Ezekiel 14 · Verse 11

Ezekiel 14:11

That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord God.
Ezekiel 14:11, King James Version

Ezekiel 14:11 in other translations

BSBin order that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Then they will be My people and I will be their God, declares the Lord GOD.’”
WEBthat the house of Israel may no more go astray from me, neither defile themselves any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God,” says the Lord GOD.’”
ASVthat the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither defile themselves any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord Jehovah.
YLTso that the house of Israel do not wander any more from after Me, nor are defiled any more with all their transgressions, and they have been to Me for a people, and I am to them for God--an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'
DARBYthat the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither make themselves any more unclean with all their transgressions; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, saith the Lord Jehovah.
BBESo that the children of Israel may no longer go wandering away from me, or make themselves unclean with all their wrongdoing; but they will be my people, and I will be their God, says the Lord.
WebsterThat the house of Israel may no more go astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.

What does Ezekiel 14:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. Love was the spring of God's very judgments on His people, who were incurable by any other process (Eze 11:20; 37:27).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 14:1-11

Threatenings against hypocrites. (Ezek 14:1-11) God's purpose to punish the guilty Jews, but a few should be saved. (Ezek 14:12-23) Verses 1-11 No outward form or reformation can be acceptable to God, so long as any idol possesses the heart; yet how many prefer their own devices and their own righteousness, to the way of salvation! Men's corruptions are idols in their hearts, and are of their own setting up; God…

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Ezekiel 14:11 in the original Hebrew

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לְ֠מַעַןLe.ma.'anso thatH4616
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
יִתְע֨וּyit.'Uthey will wanderH8582
ע֤וֹדodagainH5750
בֵּֽית\־beit-[the] house ofH1004
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
מֵאַֽחֲרַ֔יme.'a.cha.Raifrom after meH310
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יִטַּמְּא֥וּyi.ta.me.'Uthey will make themselves uncleanH2930
ע֖וֹדodagainH5750
בְּכָל\־be.kholby allH3605
פִּשְׁעֵיהֶ֑םpish.'ei.Hemtransgressions theirH6588
וְהָ֥יוּve.Ha.yuand they will becomeH1961
לִ֣יlifor me
לְעָ֗םle.'Am<into> a peopleH5971
וַֽאֲנִי֙va.'a.Niand IH589
אֶהְיֶ֤ה'eh.YehI will becomeH1961
לָהֶם֙la.Hemfor them
לֵֽאלֹהִ֔יםle.lo.Him<into> GodH430
נְאֻ֖םne.'Um[the] utterance ofH5002
אֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִֽה\׃\ \פYah.wehYahwehH3069

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Cross references for Ezekiel 14:11

  • Ezekiel 37:23

    Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

  • Ezekiel 48:11

    It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.

  • Ezekiel 44:10

    And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.

  • Revelation 21:7

    He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

  • Jeremiah 11:4

    Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:

  • Jeremiah 32:38

    And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

  • Hebrews 11:16

    But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

  • Ezekiel 39:22

    So the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day and forward.

  • Ezekiel 11:18-20

    And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence. And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

  • Jeremiah 31:33

    But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

  • Ezekiel 44:15

    But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord God:

  • Zechariah 13:9

    And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the house.
34:10-31; 44:10,15; 48:11; De 13:11; 19:20; Ps 119:67; Isa 9:16
Jer 23:15; 50:6; 2Pe 2:15
neither.
11:18-20; 36:25-29; 37:23
that they.
34:30; 36:28; 37:27; 39:22; Ge 17:7; Jer 11:4; 31:33; 32:38; Zec 13:9
Heb 8:10; 11:16; Re 21:7

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Context

  • Ezekiel 14:10

    And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;

  • Ezekiel 14:11

    That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord God.

  • Ezekiel 14:12

    The word of the Lord came again to me, saying,

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Ezekiel 14:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Para que no yerren más la casa de Israel de en pos de mí: ni más se contaminen en todas sus rebeliones, y me sean por pueblo, y yo les sea por Dios, dice el Señor Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
afin que la maison d’Israël ne s’égare plus d’auprès de moi, et qu’ils ne se rendent plus impurs par toutes leurs transgressions. Et ils seront mon peuple, et moi je serai leur Dieu, dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
damit das Haus Israel nicht mehr von mir abirre und sie sich nicht mehr durch alle ihre Übertretungen verunreinigen; und sie werden mein Volk, und ich werde ihr Gott sein, spricht der Herr, Jehova.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
ut non erret ultra domus Israël a me, neque polluatur in universis prævaricationibus suis: sed sint mihi in populum, et ego sim eis in Deum, ait Dominus exercituum.