<vn='1'>Then <sn="935">came</s><sn="376">certain</s> of the <sn="4480 2205">elders</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, and <sn="3427">sat</s><sn="6440">before</s> me. </v>
<vn='2'>And the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1121">Son</s> of <sn="120">man</s>, <sn="428">these</s><sn="376">men</s> have set <sn="5927">up</s> their <sn="1544">idols</s><sn="5921">in</s> their <sn="3820">heart</s>, and <sn="5414">put</s> the <sn="4383">stumblingblock</s> of their <sn="5771">iniquity</s><sn="5227">before</s> their <sn="6440">face</s>: should I be inquired of at <sn="1875 1875">all</s> by them? </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="1696">speak</s> unto them, and <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>; Every <sn="376 376">man</s> of the <sn="4480 1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="834">that</s> setteth <sn="5927">up</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="1544">idols</s><sn="413">in</s> his <sn="3820">heart</s>, and <sn="7760">putteth</s> the <sn="4383">stumblingblock</s> of his <sn="5771">iniquity</s><sn="5227">before</s> his <sn="6440">face</s>, and <sn="935">cometh</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s>; <sn="589">I</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> will <sn="6030">answer</s> him that <sn="935">cometh</s> according to the <sn="7230">multitude</s> of his <sn="1544">idols</s>; </v>
<vn='5'><sn="4616">That</s> I may <sn="8610">take</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> in their own <sn="3820">heart</s>, <sn="834">because</s> they are <sn="3605">all</s><sn="2114">estranged</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> me through their <sn="1544">idols</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>; <sn="7725">Repent</s>, and <sn="7725">turn</s> yourselves <sn="4480 5921">from</s> your <sn="1544">idols</s>; and turn <sn="7725">away</s> your <sn="6440">faces</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s><sn="3605">all</s> your <sn="8441">abominations</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3588">For</s> every <sn="376 376">one</s> of the <sn="4480 1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, or of the <sn="4480 1616">stranger</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="1481">sojourneth</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>, which separateth <sn="5144">himself</s><sn="4480 310">from</s> me, and setteth <sn="5927">up</s> his <sn="1544">idols</s><sn="413">in</s> his <sn="3820">heart</s>, and <sn="7760">putteth</s> the <sn="4383">stumblingblock</s> of his <sn="5771">iniquity</s><sn="5227">before</s> his <sn="6440">face</s>, and <sn="935">cometh</s><sn="413">to</s> a <sn="5030">prophet</s> to <sn="1875">inquire</s> of him concerning me; <sn="589">I</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> will <sn="6030">answer</s> him by myself: </v>
<vn='8'>And I will <sn="5414">set</s> my <sn="6440">face</s> against <sn="1931">that</s><sn="376">man</s>, and will <sn="7760">make</s> him a <sn="226">sign</s> and a <sn="4912">proverb</s>, and I will cut him <sn="3772">off</s> from the <sn="4480 8432">midst</s> of my <sn="5971">people</s>; and ye shall <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="589">I</s> am the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="3588">if</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s> be <sn="6601">deceived</s> when he hath <sn="1696">spoken</s> a <sn="1697">thing</s>, <sn="589">I</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> have <sn="6601">deceived</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="5030">prophet</s>, and I will stretch <sn="5186">out</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="5921">upon</s> him, and will <sn="8045">destroy</s> him from the <sn="4480 8432">midst</s> of my <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And they shall <sn="5375">bear</s> the punishment of their <sn="5771">iniquity</s>: the <sn="5771">punishment</s> of the <sn="5030">prophet</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> even as the <sn="5771">punishment</s> of him that <sn="1875">seeketh</s> unto him; </v>
<vn='11'><sn="4616">That</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> may go <sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s><sn="8582">astray</s><sn="4480 310">from</s> me, <sn="3808">neither</s> be <sn="2930">polluted</s> any <sn="5750">more</s> with <sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="6588">transgressions</s>; but that they may <sn="1961">be</s> my <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="589">I</s> may <sn="1961">be</s> their <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>The <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s> again <sn="413">to</s> me, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='13'><sn="1121">Son</s> of <sn="120">man</s>, <sn="3588">when</s> the <sn="776">land</s><sn="2398">sinneth</s> against me by <sn="4603">trespassing</s><sn="4604">grievously</s>, then will I stretch <sn="5186">out</s> mine <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="5921">upon</s> it, and will <sn="7665">break</s> the <sn="4294">staff</s> of the <sn="3899">bread</s> thereof, and will <sn="7971">send</s><sn="7458">famine</s> upon it, and will cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="120">man</s> and <sn="929">beast</s><sn="4480">from</s> it: </v>
<vn='14'>Though <sn="428">these</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="376">men</s>, <sn="5146">Noah</s>, <sn="1840">Daniel</s>, and <sn="347">Job</s>, <sn="1961">were</s><sn="8432">in</s> it, <sn="1992">they</s> should <sn="5337">deliver</s> but their own <sn="5315">souls</s> by their <sn="6666">righteousness</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3863">If</s> I cause <sn="7451">noisome</s><sn="2416">beasts</s> to <sn="5674">pass</s> through the <sn="776">land</s>, and they <sn="7921">spoil</s> it, so that it <sn="1961">be</s><sn="8077">desolate</s>, that no <sn="4480 1097">man</s> may pass <sn="5674">through</s><sn="4480 6440">because</s> of the <sn="2416">beasts</s>: </v>
<vn='16'> Though <sn="428">these</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="376">men</s> were <sn="8432">in</s> it, as <sn="589">I</s><sn="2416">live</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>, <sn="1992">they</s> shall <sn="5337">deliver</s><sn="518">neither</s><sn="1121">sons</s><sn="518">nor</s><sn="1323">daughters</s>; they <sn="905">only</s> shall be <sn="5337">delivered</s>, but the <sn="776">land</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="8077">desolate</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="176">Or</s> if I <sn="935">bring</s> a <sn="2719">sword</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="776">land</s>, and <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="2719">Sword</s>, <sn="5674">go</s> through the <sn="776">land</s>; so that I cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="120">man</s> and <sn="929">beast</s><sn="4480">from</s> it: </v>
<vn='18'>Though <sn="428">these</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="376">men</s> were <sn="8432">in</s> it, as <sn="589">I</s><sn="2416">live</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>, they shall <sn="5337">deliver</s><sn="3808">neither</s><sn="1121">sons</s> nor <sn="1323">daughters</s>, <sn="3588">but</s><sn="1992">they</s><sn="905">only</s> shall be delivered <sn="5337">themselves</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="176">Or</s> if I <sn="7971">send</s> a <sn="1698">pestilence</s><sn="413">into</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="776">land</s>, and pour <sn="8210">out</s> my <sn="2534">fury</s><sn="5921">upon</s> it in <sn="1818">blood</s>, to cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="4480">from</s> it <sn="120">man</s> and <sn="929">beast</s>: </v>
<vn='20'>Though <sn="5146">Noah</s>, <sn="1840">Daniel</s>, and <sn="347">Job</s>, were <sn="8432">in</s> it, as <sn="589">I</s><sn="2416">live</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>, <sn="1992">they</s> shall <sn="5337">deliver</s><sn="518">neither</s><sn="1121">son</s><sn="518">nor</s><sn="1323">daughter</s>; they shall but <sn="5337">deliver</s> their own <sn="5315">souls</s> by their <sn="6666">righteousness</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>; How much <sn="637">more</s><sn="3588">when</s> I <sn="7971">send</s> my <sn="702">four</s><sn="7451">sore</s><sn="8201">judgments</s><sn="413">upon</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, the <sn="2719">sword</s>, and the <sn="7458">famine</s>, and the <sn="7451">noisome</s><sn="2416">beast</s>, and the <sn="1698">pestilence</s>, to cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="4480">from</s> it <sn="120">man</s> and <sn="929">beast</s>? </v>
<vn='22'>Yet, <sn="2009">behold</s>, therein shall be <sn="3498">left</s> a <sn="6413">remnant</s> that shall be brought <sn="3318">forth</s>, both <sn="1121">sons</s> and <sn="1323">daughters</s>: <sn="2009">behold</s>, they shall come <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="413">unto</s> you, and ye shall <sn="7200">see</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="1870">way</s> and their <sn="5949">doings</s>: and ye shall be <sn="5162">comforted</s><sn="5921">concerning</s> the <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="834">that</s> I have <sn="935">brought</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, even <sn="854">concerning</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> I have <sn="935">brought</s><sn="5921">upon</s> it. </v>
<vn='23'>And they shall <sn="5162">comfort</s> you, <sn="3588">when</s> ye <sn="7200">see</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="1870">ways</s> and their <sn="5949">doings</s>: and ye shall <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s> I have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6213">done</s> without <sn="2600">cause</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> I have <sn="6213">done</s> in it, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>. </v>