Ezekiel 11:14
12 Then you will know that I am the LORD. For you have neither followed My statutes nor practiced My ordinances, but you have conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.”
13 Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
15 “Son of man, your brothers—your relatives, your fellow exiles, and the whole house of Israel—are those of whom the people of Jerusalem have said, ‘They are far away from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a possession.’
16 Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries to which they have gone.’
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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- Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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- The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
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- And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
- DARBY
- And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
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- And the word of YHWH came to me, saying:
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- Og Herrens ord kom til meg, og det lød så:
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- Da nådde et budskap fra Herren meg:
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- Og Herrens ord kom til mig, og det lød så: