Ezekiel 14:1
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
In Context
2And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
Cross References
Isaiah 21:12The watchman said: 'The morning cometh, and also the night — if ye will inquire, inquire ye; return, come.'
Ezekiel 8:1And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.
Ezekiel 20:3'Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Are ye come to inquire of Me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 14:1
Hearing the word, and prayer, are two great ordinances of God, in which we are to give honour to him and may hope to find favour and acceptance with him; and yet in this chapter, to our great surprise, we find some waiting upon God in the one and some in the other and yet not meeting with success as they expected. I. The elders of Israel come to hear the word, and enquire of the prophet, but, because they are not duly qualified, they meet with a rebuke instead of acceptance ( ver. 1-5 ) and are called upon to… Read the whole commentary →