Verse 4
Ezekiel 14:4
New Living Translation
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Tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Israel have set up idols in their hearts and fallen into sin, and then they go to a prophet asking for a message. So I, the LORD, will give them the kind of answer their great idolatry deserves.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לָ/כֵ֣ן דַּבֵּר א֠וֹתָ/ם וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֨ אֲלֵי/הֶ֜ם כֹּה אָמַ֣ר אֲדֹנָ֣/י יְהוִ֗ה אִ֣ישׁ אִ֣ישׁ מִ/בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל אֲשֶׁר֩ יַעֲלֶ֨ה אֶת גִּלּוּלָ֜י/ו אֶל לִבּ֗/וֹ וּ/מִכְשׁ֤וֹל עֲוֺנ/וֹ֙ יָשִׂים֙ נֹ֣כַח פָּנָ֔י/ו וּ/בָ֖א אֶל הַ/נָּבִ֑יא אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֗ה נַעֲנֵ֧יתִי ל֦/וֹ ב/ה בָ֖א בְּ/רֹ֥ב גִּלּוּלָֽי/ו
English Translation
Therefore, speak to them and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Every man of the house of Israel who raises his idols to his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face and comes to the prophet, I Yahweh will answer him myself in the matter of his many idols.
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