Ezekiel 14:4

Therefore speak unto them and say unto them, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Any man whatsoever of the house of Israel Who shall bring up his manufactured gods upon his heart, And set, his stumbling-block of iniquity, straight before his face, And then come in unto the prophet, I Yahweh, have myself answered him thereby. By the multitude of his manufactured gods:

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In The King James Version

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 his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;

In Context

3Son of man These men have brought up their manufactured gods upon their hear, And their stumbling-block of iniquity, have they set straight before their face, —Shall I be at all enquired of by them?

5To the end the house of Israel may be taken by their own hearts,—in that they have estranged themselves from me, through their manufactured gods—all of them!

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:20Then said Ahab unto Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he said: I have found [thee]! Because thou hast sold thyself to do the thing that is wicked in the eyes of Yahweh,

Isaiah 3:11Alas! for the lawless, it is ill, For what his own hand hath matured, shall be done to him.

Ezekiel 2:7Thou shalt therefore speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear For perverse, they are!

Ezekiel 3:17Son of man, A watchman, have I appointed thee to the house of Israel,—and thou shalt hear, at my mouth a message, and shalt warn them from me.

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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