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Idolatry Will Be Punished

¹Now ⚓some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me. ²And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ³“Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put before them ⚓that which causes them to stumble into iniquity. ⚓Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them?
⁴“Therefore speak to them, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Everyone of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, and puts before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, and then comes to the prophet, I the Lord will answer him who comes, according to the multitude of his idols, ⁵that I may seize the house of Israel by their heart, because they are all estranged from Me by their idols.” ’
⁶“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Repent, turn away from your idols, and ⚓turn your faces away from all your abominations. ⁷For anyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell in Israel, who separates himself from Me and sets up his idols in his heart and puts before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, then comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning Me, I the Lord will answer him by Myself. ⁸⚓I will set My face against that man and make him a ⚓sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of My people. ⚓Then you shall know that I am the Lord.
⁹“And if the prophet is induced to speak anything, I the Lord⚓have induced that prophet, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel. ¹⁰And they shall bear their iniquity; the punishment of the prophet shall be the same as the punishment of the one who inquired, ¹¹that the house of Israel may ⚓no longer stray from Me, nor be profaned anymore with all their transgressions, ⚓but that they may be My people and I may be their God,“ says the Lord God.’ ”

Judgment on Persistent Unfaithfulness

¹²The word of the Lord came again to me, saying: ¹³“Son of man, when a land sins against Me by persistent unfaithfulness, I will stretch out My hand against it; I will cut off its ⚓supply of bread, send famine on it, and cut off man and beast from it. ¹⁴⚓Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only themselves ⚓by their righteousness,” says the Lord God.
¹⁵“If I cause ⚓wild beasts to pass through the land, and they empty it, and make it so desolate that no man may pass through because of the beasts, ¹⁶even⚓though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they would deliver neither sons nor daughters; only they would be delivered, and the land would be ⚓desolate.
¹⁷“Or if⚓I bring a sword on that land, and say, ‘Sword, go through the land,’ and I ⚓cut off man and beast from it, ¹⁸even ⚓though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but only they themselves would be delivered.
¹⁹“Or if I send ⚓a pestilence into that land and ⚓pour out My fury on it in blood, and cut off from it man and beast, ²⁰even ⚓though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness.”
²¹For thus says the Lord God: “How much more it shall be when ⚓I send My four severe judgments on Jerusalem—the sword and famine and wild beasts and pestilence—to cut off man and beast from it? ²²⚓Yet behold, there shall be left in it a remnant who will be ⚓brought out, both sons and daughters; surely they will come out to you, and ⚓you will see their ways and their doings. Then you will be comforted concerning the disaster that I have brought upon Jerusalem, all that I have brought upon it. ²³And they will comfort you, when you see their ways and their doings; and you shall know that I have done nothing ⚓without cause that I have done in it,” says the Lord God.

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Teem txim cov uas pe dab mlom

¹Yixayee cov kev txwj laus qee leej tuaj cuag kuv thiab los zaum ntawm kuv xubntiag. ²Mas Yawmsaub hais lus tuaj rau kuv tias, ³“Neeg tus tub, cov neeg no tuav rawv lawv tej dab mlom rau hauv lawv lub siab lawm, thiab muab tej uas ua rau lawv dawm mus ua txhaum muaj txim cuab rau ntawm lawv xubntiag. Tsim nyog kuv yuav kheev lawv nug kuv lov? ⁴Yog li no, cia li hais rau lawv tias, ‘Vajtswv Yawmsaub hais li no tias, Cov Yixayee yog leejtwg tuav rawv nws tej dab mlom rau hauv lub siab thiab muab yam uas ua kom nws dawm mus ua txhaum muaj txim cuab rau ntawm nws xubntiag es tseem tuaj cuag tus xibhwb cev Vajtswv lus, mas kuv uas yog Yawmsaub yuav teb nws kom tsim nyog qhov uas nws muaj dab mlom ntau kawg, ⁵xwv kuv thiaj tuav tau cov Yixayee lub siab uas ncaim ntawm kuv lawm txhua tus, vim lawv tej dab mlom.’
⁶“Vim li no, cia li hais rau cov Yixayee tias, ‘Vajtswv Yawmsaub hais li no tias, Cia li ntxeev dua siab thiab tig ntawm nej tej dab mlom rov los, thiab fee plhu kiag ntawm nej tej kev qias vuab tsuab huvsi. ⁷Cov Yixayee lossis lwm haiv neeg uas nrog cov Yixayee nyob, yog leejtwg tawm ntawm kuv mus tuav rawv nws tej dab mlom rau hauv lub siab, thiab muab yam uas ua kom nws dawm mus ua txhaum muaj txim cuab rau ntawm nws xubntiag, es tseem tuaj cuag tus xibhwb cev Vajtswv lus ua nug rau kuv txog nws, mas kuv uas yog Yawmsaub yuav teb nws ntag. ⁸Kuv yuav tsom ntsoov tawm tsam tus ntawd. Kuv yuav ua rau nws ua tus yam ntxwv rau luag pom thiab tiag luag ncauj luag lo, thiab muab nws txiav tawm hauv kuv haiv neeg mus. Mas nej thiaj paub tias kuv yog Yawmsaub. ⁹Thiab yog tus xibhwb cev lus twg raug ntxias lo lus twg, kuj yog kuv uas yog Yawmsaub ntxias tus xibhwb ntawd, mas kuv yuav tsa kuv txhais tes tawm tsam nws, thiab yuav ua kom nws puam tsuaj hauv kuv haiv neeg Yixayee mus. ¹⁰Lawv yuav ris lawv lub txim, tus xibhwb thiab tus uas mus ua nug yuav raug txim ib yam nkaus, ¹¹kom cov Yixayee thiaj tsis yuam kev ntawm kuv mus, thiab tsis ua tej kev txhaum txim huvsi ua rau lawv qias puas tsuas dua li lawm, tiamsis lawv yuav ua kuv haiv neeg thiab kuv yuav ua lawv tus Vajtswv. Vajtswv Yawmsaub hais li no ntag.’ ”

Yeluxalees yuav raug txim kom tau

¹²Yawmsaub hais lus tuaj rau kuv tias, ¹³“Neeg tus tub, yog lub tebchaws twg fav xeeb ua txhaum rau kuv, es kuv tsa kuv txhais tes tawm tsam lub tebchaws ntawd thiab txiav nws tej zaub mov noj kom tu nrho, thiab tso kev tshaib nqhis los rau nws, thiab rhuav tshem tej neeg thiab tej tsiaj txhu hauv lub tebchaws ntawd, ¹⁴mas txawm yog peb tug neeg no, uas yog Nau‑a, Daniyee thiab Yauj, nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws ntawd, los qhov uas lawv ua ncaj ncees tsuas yog pab tau lawv txojsia dim xwb. Vajtswv Yawmsaub hais li no.
¹⁵“Lossis yog kuv ua rau tsiaj nyaum los rau hauv lub tebchaws ntawd ua rau neeg tuag tag thiab ua rau lub tebchaws nyob do cuas cia, neeg thiaj hla tsis tau mus rau hauv li lawm vim yog muaj tej tsiaj nyaum ntawd, ¹⁶Vajtswv Yawmsaub hais tias, kuv yeej muaj txojsia nyob, mas txawm yog peb tug neeg ntawd nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws ntawd, los lawv yuav pab tsis tau tej tub tej ntxhais dim kiag li, tsuas yog lawv tus kheej dim xwb, mas lub tebchaws yuav nyob do cuas cia.
¹⁷“Lossis yog kuv coj ntaj los rau hauv lub tebchaws ntawd, thiab hais tias, ‘Cia hniav ntaj mus thoob plaws lub tebchaws,’ thiab kuv rhuav tshem tej neeg thiab tsiaj txhu hauv lub tebchaws ntawd, ¹⁸Vajtswv Yawmsaub hais tias, kuv yeej muaj txojsia nyob, mas txawm yog peb tug neeg ntawd nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws ntawd, los lawv yuav pab tsis tau tej tub tej ntxhais dim kiag li, tsuas yog lawv tus kheej dim xwb.
¹⁹“Lossis yog kuv tso mob kis los rau hauv lub tebchaws ntawd, thiab nchuav kuv tej kev npau taws uas ua kom los ntshav rau hauv, thiaj rhuav tshem tau tej neeg thiab tsiaj txhu hauv lub tebchaws ntawd, ²⁰Vajtswv Yawmsaub hais tias, kuv yeej muaj txojsia nyob, mas txawm yog Nau‑a, Daniyee thiab Yauj nyob rau hauv, los lawv yuav pab tsis tau tej tub tej ntxhais dim kiag li, qhov uas lawv ua ncaj ncees tsuas yog pab tau lawv dim xwb.
²¹“Vajtswv Yawmsaub hais li no tias, Yuav yimhuab raug kev txom nyem loj dua li ntawd, rau thaum kuv tso kuv plaub yam kev teem txim uas hnyav heev los rau Yeluxalees, yog hniav ntaj, kev tshaib nqhis, tsiaj nyaum thiab mob kis, thiaj rhuav tshem tej neeg thiab tsiaj txhu hauv lub tebchaws ntawd. ²²Txawm yog li ntawd los yog yuav muaj qee leej dim txojsia hauv lub tebchaws ntawd coj lawv tej tub tej ntxhais tawm los, mas thaum lawv tawm los cuag nej thiab nej pom lawv lub neej thiab tej uas lawv twb ua lawm, nej yuav tsis hnyav siab rau tej xwm txheej phem uas kuv tau ua rau Yeluxalees thiab txhua yam uas kuv coj los raug lub nroog ntawd. ²³Lawv cov yuav ua rau nej tsis hnyav siab rau thaum nej pom lawv lub neej thiab tej uas lawv twb ua lawm mas nej yuav paub tias txhua yam uas kuv ua rau hauv lub nroog ntawd tsis yog kuv lam ua tsis muaj keeb puam. Vajtswv Yawmsaub hais li no ntag.”