Ezekiel 14–18 | Turn Yourselves, and Live

In this Sleepy Scriptures One-Year Bible episode, we continue through the book of Ezekiel with chapters 14 through 18 from the King James Version.

These chapters confront the hidden idols of the heart and the consequences of persistent rebellion. Ezekiel speaks of Jerusalem as a fruitless vine and, through vivid parables and allegories, recalls the Lord’s long history of mercy toward His people even as they repeatedly turn away from Him.

Chapter 18 then brings the message into sharp personal focus. Each person is accountable before God for his own way, and the Lord calls His people not simply to accept judgment, but to turn and live. “Make you a new heart and a new spirit,” He says, declaring that He has no pleasure in the death of the one who dies.

Settle in with gentle narration, soothing music, and peaceful visuals as Ezekiel chapters 14 to 18 lead us through warning, responsibility, repentance, and the enduring mercy of the God who calls His people back to life.

Highlighted Verses

Ezekiel 14:6

“Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.”

Ezekiel 14:14

“Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.”

Ezekiel 16:8

“Yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.”

Ezekiel 16:60

“Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.”

Ezekiel 17:24

“And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree.”

Ezekiel 18:4

“Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine.”

Ezekiel 18:20

“The soul that sinneth, it shall die.”

Ezekiel 18:23

“Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?”

Ezekiel 18:27

“Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.”

Ezekiel 18:31–32

“Make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.”