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1. And come in unto me do certain of the elders of Israel, and sit before me.
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1. Then came H935 certain H376 of the elders H4480 H2205 of Israel H3478 unto H413 me , and sat H3427 before H6440 me.
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2. And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
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2. And the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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3. `Son of man, these men have caused their idols to go up on their heart, and the stumbling-block of their iniquity they have put over-against their faces; am I inquired of at all by them?
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3. Son H1121 of man H120 , these H428 men H376 have set up H5927 their idols H1544 in H5921 their heart H3820 , and put H5414 the stumblingblock H4383 of their iniquity H5771 before H5227 their face H6440 : should I be inquired of at all H1875 H1875 by them?
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4. `Therefore, speak with them, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Every one of the house of Israel who causeth his idols to go up unto his heart, and the stumbling-block of his iniquity setteth over-against his face, and hath gone in unto the prophet -- I Jehovah have given an answer to him for this, for the abundance of his idols,
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4. Therefore H3651 speak H1696 unto them , and say H559 unto H413 them, Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Every man H376 H376 of the house H4480 H1004 of Israel H3478 that H834 setteth up H5927 H853 his idols H1544 in H413 his heart H3820 , and putteth H7760 the stumblingblock H4383 of his iniquity H5771 before H5227 his face H6440 , and cometh H935 to H413 the prophet H5030 ; I H589 the LORD H3068 will answer H6030 him that cometh H935 according to the multitude H7230 of his idols H1544 ;
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5. in order to catch the house of Israel by their heart, in that they have become estranged from off me by their idols -- all of them.
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5. That H4616 I may take H8610 H853 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 in their own heart H3820 , because H834 they are all H3605 estranged H2114 from H4480 H5921 me through their idols H1544 .
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6. `Therefore say unto the house of Israel: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Turn ye back, yea, turn ye back from your idols, and from all your abominations turn back your faces,
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6. Therefore H3651 say H559 unto H413 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Repent H7725 , and turn H7725 yourselves from H4480 H5921 your idols H1544 ; and turn away H7725 your faces H6440 from H4480 H5921 all H3605 your abominations H8441 .
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7. for every one of the house of Israel, and of the sojourners who doth sojourn in Israel, who is separated from after Me, and doth cause his idols to go up unto his heart, and the stumbling-block of his iniquity setteth over-against his face, and hath come in unto the prophet to inquire of him concerning Me, I, Jehovah, have answered him for Myself;
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7. For H3588 every one H376 H376 of the house H4480 H1004 of Israel H3478 , or of the stranger H4480 H1616 that H834 sojourneth H1481 in Israel H3478 , which separateth himself H5144 from H4480 H310 me , and setteth up H5927 his idols H1544 in H413 his heart H3820 , and putteth H7760 the stumblingblock H4383 of his iniquity H5771 before H5227 his face H6440 , and cometh H935 to H413 a prophet H5030 to inquire H1875 of him concerning me; I H589 the LORD H3068 will answer H6030 him by myself:
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8. and I have set My face against that man, and made him for a sign, and for similes, and I have cut him off from the midst of My people, and ye have known that I am Jehovah.
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8. And I will set H5414 my face H6440 against that H1931 man H376 , and will make H7760 him a sign H226 and a proverb H4912 , and I will cut him off H3772 from the midst H4480 H8432 of my people H5971 ; and ye shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 .
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9. `And the prophet, when he is enticed, and hath spoken a word -- I, Jehovah, I have enticed that prophet, and have stretched out My hand against him, and have destroyed him from the midst of My people Israel.
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9. And if H3588 the prophet H5030 be deceived H6601 when he hath spoken H1696 a thing H1697 , I H589 the LORD H3068 have deceived H6601 H853 that H1931 prophet H5030 , and I will stretch out H5186 H853 my hand H3027 upon H5921 him , and will destroy H8045 him from the midst H4480 H8432 of my people H5971 Israel H3478 .
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10. And they have borne their iniquity: as the iniquity of the inquirer, so is the iniquity of the prophet;
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10. And they shall bear H5375 the punishment of their iniquity H5771 : the punishment H5771 of the prophet H5030 shall be H1961 even as the punishment H5771 of him that seeketh H1875 unto him ;
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11. so that the house of Israel do not wander any more from after Me, nor are defiled any more with all their transgressions, and they have been to Me for a people, and I am to them for God -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.`
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11. That H4616 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 may go no H3808 more H5750 astray H8582 from H4480 H310 me, neither H3808 be polluted H2930 any more H5750 with all H3605 their transgressions H6588 ; but that they may be H1961 my people H5971 , and I H589 may be H1961 their God H430 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 .
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12. And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
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12. The word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 again to H413 me, saying H559 ,
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13. `Son of man, the land -- when it sinneth against Me to commit a trespass, and I have stretched out My hand against it, and broken for it the staff of bread, and sent into it famine, and cut off from it man and beast --
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13. Son H1121 of man H120 , when H3588 the land H776 sinneth H2398 against me by trespassing H4603 grievously H4604 , then will I stretch out H5186 mine hand H3027 upon H5921 it , and will break H7665 the staff H4294 of the bread H3899 thereof , and will send H7971 famine H7458 upon it , and will cut off H3772 man H120 and beast H929 from H4480 it:
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14. and these three men have been in its midst, Noah, Daniel, and Job -- they by their righteousness deliver their own soul -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
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14. Though these H428 three H7969 men H376 , Noah H5146 , Daniel H1840 , and Job H347 , were H1961 in H8432 it, they H1992 should deliver H5337 but their own souls H5315 by their righteousness H6666 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 .
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15. `If an evil beast I cause to pass through the land, and it hath bereaved, and it hath been a desolation, without any passing through because of the beast --
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15. If H3863 I cause noisome H7451 beasts H2416 to pass H5674 through the land H776 , and they spoil H7921 it , so that it be H1961 desolate H8077 , that no man H4480 H1097 may pass through H5674 because H4480 H6440 of the beasts H2416 :
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16. these three men in its midst: I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah -- neither sons nor daughters do they deliver; they alone are delivered, and the land is a desolation.
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16. Though these H428 three H7969 men H376 were in H8432 it, as I H589 live H2416 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 , they H1992 shall deliver H5337 neither H518 sons H1121 nor H518 daughters H1323 ; they only H905 shall be delivered H5337 , but the land H776 shall be H1961 desolate H8077 .
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17. `Or -- a sword I bring in against that land, and I have said: Sword, thou dost pass over through the land, and I have cut off from it man and beast --
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17. Or H176 if I bring H935 a sword H2719 upon H5921 that H1931 land H776 , and say H559 , Sword H2719 , go H5674 through the land H776 ; so that I cut off H3772 man H120 and beast H929 from H4480 it:
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18. and these three men in its midst: I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah -- they deliver not sons and daughters, for they alone are delivered.
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18. Though these H428 three H7969 men H376 were in H8432 it, as I H589 live H2416 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 , they shall deliver H5337 neither H3808 sons H1121 nor daughters H1323 , but H3588 they H1992 only H905 shall be delivered themselves H5337 .
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19. `Or -- pestilence I send unto that land, and I have poured out My fury against it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast --
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19. Or H176 if I send H7971 a pestilence H1698 into H413 that H1931 land H776 , and pour out H8210 my fury H2534 upon H5921 it in blood H1818 , to cut off H3772 from H4480 it man H120 and beast H929 :
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20. and Noah, Daniel, and Job, in its midst: I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah -- neither son nor daughter do they deliver; they, by their righteousness, deliver their own soul.
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20. Though Noah H5146 , Daniel H1840 , and Job H347 , were in H8432 it, as I H589 live H2416 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 , they H1992 shall deliver H5337 neither H518 son H1121 nor H518 daughter H1323 ; they shall but deliver H5337 their own souls H5315 by their righteousness H6666 .
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21. `For thus said the Lord Jehovah: Although My four sore judgments -- sword, and famine, and wild beast, and pestilence -- I have sent unto Jerusalem, to cut off from it man and beast,
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21. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; How much more H637 when H3588 I send H7971 my four H702 sore H7451 judgments H8201 upon H413 Jerusalem H3389 , the sword H2719 , and the famine H7458 , and the noisome H7451 beast H2416 , and the pestilence H1698 , to cut off H3772 from H4480 it man H120 and beast H929 ?
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22. yet, lo, there hath been left in it an escape, who are brought forth, sons and daughters, lo, they are coming forth unto you, and ye have seen their way, and their doings, and have been comforted concerning the evil that I have brought in against Jerusalem, all that which I have brought in against it.
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22. Yet, behold H2009 , therein shall be left H3498 a remnant H6413 that shall be brought forth H3318 , both sons H1121 and daughters H1323 : behold H2009 , they shall come forth H3318 unto H413 you , and ye shall see H7200 H853 their way H1870 and their doings H5949 : and ye shall be comforted H5162 concerning H5921 the evil H7451 that H834 I have brought H935 upon H5921 Jerusalem H3389 , even concerning H854 all H3605 that H834 I have brought H935 upon H5921 it.
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23. And they have comforted you, for ye see their way and their doings, and ye have known that not for nought have I done all that which I have done in her -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.`
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23. And they shall comfort H5162 you, when H3588 ye see H7200 H853 their ways H1870 and their doings H5949 : and ye shall know H3045 that H3588 I have not H3808 done H6213 without cause H2600 H853 all H3605 that H834 I have done H6213 in it, saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 .
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