Ezekiel 14:1-5
Lexham English Bible
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”
Ezekiel 14:1-5
Christian Standard Bible
Idolatrous Elders Punished
14 Some of the elders of Israel came(A) to me and sat down in front of me.(B) 2 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 3 “Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and have put their sinful stumbling blocks in front of themselves.(C) Should I actually let them inquire of me?(D)
4 “Therefore, speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: When anyone from the house of Israel sets up idols in his heart and puts his sinful stumbling block in front of himself, and then comes to the prophet, I, the Lord, will answer him appropriately.[a] I will answer him according to his many idols, 5 so that I may take hold of the house of Israel by their hearts. They are all estranged from me because of their idols.’
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- 14:4 Alt Hb tradition reads him who comes
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