Ezekiel 14:3

Easy To Read Version

“Son of man, {\cf2\super [112]} these men came to talk to you. \{They wanted you to ask me for advice.\} But these men still have their filthy idols. They kept the things that made them sin. They still worship those statues. So why do they come to me for advice? Should I answer their questions? No!

Cross References

2 Kings 3:13

Elisha said to the king of Israel (Jehoram), “What do you want from me? Go to the prophets of your father and mother!”

Psalm 101:3

I will not have any idols {\cf2\super [536]} in front of me.\par I hate people turning against you like that.\par I will not do that!\par

Psalm 66:18

My heart was pure,\par so my Master listened to me.\par

Proverbs 15:29

The Lord is far away from evil people. But he always hears the prayers of good people.

Proverbs 15:8

The Lord hates the offerings that evil people give. But the Lord is happy to hear a good person’s prayers.

Proverbs 21:27

The Lord is not happy when evil people offer him sacrifices, especially when those evil people are trying to get something from him.

Proverbs 28:9

If a person refuses to listen to \{God’s\} teachings, then \{God\} will refuse to hear his prayers.

Isaiah 1:15

“You people will raise your arms to pray to me—but I will refuse to look at you. You people will say more and more prayers—but I will refuse to listen to you. Why? Because your hands are covered with blood.

Isaiah 33:15

Good, honest people that refuse to hurt others for money—\{they will live through that fire\}. Those people refuse to take bribes. They refuse to listen to plans to murder other people. They refuse to look at plans for doing bad things.

Jeremiah 11:11

So the Lord says: “I will soon make something terrible happen to the people of Judah. They will not be able to escape! They will be sorry. And they will cry to me for help. But I will not listen to them.

Jeremiah 17:9

“A person’s mind is very tricky!\par The mind can be very sick,\par and no person truly understands it.\par

Jeremiah 21:2

Pashhur and Zephaniah said to Jeremiah, “Pray to the Lord for us. Ask the Lord what will happen. We want to know, because Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, is attacking us. Maybe the Lord will do great things for us, like he did in the past. Maybe the Lord will make Nebuchadnezzar stop attacking us and leave.”

Ezekiel 11:21

\{I mean,\} each animal had four faces, four wings, and something that looked like human arms under their wings.

Ezekiel 14:2

The word of the Lord came to me. He said,

Ezekiel 14:4

But I will give them an answer. \{I will punish them!\} You must tell those people these things. ‘The Lord my Master says: If any Israelite comes to a prophet and asks me for advice, then \{the prophet won’t give that person an answer\}. I myself will answer that person’s question. I will answer him even if he still has his filthy idols, even if he kept the things that made him sin, and even if he still worships those statues. I will speak to him in spite of all his filthy idols.

Ezekiel 14:7

If any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel comes to me for advice, I will give him an answer. I will answer him even if he still has his filthy idols and even if he kept the things that made him sin and even if he worships those statues. And this is the answer I will give him:

Ezekiel 20:16

“‘The people of Israel refused to obey my rules. They did not follow my laws. They treated my days of rest as if they were not important. They did all these things because their hearts belonged to their filthy idols.

Ezekiel 20:3

“Son of man, {\cf2\super [139]} speak to the elders (leaders) of Israel. Tell them ‘The Lord my Master says these things: Have you men come to ask me advice? If you have, then I won’t give it to you. The Lord my Master said these things.’

Ezekiel 20:31

You are giving the same kind of gifts. You are putting your children in the fire \{as a gift to your false gods\}. You are still making yourself filthy with those filthy idols today! Do you really think that I should let you come to me and ask me for advice? I am the Lord and Master. By my life I promise, I won’t answer your questions and give you advice!

Ezekiel 3:20

“Or maybe a good man will stop being good. I might put something in front of him that causes him to fall (sin). He will start to do bad things, so he will die. He will die because he is sinning and you did not warn him. I will make you responsible for his death. And people won’t remember all the good things he did.

Ezekiel 33:30

“‘And now, about you, Son of man. {\cf2\super [273]} Your people lean against the walls and stand in their doorways talking about you. They tell each other, “Come on, let’s go hear what the Lord says.”

Ezekiel 36:25

Then I will sprinkle pure water on you and make you pure. I will wash away all your filth. I will wash away the filth from those nasty idols and make you pure.”

Ezekiel 44:12

But those Levites helped the people sin against me! They helped the people worship their idols! So I am making this promise against them: ‘They will be punished for their sin.’” The Lord my Master said this.

Ezekiel 6:9

Then those survivors {\cf2\super [50]} will be taken prisoners. They will be forced to live in other countries. But those survivors will remember me. I broke their spirit. {\cf2\super [51]} They will hate themselves for the bad things they did. In the past, they turned away from me and left me. They chased after their filthy idols. They were like a woman leaving her husband and running after some other man. They did many terrible things.

Ezekiel 7:19

They will throw their silver \{idols\} into the streets. They will treat their gold \{statues\} like dirty rags! Why? Because those things will not be able to save them when the Lord shows his anger. Those things were nothing but a trap that caused the people to fall (sin). Those things will not give food to the people and they won’t put food in their bellies.

Hosea 4:5

You (priests) will fall in the daytime. And at night, the prophet will also fall with you. And I will destroy your mother.

Zephaniah 1:3

I will destroy all the people and all the animals. I will destroy the birds in the air and the fish in the sea. I will destroy the evil people and all the things that make them sin. I will remove all people from the earth.” The Lord said those things!

Zechariah 7:13

So the Lord All-Powerful said,\par “I called to them,\par and they did not answer.\par So now, if they call to me,\par I will not answer.\par

Luke 20:8

So Jesus said to them, “Then I will not tell you what authority I use to do these things!”

Ephesians 5:5

You can be sure of this: No person will have a place in the kingdom of Christ and of God if that person does sexual sins, or does evil things, or is a person who always wants more and more for himself. A greedy person like that is serving a false god.

1 Peter 2:8

To people who don’t believe, he is:

Revelation 2:14

“But I have a few things against you: You have people there \{in your group\} who follow the teaching of Balaam. Balaam taught Balak how to make the people of Israel {\cf2\super [17]} sin. Those people sinned by eating food offered to idols {\cf2\super [18]} and by doing sexual sins.

1 Samuel 28:6

Saul prayed to the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him. God did not talk to Saul in dreams. God did not use the Urim [208] to give him an answer. And God did not use prophets to speak to Saul.