Ezekiel 14:11
In order that the house of Israel may go no more astray by not following me, and not pollute themselves any more with all their transgressions; but that they may become unto me a people, and I may be unto them a God, saith the Lord Eternal.
Leeser Tanakh
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In Context
12And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
Cross References
Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and between thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant: to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Deuteronomy 19:20And those who remain shall hear, and be afraid, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil thing in the midst of thee.
Isaiah 9:16(9:15) And the guides of this people are those that guide to error; and those that are led of them are misled.
Jeremiah 23:15Therefore thus hath said the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets, Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink poison-water; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is hypocrisy gone forth over all the land.
Jeremiah 32:38And they shall be unto me for a people, and I will be unto them for a God:
Ezekiel 11:18And they shall come thither, and they shall remove all its detestable things, and all its abominations out of it.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 14:2-12
The Elders of Israel Rebuked; The Prophet's Address to the Elders. ( b. c. 593.) 1 Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. 2 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumbling-block of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them? 4 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,… Read the whole commentary →