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Ezekiel 14:3
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Idolatry Will Be Punished

1 Now asome of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me.  
2 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
3 “Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put before them athat which causes them to stumble into iniquity. bShould I let Myself be inquired of at all by them?  
4 “Therefore speak to them, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Everyone of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, and puts before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, and then comes to the prophet, I the Lord will answer him who comes, according to the multitude of his idols,
5 that I may seize the house of Israel by their heart, because they are all estranged from Me by their idols.” ’
6 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Repent, turn away from your idols, and aturn your faces away from all your abominations.  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Ezekiel 14:3

heart . . . face—The heart is first corrupted, and then the outward manifestation of idol-worship follows; they set their idols before their eyes. With all their pretense of consulting God now, they have not even put away their idols outwardly; implying gross contempt of God. "Set up," literally, "aloft"; implying that their idols had gained the supreme ascendancy over them.

stumbling-block of . . . iniquity—See Proverbs 3:21, Proverbs 3:23, "Let not them (God's laws) depart from thine eyes, then . . . thy foot shall not stumble." Instead of God's law, which (by being kept before their eyes) would have saved them from stumbling, they set up their idols before their eyes, which proved a stumbling-block, causing them to stumble (Ezekiel 7:19).

inquired of at all—literally, "should I with inquiry be inquired of" by such hypocrites as they are? (Psalms 66:18; Proverbs 15:29; Proverbs 28:9).




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ezekiel 14:3:

Isaiah 65:1
Ezekiel 7:19
Ezekiel 14:6
Ezekiel 36:37
Zephaniah 1:3

 

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