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Ezekiel 14:9

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if the: Ezekiel 20:25; 2 Samuel 12:11-12; 1 Kings 22:20-23; Job 12:16; Psalms 81:11-12; Isaiah 63:16, Isaiah 66:4; Jeremiah 4:10; 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12

I the: That is, I have suffered him to be deceived; I have given him up to "strong delusions to believe a lie," as a just judgment upon him for going after idols, and setting up false pretensions to inspiration. God, according to the genius of the Hebrew language, is often said to do a thing, which he only suffers, or permits.

and I will: Ezekiel 16:27; Isaiah 5:25, Isaiah 9:12, Isaiah 9:17, Isaiah 9:21, Isaiah 10:4

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