Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Ezekiel 14:4
Omit “that cometh.”
According to the multitiude of his idols - i. e., I will give him an answer as delusive as the idols which he serves. Compare Micaiah’s answer to Ahab 1 Kings 22:15.
Omit “that cometh.”
According to the multitiude of his idols - i. e., I will give him an answer as delusive as the idols which he serves. Compare Micaiah’s answer to Ahab 1 Kings 22:15.
Verse Ezekiel 14:4. _ACCORDING TO THE MULTITUDE OF HIS IDOLS_] I will treat him as an idolater, as a flagrant idolater....
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...
THE LORD GOD. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. See note on Ezekiel 2:4. EVERY MAN. Hebrew. _ish, 'ish_. App-14. BEFORE. in front of, or right before. WILL ANSWER, &c.. have been replied to for him; he hath co...
The Lord will answer such men directly through himself, by involving them in the consequences of their own idolatries and destroying them. _setteth up his idols_ Cf. Ezekiel 14:3. _will answer him th...
DISCOURSE: 1104 HEART IDOLATRY CONDEMNED Ezekiel 14:4. _Thus saith the Lord God: Every man of the house of Israel that setteth tip his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling-block of his iniqu...
I THE LORD WILL ANSWER HIM THAT COMETH— That is, I will take care that the false prophet shall so answer him as his idolatries have deserved. See on Ezekiel 14:9....
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...
Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before h...
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...
DESERTS] RV 'waste places,' ruins. THAT I MAY TAKE, etc.] Sin hardens the heart and so leads on to destruction. This is a self-acting law of divine retribution, and so in a sense the result is God's...
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
WILL ANSWER HIM THAT COMETH. — The words _that cometh,_ not being in the original, should be omitted. The verb _answer_ in the original is in the passive, and has a reflexive sense=“I will show myself...
לָכֵ֣ן דַּבֵּר ־אֹ֠ותָם וְ אָמַרְתָּ֨ אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם...
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...
Therefore speak to them, and say to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his fa...
_According. Hebrew, "in (Calmet) the multitude of his idols." (Haydock) --- I will still disclose the truth; (Chaldean) or a false prophet is here spoken of, whom God will suffer to deceive those who...
There is a great beauty in the original, both at this verse and at verse 7th. Thus saith the Lord God, every man; it is man, man, intimating somewhat stronger than the phrase every man, the doubling o...
Here God seems to treat those hypocrites too indulgently who pretend to ask his advice and yet despise his counsel. But God here rather threatens what would be destructive to the wicked than promises...
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...
THEREFORE SPEAK UNTO THEM, AND SAY UNTO THEM,.... That is, speak unto them as a prophet, and as from the Lord, and say what follows; so the Targum, "prophesy unto them and say unto them;'' THUS SAIT...
Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before hi...
_Say unto them_ Declare my will clearly and faithfully; _Every man of the house of Israel_ Whoever he be, rich or poor, mighty or mean; _that setteth up his idols in his heart_ That is attached in his...
Therefore speak unto them and say unto them, in a message every word of which was divinely inspired, as the entire book of prophecies is, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD, EVERY MAN OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, eac...
JEHOVAH REFUSES TO ANSWER THE IDOLATERS...
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'...
Mince not the matter, lessen not, neither vary, what I say unto thee, but declare fully and undauntedly UNTO THEM, though great men, and who will compliment with thee. EVERY MAN, without exception, wh...
Ezekiel 14:4 speak H1696 (H8761) say H559 (H8804) says H559 (H8804) Lord H136 GOD H3069 Everyone...
“Therefore speak to them and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Every man of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart and puts the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, a...
Ezekiel 14:4 I. The word estranged implies a former condition of close relationship and affection, from which they have since fallen. You would not say of a mere acquaintance, if you ceased to see him...
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...
_I the Lord will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols._ ANSWERED ACCORDING TO THEIR IDOLS With them, as froward, the All-seeing will, in the psalmist’s terribly bold phrase,...
_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 Kings 21:20; 2 Kings 1:16; Ezekiel 14:7; Ezekiel 2:7; Ezekiel 3:17
According — According to his desert, I will give answer, but in just judgment....