Ezekiel 13-15 Noah, Daniel, and Job

Yahweh’s Wrath Against Lying Prophets

Eze 13:2-3 LSB - 

[2] "Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy from their own heart, 'Hear the word of Yahweh! 

[3] 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "Woe to the wickedly foolish prophets who are walking after their own spirit and have seen nothing.

Eze 13:20-21 LSB - 

[20] Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh, "Behold, I am against your [magic] bands by which you hunt souls there as birds, and I will tear them from your arms; and I will let [their] souls go, [the very] souls whom you hunt as birds. 

[21] "I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, and they will no longer be in your hands to be hunted; and you will know that I am Yahweh.

Idolatrous Elders Punished

Eze 14:6-8 LSB - 

[6] "Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "Turn back and turn away from your idols and turn your faces away from all your abominations. 

[7] "For anyone of the house of Israel or of the sojourners who sojourn in Israel who separates himself from Me, sets up his idols in his heart, puts right before his face the stumbling block of his iniquity, and [then] comes to the prophet to inquire of Me for himself, I, Yahweh, will be brought to answer him in My own person. 

[8] "I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from among My people. So you will know that I am Yahweh.

Eze 14:11 LSB - [11] in order that the house of Israel may no longer wander from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Thus they will be My people, and I shall be their God,"' declares Lord Yahweh."

Calamitous Judgments of Jerusalem

Eze 14:13-14 LSB - 

[13] "Son of man, if a country sins against Me by committing unfaithfulness, and I stretch out My hand against it, break its staff of bread, send famine against it, and cut off from it both man and beast, 

[14] even [though] these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job were in its midst, by their [own] righteousness they could [only] deliver themselves," declares Lord Yahweh.

Is Jerusalem Useful for Anything?

Eze 15:5-6 LSB - [5] "Behold, while it is intact, it is not made into anything. How much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it still be made into anything! [6] "Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh, 'As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem;