Ezequiel 14:10

10 'Llevarán ambos el castigo de su iniquidad; la iniquidad del que consulta será la iniquidad del profeta,

Ezequiel 14:10 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 14:10

And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity
Both the false prophet, and those that sought unto him, and were deceived by him; and which being laid according to the strictness of divine justice, is intolerable: sad is the case when a man is obliged to bear his own sins, and the punishment of them, and has no surety to undertake for him, and be a mediator between God and him, and make atonement for him: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him
that seekest [unto him];
they being both alike culpable, each pursuing the desires of their own evil hearts; the one seeking for smooth things to be spoken to him; the other speaking them, in order to gratify him, and for the sake of gain; the one being a false prophet, and the other seeking to and inquiring of him, though he was such, slighting and rejecting the true prophets of the Lord; both being deceived, and both blind, and so should fall into the same ditch, being under the same judicial blindness and hardness of heart. The Targum is,

``according to the sin of him that comes to learn and learns not; according to the sin of the false prophet shall it be.''

Ezequiel 14:10 In-Context

8 'Y pondré mi rostro contra ese hombre, haré de él señal y proverbio, y lo cortaré de en medio de mi pueblo; y sabréis que yo soy el SEÑOR.

9 'Pero si el profeta se deja engañar y dice algo, soy yo, el SEÑOR, el que he engañado a ese profeta, y extenderé mi mano contra él y lo exterminaré de en medio de mi pueblo Israel.

10 'Llevarán ambos el castigo de su iniquidad; la iniquidad del que consulta será la iniquidad del profeta,

11 a fin de que la casa de Israel no se desvíe más de mí ni se contamine más con todas sus transgresiones. Y ellos serán mi pueblo y yo seré su Dios'"declara el Señor DIOS.

12 Entonces vino a mí la palabra del SEÑOR, diciendo: