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For every man of the house of Israel, and every stranger among the proselytes in Israel, if he separate himself from me, and place his idols in his heart, and set the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and come to the prophet to inquire of me by him: I the Lord will answer him by myself.
137. Internal Meaning of Ezekiel, Chapter 14
1-4 Those who depart from the worship of the Lord have no enlightenment from the Word. (2, 11)
5 The church is of this description. (2)
6-7 If they do not become converted, they cannot be enlightened in truths from the Word, (2)
8 and the church will be devastated, (2)
9-10 until there be nothing of the doctrine of truth in it. (2)
11 They must not go back, but must acknowledge the Lord. (1, 11)
12-14 When there is no longer any truth or good in the church, intercession will not avail in the least. (3)
15-16 Neither will intercession be of any avail when evil desires take possession of the church. (3)
17-18 So likewise when falsities take possession of the church; (3)
19-20 likewise when adulteration of good takes possession of it. (3)
21-23 When these have taken possession of the church, another church will be established, on which the Lord will have mercy. (3, 11, 11)
