Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Ezekiel 14:5
That I may take ... - i. e., that I may take them, as in a snare, deceived by their own heart.
That I may take ... - i. e., that I may take them, as in a snare, deceived by their own heart.
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...
_take … in their own heart_ The sinner's sin is like a snare in which he is captured and destroyed; sin carries its own retribution in itself (Job 8:4). The phrase "take them in their own heart" is ex...
THAT I MAY TAKE THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, &C.— "That I may deal with them according to their deserts, and thereby convince them that I am a searcher of hearts, and know the inward and secret wickedness of...
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...
That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols. THAT I MAY TAKE THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL IN THEIR OWN HEART - i:e., unvail and overtak...
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...
GAPS] RM 'breaches.' HEDGE] RV 'fence.' The false prophets did nothing to repair or strengthen Israel's defences....
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
לְמַ֛עַן תְּפֹ֥שׂ אֶת ־בֵּֽית ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּ...
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...
That (e) I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols. (e) That is, convince them by their own conscience....
_The. Septuagint, "he may ensnare the house," (Haydock) or "to bring" unto repentance. (Chaldean) (Calmet)_...
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...
He shows God’s object in being unwilling to dismiss without an answer the hypocrites who still impiously trifled with him. He says, _that I may seize the house of Israel in their heart. _It is yet ask...
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...
THAT I MAY TAKE THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL IN THEIR OWN HEART,.... By which they are ensnared, and drawn aside to their ruin; being given up to strong delusions, to believe a lie, and worship idols; God thre...
That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols. Ver. 5. _That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart._] _Ut deprehendam,...
_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...
that I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, to bend and mold their hearts by means of His judgments, BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL ESTRANGED FROM ME THROUGH THEIR IDOLS. If the present judgments di...
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'...
THAT I MAY CONVINCE AND PIERCE THEIR VERY HEARTS, or lay open what is in their heart, and discover their hypocrisy and impiety; because they have shamefully followed idols, which now in their distress...
Ezekiel 14:5 seize H8610 (H8800) house H1004 Israel H3478 heart H3820 estranged H2114 (H8738) idols H1544...
“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...
_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...
_They are all estranged from Me through their idols._ ALIENATION FROM GOD We read here, in God’s own words, His rule of dealing with persons who come to Him in a certain disposition of mind. 1. The...
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...
2 Thessalonians 2:9; Colossians 1:21; Deuteronomy 32:15; Deuteronomy 32:16;...
Take — That I may lay open what is in their heart, and discover their hypocrisy, and impiety. Through their idols — It is always through some idol or other, that the hearts of men are estranged from G...