Idolatrous Elders Condemned
(Romans 14:13–23; 1 Corinthians 8:1–13)
Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me. Ezk 8:12Ki 6:32Ezk 20:1Isa 29:13Ezk 33:31Act 4:5Act 22:3Act 4:8 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Amo 3:71Ki 14:4 “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? Ezk 14:7Ezk 7:19Ezk 20:16Ezk 20:3Isa 1:15Ezk 14:4Pro 28:9Ezk 20:31
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, Ezk 14:7Isa 66:4Ezk 3:17-21Isa 3:111Ki 21:20-252Ki 1:16Ezk 2:7Ezk 3:4 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.’ Isa 1:4Zec 11:82Th 2:9-11Col 1:21Deu 32:15-16Eph 4:18Ezk 14:9-10Gal 6:7
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. Ezk 18:30Ezk 36:31-32Isa 2:20Isa 30:22Jas 4:8-10Lam 3:39-411Ki 8:47-491Sa 7:3 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. Exo 12:48Isa 58:1-22Ki 8:8-15Exo 20:10Ezk 14:3-4Ezk 14:7-8Ezk 33:30-32Hos 4:14 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. Ezk 15:7Ezk 5:15Jer 44:111Co 10:11Deu 28:37Ezk 6:7Isa 65:15Lev 17:10
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. Ezk 20:25Jer 4:101Ki 22:20-232Sa 12:11-122Th 2:9-12Ezk 16:27Isa 10:4Isa 5:25 They will bear their punishment—the punishment of the inquirer will be the same as that of the prophet— Ezk 23:49Deu 13:1-10Deu 17:2-7Ezk 14:4Ezk 14:7-8Ezk 17:18-20Gal 6:5Gen 4:13 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.’” Ezk 37:23Ezk 44:10Ezk 48:11Rev 21:7Ezk 11:18-20Ezk 39:22Ezk 44:15Heb 11:16
Four Dire Judgments
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “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 1of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast, Ezk 4:16Lev 26:26Ezk 14:17Ezk 14:19Ezk 14:21Ezk 15:8Ezk 5:16Isa 24:20 then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD. Ezk 14:20Jer 15:1Ezk 28:3Gen 7:1Ezk 14:18Job 1:1Dan 10:11Gen 6:8
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, Ezk 5:17Lev 26:22Jer 15:32Ki 17:251Ki 20:36 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. Gen 19:29Act 27:24Ezk 14:14Ezk 14:18Ezk 14:20Ezk 18:20Ezk 33:11Gen 18:23-33
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, Ezk 21:3-4Lev 26:25Ezk 5:12Zep 1:3Ezk 14:13Ezk 25:13Jer 47:6Ezk 21:9-15 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.
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, Ezk 38:222Sa 24:15Ezk 5:12Ezk 7:8Jer 14:121Ki 8:372Ch 20:92Ch 6:28 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. Ezk 14:141Jn 3:101Jn 2:291Jn 3:7Act 10:35Ezk 14:16Ezk 18:22Hos 10:12
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? Ezk 33:27Ezk 5:17Ezk 14:13Ezk 14:15Ezk 14:17Ezk 14:19Amo 4:6-12Ezk 5:12
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. Ezk 12:16Ezk 20:43Heb 12:6-112Ch 36:20Deu 4:31Ezk 16:54Ezk 16:63Ezk 36:31 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.” Jer 22:8-9Dan 9:14Dan 9:7Deu 8:2Ezk 8:6-18Ezk 9:8-9Gen 18:22-33Jer 7:17-28