1Then came certaine of the Elders of Israel vnto me, and sate before me.

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Ezekiel 8:1, Ezekiel 8:1, Ezekiel 20:1, Ezekiel 20:1, Ezekiel 33:31

2And the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

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Amos 3:7, Amos 3:7, 1 Kings 14:4, 1 Kings 14:4

3Sonne of man, these men haue set vp their idoles in their heart, and put the stumbling blocke of their iniquitie before their face: should I, being required, answere them?

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Ezekiel 14:7, Ezekiel 14:7, Ezekiel 7:19, Ezekiel 7:19, Isaiah 1:15

4Therefore speake vnto them, and say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord God, Euery man of the house of Israel that setteth vp his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling blocke of his iniquitie before his face, and commeth to the Prophet, I the Lord will answere him that commeth, according to the multitude of his idoles:

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Isaiah 66:4, Ezekiel 14:7, Isaiah 66:4, Ezekiel 14:7, Isaiah 3:11

5That I may take the house of Israel in their owne heart, because they are all departed from me through their idoles.

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Isaiah 1:4, Isaiah 1:4, Zechariah 11:8, Zechariah 11:8, Romans 1:30

6Therfore say vnto the house of Israel, Thus sayth the Lord God, Returne, and withdraw your selues, and turne your faces from your idoles, and turne your faces from all your abominations.

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Ezekiel 18:30, Ezekiel 18:30, Isaiah 2:20, Isaiah 30:22, Isaiah 2:20

7For euery one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that soiourneth in Israel, which departeth from mee, and setteth vp his idoles in his heart, and putteth the stumbling blocke of his iniquitie before his face, and commeth to a Prophet, for to inquire of him for me, I the Lord will answere him for my selfe,

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Exodus 12:48, Exodus 12:48, Isaiah 58:1, Isaiah 58:2, Isaiah 58:1

8And I will set my face against that man, and will make him an example and prouerbe, and I will cut him off from the middes of my people, and ye shall knowe that I am the Lord.

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Ezekiel 15:7, Ezekiel 15:7, Ezekiel 5:15, Jeremiah 44:11, Ezekiel 5:15

9And if the Prophet be deceiued, when hee hath spoken a thing, I the Lord haue deceiued that Prophet, and I will stretch out mine hande vpon him, and will destroy him from the middes of my people of Israel.

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Jeremiah 4:10, Ezekiel 20:25, Jeremiah 4:10, Ezekiel 20:25, Isaiah 66:4

10And they shall beare their punishment: the punishment of the Prophet shall bee euen as the punishment of him that asketh,

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Ezekiel 23:49, Ezekiel 23:49, Ezekiel 17:18, Ezekiel 17:20, Genesis 4:13

11That the house of Israel may go no more astray from mee, neither bee polluted any more with all their transgressions, but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, sayth the Lord God.

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Ezekiel 37:23, Ezekiel 37:23, Ezekiel 48:11, Ezekiel 44:10, Ezekiel 48:11

12The worde of the Lord came againe vnto me, saying,

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13Sonne of man, when ye land sinneth against me by committing a trespasse, then will I stretch out mine hand vpon it, and will breake the staffe of the bread thereof, and will send famine vpon it, and I will destroy man and beast forth of it.

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Leviticus 26:26, Ezekiel 4:16, Leviticus 26:26, Ezekiel 4:16, Ezekiel 15:8

14Though these three men Noah, Daniel, and Iob were among them, they shoulde deliuer but their owne soules by their righteousnes, saith the Lord God.

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Jeremiah 15:1, Ezekiel 14:20, Jeremiah 15:1, Ezekiel 14:20, Ezekiel 28:3

15If I bring noysome beastes into the lande and they spoyle it, so that it bee desolate, that no man may passe through, because of beastes,

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Ezekiel 5:17, Leviticus 26:22, Ezekiel 5:17, Leviticus 26:22, Jeremiah 15:3

16Though these three men were in the mids thereof, As I liue, sayth the Lord God, they shall saue neither sonnes nor daughters: they onely shalbe deliuered, but the land shall be waste.

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Genesis 19:29, Genesis 19:29, James 5:16, Ezekiel 33:11, Job 22:20

17Or if I bring a sworde vpon this land, and say, Sword, go through the land, so that I destroy man and beast out of it,

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Leviticus 26:25, Ezekiel 21:3, Ezekiel 21:4, Leviticus 26:25, Ezekiel 21:3

18Though these three men were in the mids thereof, As I liue, sayth the Lord God, they shall deliuer neither sonnes nor daughters, but they onely shall be deliuered themselues.

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19Or if I send a pestilence into this land, and powre out my wrath vpon it in blood, to destroy out of it man and beast,

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Ezekiel 38:22, Ezekiel 38:22, Ezekiel 7:8, 2 Samuel 24:15, Jeremiah 14:12

20And though Noah, Daniel and Iob were in the middes of it, As I liue, sayth the Lord God, they shall deliuer neither sonne nor daughter: they shall but deliuer their owne soules by their righteousnes.

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Ezekiel 14:14, Ezekiel 14:14, Acts 10:35, Psalms 33:18, Psalms 33:19

21For thus saith the Lord God, Howe much more when I sende my foure sore iudgements vpon Ierusalem, euen the sworde, and famine, and the noysome beast and pestilence, to destroy man and beast out of it?

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Ezekiel 33:27, Ezekiel 5:17, Ezekiel 33:27, Ezekiel 5:17, Ezekiel 14:15

22Yet beholde, therein shalbe left a remnant of them that shalbe caryed away both sonnes and daughters: behold, they shall come forth vnto you, and ye shall see their way, and their enterprises: and ye shall be comforted, concerning the euill that I haue brought vpon Ierusalem, euen concerning al that I haue brought vpon it.

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Ezekiel 12:16, Ezekiel 12:16, Ezekiel 20:43, Ezekiel 20:43, Hebrews 12:6

23And they shall comfort you, when yee see their way and their enterprises: and ye shall know, that I haue not done without cause all that I haue done in it, saith the Lord God.

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Jeremiah 22:8, Jeremiah 22:9, Jeremiah 22:8, Jeremiah 22:9, Daniel 9:7