Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ezekiel 14:3
Set up — Are resolved idolaters. The stumbling block — Their idols which were both the object of their sin, and occasion of their ruin.
Set up — Are resolved idolaters. The stumbling block — Their idols which were both the object of their sin, and occasion of their ruin.
Verse Ezekiel 14:3. _THESE MEN HAVE SET UP THEIR IDOLS IN THEIR HEART_] Not only in their houses; in the _streets_; but they had them in their _hearts_. These were _stumbling-blocks_ of iniquity; they...
Ezekiel 14:1. These inquiring elders, with wickedness in their hearts, give another illustration of the depth of degradation in which the people had sunk. He who searches the hearts knew what was in t...
INSINCERITY OF THOSE WHO CONSULT THE PROPHETS. Like prophet, like people. The prophets, as _we_ have just seen (Ezekiel 13), were greatly to blame; but no less were the people partly because of their...
SON OF MAN. See note on Ezekiel 2:1. MEN. Hebrew, plural of _'enosh_. App-14. IDOLS. manufactured idols. INIQUITY. perversity. Hebrew. _dvah._ App-44. BEFORE THEIR FACE. Instead of God's law, accor...
_set up their idols in_ Lit. _have laid their idols upon their heart_, which appears to mean, laid them on their minds, busied their thoughts and filled their affections with them. _stumblingblock of...
THESE MEN HAVE SET UP THEIR IDOLS— They are not only inclined to idolatry in their hearts, but have actually set up idols, and worshipped them. However, the prophet shews plainly, that their idolatrie...
IV. TWO OBJECTIONS ANSWERED 14:1-23 In chapter 14 Ezekiel deals with two theoretical objections which might be raised against his announcement of Jerusalem's judgment. The first is this How can God pu...
Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them? THESE MEN HAVE SET UP THEIR IDO...
ON PROPHECY, TRUE AND FALSE After rebuking certain prevalent forms of contempt for prophecy (Ezekiel 12:21), Ezekiel reproves the false prophets (Ezekiel 13:1) and false prophetesses (Ezekiel 13:17) o...
THE STUMBLINGBLOCK, etc.] idolatry: see Ezekiel 7:19. SHOULD I BE ENQUIRED OF?] Such enquiry was a mockery of God....
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 14 WICKED LEADERS – EZEKIEL 14:1-23 V1 Some of *Is
HAVE SET UP THEIR IDOLS IN THEIR HEART. — It was not the open idolatry of Judæa which is reproved among these elders of the captivity; that had already passed away, but still their heart was not right...
בֶּן ־אָדָ֗ם הָ אֲנָשִׁ֤ים הָ אֵ֨לֶּה֙ הֶעֱל֤
PROPHECY AND ITS ABUSES Ezekiel 12:21 - Ezekiel 14:11 THERE is perhaps nothing more perplexing to the student of Old Testament history than the complicated phenomena which may be classed under the g...
12-23, REAPING AS WE SOW Ezekiel 14:1-6 It is useless to approach God with prayers and inquiries for guidance, as long as our hearts are filled with secret sins and cherished idols. If we regard iniq...
Certain of the elders of Israel now came to Ezekiel, evidently to hear what message he had to deliver to them. The word of the Lord revealed to him that whatever their outward attitude might be, they...
Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their (b) heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them? (b) They are not only idolate...
_Uncleanness. That is, their filthy idols, upon which they have set their hearts: and which are a stumbling-block to their souls. (Challoner) --- They came, it seems, to tempt the prophet, (Calmet) as...
What a striking representation is here of the Church in all ages! As it was with Ezekiel in Babylon; so is it now in the Egypt of the present world. In our congregations we know not who they are that...
_INSINCERE PRAYERS_ ‘Should I be enquired of at all by them?’ Ezekiel 14:3 I. CERTAIN ELDERS OF ISRAEL CAME SEEKING THE PROPHET OF JEHOVAH.—They wanted him to inquire for them of God concerning som...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 AND 14. Chapter 13 judges the prophets who deceived the people in Jerusalem by their pretended visions of peace. In chapter 14 the elders of Israel come an...
SON OF MAN, THESE MEN HAVE SET UP THEIR IDOLS IN THEIR HEART,.... Though they look so grave and demure, seem so devout and religious, and hear with so much attention and reverence, and express such a...
Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them? Ver. 3. _These men have set their...
_And the word of the Lord came unto me_ To acquaint me with the real character of these men, and what I should say to them. _These men have set up their idols in their hearts_ They are not only inclin...
JEHOVAH REFUSES TO ANSWER THE IDOLATERS...
Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, literally, "have caused their filthy gods to go up upon their heart," for the corruption of man begins in his heart, AND PUT THE STUMBLING...
1-11 No outward form or reformation can be acceptable to God, so long as any idol possesses the heart; yet how many prefer their own devices and their own righteousness, to the way of salvation! Men'...
THESE MEN; who probably were come from Jerusalem, sent by Zedekiah, and mentioned by Jeremiah, JEREMIAH 51:59; some of the courtiers, who, more out of curiosity than religion, give a visit to this fam...
Ezekiel 14:3 Son H1121 man H120 men H582 up H5927 (H8689) idols H1544 hearts H3820 put H5414 ...
‘Then certain of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me, and the word of Yahweh came to me saying, “Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumblingblock...
Ezekiel 14:3 I. What is the sin and the voice of which the prophet speaks, and how may we ourselves be guilty of it? The father of modern philosophy and science has shown us that there are in the mind...
CONTENTS: Vision of the elders of Israel. Jerusalem on no account to be spared. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Noah, Job, Daniel. CONCLUSION: Many who have no idols in their sanctuary have idols in their...
Ezekiel 14:1. _Then came certain of the elders of Israel,_ ex-judges and magistrates in Judea. They were all idolaters, yet they wished to know whether there were any hope of their return to Jerusalem...
_These men have set up their idols in their heart._ HEART IDOLS The Lord is now going to search the heart, to turn out the corners of the inmost recesses of the mind, the idol and favourite sin. He w...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 14:1 The theme of false prophecy continues (vv. Ezekiel 14:9). The ELDERS in exile (v....
JEHOVAH’S REFUSAL TO ALLOW IDOLATERS TO ENQUIRE OF HIM: THE CERTAINTY OF THE JUDGMENTS DENOUNCED AGAINST THEM (Chap. 14) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The visit of the elders of the people to the prophet was the...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 14:1 As the result, probably, of the previous utterances, certain ELDERS OF ISRAEL, _i_._e_. of the exiles in Tel-Abib, came to consult Ezekiel, wishing to know what counsels or wh...
CHAPTER 14. HYPOCRITICAL INQUIRERS AFTER GOD THEIR WICKEDNESS DISCOVERED AND REBUKED. Ezekiel 14:1. _And there came to me some of the elders of Israel and sat before me._ Ezekiel 14:2. _And the wor...
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumbling...
1 Peter 2:8; 1 Samuel 28:6; 2 Kings 3:13; Ephesians 5:5; Ezekiel 11:21