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
New English Translation
Well-Deserved Judgment
14 Then some men from Israel’s elders came to me and sat down in front of me. 2 The Lord’s message came to me: 3 “Son of man, these men have erected their idols in their hearts and placed the obstacle leading to their iniquity[a] right before their faces. Should I really allow them to seek[b] me? 4 Therefore speak to them and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When anyone from the house of Israel erects his idols in his heart and sets the obstacle leading to his iniquity before his face, and then consults a prophet, I the Lord am determined to answer him personally according to the enormity of his idolatry.[c] 5 I will do this in order to capture the hearts of the house of Israel, who have alienated themselves from me on account of all their idols.’
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- Ezekiel 14:3 tn Heb “the stumbling block of their iniquity.” This phrase is unique to the prophet Ezekiel.
- Ezekiel 14:3 tn Or “I will not reveal myself to them.” The Hebrew word is used in a technical sense here of seeking an oracle from a prophet (2 Kgs 1:16; 3:11; 8:8).
- Ezekiel 14:4 tn Heb “in accordance with the multitude of his idols.”
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