EZEKIEL—NOTE ON Ezekiel 14:9 I, the LORD, have deceived that prophet. One of the forms of God’s judgment is allowing people to believe falsehood, or even (as in this verse) leading them to believe falsehood. Yet Scripture also consistently affirms human responsibility for the decision to sin (note the idolatry [v. Ezekiel 14:7] that came before this deception, and the just punishment from God [vv. Ezekiel 14:9]). Moreover, Scripture states that God himself cannot lie (Titus 1:2; Hebrews 6:18), and it never excuses human beings for speaking or believing falsehood.

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