for you will know that I have done nothing in it without cause

Ezekiel 14:12-23

“Son of man, if a country sins against me by being unfaithful and I stretch out my hand against it to cut off its food supply and send famine upon it and kill its people and their animals, even if these three men—Noah, Daniel and Job—were in it, they could save only themselves by their righteousness, declares the Sovereign Lord.

Or if I send wild beasts through that country

Or if I bring a sword against that country and say, ‘Let the sword pass throughout the land,’

Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out my wrath on it through bloodshed,

they could not save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved.

How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem my four dreadful judgments—sword and famine and wild beasts and plague—to kill its men and their animals! Yet there will be some survivors—sons and daughters who will be brought out of it. They will come to you, and when you see their conduct and their actions, you will be consoled regarding the disaster I have brought on Jerusalem—every disaster I have brought on it. You will be consoled when you see their conduct and their actions, for you will know that I have done nothing in it without cause, declares the Sovereign Lord.”

Why?

Because people in Jerusalem sin against the Lord by being unfaithful, so the Lord stretched out his hands against them.

Even righteous men Noah, Daniel, and Job are living there, they can save themselves but they can not save their families. because everyone has to bear their own sin.

The Lord sent famine, beasts, swords, and plague into that land and put our God's wrath.

The Lord let Ezekiel saw the vision in Jerusalem, and let Eceiiel know why so sever disaster came upon Jerusalem.

Under the judgment of the Lord, there is the mercy of the Lord to keep some survivors brought out of it.

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13章人被假先知迷惑，14章人被自己迷惑

人把假神帶進來，或是以為某個團體而益。不是加入教會體系就得救，可是因為認罪悔改歸向神才加入教會。福音是悔改認罪才是得救。

有一國犯罪干犯我, 挪亞、但以理、約伯這三人是義人，但是他們的義不能因這三人得救，而逃離神的確妙審判。奉獻的人與神有親密關係。這三人是義人，聖經沒有指出他們有什麼惡。

四樣大災─就是刀劍、饑荒、惡獸、瘟疫降在耶路撒冷:然而其中必有剩下的人。神的恩典大過人的過犯。剩下的人：是神存留的人，把恩典給似乎還沒有悔改的人是指那些投降被擄的人。這些被擄的人從這些剩下的人傳來耶路撒冷的信息，他們發現他們是蒙恩的，所以心得著安慰。神要把神百姓的心帶回來！

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How?

God is righteousness and the Judgment is nothing in it without cause. everyone has to take his own responsibility.