Ezekiel 14:1-5
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God’s Judgments Justified
14 Certain elders of Israel came to me and sat down before me.(A) 2 And the word of the Lord came to me: 3 Mortal, these men have taken their idols into their hearts and placed their iniquity as a stumbling block before them; shall I let myself be consulted by them?(B) 4 Therefore speak to them, and say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Any of those of the house of Israel who take their idols into their hearts and place their iniquity as a stumbling block before them and yet come to the prophet, I the Lord will answer those who come with the multitude of their idols, 5 in order that I may take hold of the hearts of the house of Israel, all of whom are estranged from me through their idols.(C)
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Ezekiel 14:1-5
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Condemnation of Israel’s Idolatrous Elders
14 And men from the elders of Israel came to me, and they sat before me.[a] 2 And the word of Yahweh came[b] to me, saying,[c] 3 “Son of man,[d] these men took up their idols into their heart and they placed before themselves[e] a stumbling block of their guilt.[f] Should I really let myself be consulted by them?[g] 4 Therefore speak with them, and you must say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Every person from the house of Israel who brings up his idols into his heart and places before himself[h] a stumbling block of his guilt[i] and yet he comes to the prophet, I Yahweh, I will respond to him through this act[j] with respect to the multitude[k] of his idols, 5 so that I may take hold of the house of Israel by their heart, those who are estranged from me, all of them, through their idols.’
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- Ezekiel 14:1 Literally “to the face of me”
- Ezekiel 14:2 Literally “was”
- Ezekiel 14:2 Literally “to say”
- Ezekiel 14:3 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 14:3 Literally “they gave before their faces”
- Ezekiel 14:3 Or “iniquity”
- Ezekiel 14:3 Literally “Surely I will let me be consulted by them?”
- Ezekiel 14:4 Literally “they gave before their faces”
- Ezekiel 14:4 Or “iniquity”
- Ezekiel 14:4 Hebrew “it”
- Ezekiel 14:4 According to the Kethib; the Qere reads “I will respond to him, he who comes with the multitude of his idols”
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