KJV + Strong's Idolatrous Elders Condemned
(Romans 14:13-23;1 Corinthians 8:1-13) 1Then camecertainof the eldersof Israelunto me, and satbeforeme.2And the wordof the LORDcame unto me, saying,3Sonof man,these menhave set uptheir idolsin their heart,and putthe stumblingblockof their iniquitybeforetheir face:should I be enquiredof at allby them?4Therefore speakunto them, and sayunto them, Thus saiththe LordGOD;Every manof the houseof Israelthat setteth uphis idolsin his heart,and putteththe stumblingblockof his iniquitybeforehis face,and comethto the prophet;I the LORDwill answerhim that comethaccording to the multitudeof his idols;5That I may takethe houseof Israelin their own heart,because they are all estrangedfrom me through their idols. 6Therefore sayunto the houseof Israel,Thus saiththe LordGOD;Repent,and turn[yourselves] from your idols;and turn awayyour facesfrom all your abominations.7For every oneof the houseof Israel,or of the strangerthat sojournethin Israel,which separatethhimself from me,and setteth uphis idolsin his heart,and putteththe stumblingblockof his iniquitybeforehis face,and comethto a prophetto enquireof him concerning me; I the LORDwill answerhim by myself:8And I will setmy faceagainst that man,and will makehim a signand a proverb,and I will cut him offfrom the midstof my people;and ye shall knowthat I [am] the LORD. 9And if the prophetbe deceivedwhen he hath spokena thing,I the LORDhave deceivedthat prophet,and I will stretch outmy handupon him, and will destroyhim from the midstof my peopleIsrael.10And they shall bearthe punishment of their iniquity:the punishmentof the prophetshall be even as the punishmentof him that seeketh[unto him];11That the houseof Israelmay go no more astrayfrom me,neither be pollutedany more with all their transgressions;but that they may be my people,and I may be their God,saiththe LordGOD. God's Irrevocable Sentence 12The wordof the LORDcame again to me, saying,13Sonof man,when the landsinnethagainst me by trespassinggrievously,then will I stretch outmine handupon it, and will breakthe staffof the breadthereof, and will sendfamineupon it, and will cut offmanand beastfrom it:14Though these threemen,Noah,Daniel,and Job,were in it,they should deliver[but] their own soulsby their righteousness,saiththe LordGOD.15IfI cause noisomebeaststo pass throughthe land,and they spoilit, so that it be desolate,that no man may pass throughbecauseof the beasts:16[Though] these threemen[were] in it,[as] I live,saiththe LordGOD,they shall deliverneither sonsnor daughters;they only shall be delivered,but the landshall be desolate.17Or [if] I bringa swordupon that land,and say,Sword,go throughthe land;so that I cut offmanand beastfrom it:18Though these threemen[were] in it,[as] I live,saiththe LordGOD,they shall deliverneither sonsnor daughters,but they only shall be deliveredthemselves.19Or [if] I senda pestilenceinto that land,and pour outmy furyupon it in blood,to cut offfrom it manand beast:20Though Noah,Daniel,and Job,[were] in it,[as] I live,saiththe LordGOD,they shall deliverneither sonnordaughter;they shall [but] delivertheir own soulsby their righteousness. 21For thus saiththe LordGOD;How much more when I sendmy foursorejudgmentsupon Jerusalem,the sword,and the famine,and the noisomebeast,and the pestilence,to cut offfrom it manand beast?22Yet, behold, therein shall be lefta remnantthat shall be brought forth,[both] sonsand daughters:behold, they shall come forthunto you, and ye shall seetheir wayand their doings:and ye shall be comfortedconcerning the evilthat I have broughtupon Jerusalem,[even] concerning all that I have broughtupon it.23And they shall comfortyou, when ye seetheir waysand their doings:and ye shall knowthat I have not donewithout causeall that I have donein it, saiththe LordGOD. |
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