misero in Hierusalem
ut interficiam de ea hominem et pecus
22 tamen relinquetur in ea salvatio educentium filios et filias
ecce ipsi egredientur ad vos
et videbitis viam eorum et adinventiones eorum
et consolabimini super malo quod induxi in Hierusalem
in omnibus quae inportavi super eam
23 et consolabuntur vos
cum videritis viam eorum et adinventiones eorum
et cognoscetis quod non frustra fecerim omnia quae feci in ea
ait Dominus Deus