Ezekiel 14:11 meaning and explanation

in 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.’”

Ezekiel 14:11, Berean Standard Bible

Explanation preview

Ezekiel has just described how God will judge both the idolatrous inquirer and the prophet who gives him a convenient answer. Here God states the purpose behind that severity: not destruction for its own sake but correction, so that Israel stops wandering and stops defiling itself.

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