Ezekiel 14:5

that I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols."'

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In The King James Version

That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.

In Context

4Therefore speak to them, and tell them, 'Thus says the Lord God: "Every man of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I the Lord will answer him therein according to the multitude of his idols;

6"Therefore tell the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord God: "Return, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked.You have grown fat.You have grown thick.You have become sleek.Then he forsook God who made him,and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

Jeremiah 2:5Thus says the Lord, "What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

Jeremiah 2:13"For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

Ezekiel 14:9"'"If the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, I, the Lord, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand on him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

Zechariah 7:11But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

Romans 1:21Because, knowing God, they did not glorify him as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.

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 →

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