Ezekiel 14:12

Jerusalem will not be Spared

12 And the word of Yahweh {came} to me, {saying},

Ezekiel 14:12 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 14:12

The word of the Lord came again unto saying.
] At the same time as before, continuing the prophecy, and a denunciation of judgments; for it does not seem to begin a new prophecy. The Targum renders it, the word of prophecy from the Lord.

Ezekiel 14:12 In-Context

10 And they will bear their guilt, like the guilt of the inquirer so the guilt of the prophet will be,

11 so that the house of Israel will not go astray again {from me}, and they will not make themselves unclean again with all of their transgressions, and they will be for me a people, and I will be for them as God," {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

12 And the word of Yahweh {came} to me, {saying},

13 "Son of man, when a land sins against me by {acting very unfaithfully}, then I will stretch out my hand against it, and I will break for it [the] {supply of food}, and I will send against it famine, and I will cut it off, [both] human and animal.

14 And if [even] the three of these men were in the midst of it--Noah, Daniel, and Job--they, through their righteousness, would save [only] {themselves}!" {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "was"
• [b]. Literally "to say"