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Verse Ezekiel 14:4. _ACCORDING TO THE MULTITUDE OF HIS IDOLS_] I will
treat him as an idolater, as a flagrant idolater....
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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לָכֵ֣ן דַּבֵּר ־אֹ֠ותָם וְ אָמַרְתָּ֨
אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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JEHOVAH REFUSES TO ANSWER THE IDOLATERS...
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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...
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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'...
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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,...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 14:1 The theme of false prophecy continues
(vv. Ezekiel 14:9). The ELDERS in exile (v....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 21:20; 2 Kings 1:16; Ezekiel 14:7; Ezekiel 2:7; Ezekiel 3:17
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According — According to his desert, I will give answer, but in just
judgment....