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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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TURN YOURSELVES. turn ye....
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The _prophet_is not permitted to give an answer to any inquiries of
such men. Jehovah will answer them through himself (Ezekiel 14:7); the
message which the prophet has to deliver is, repentance or
de...
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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 say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces
from all your abominations.
THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD; REPENT,...
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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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THAT THEY WOULD CONFIRM THE WORD] RV 'that the word should be
confirmed.'...
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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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REPENT AND TURN. — The announcements of the previous verses form the
basis for the earnest call to a true repentance. There can be no hope
for Israel in any merely outward reformation; they have _to_...
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לָכֵ֞ן אֱמֹ֣ר ׀ אֶל ־בֵּ֣ית
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל כֹּ֤ה...
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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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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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Now God shows why he had threatened the false prophets and the whole
people so severely, namely, that they should repent; for the object of
God’s rigor is, that, when terrified by his judgments, we sh...
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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 SAY UNTO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL,.... Deliver out the following
exhortation to repentance unto them; for God's end, in all his
threatenings and judgments, is to bring men to repentance:
THUS SA...
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Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Repent, and turn [yourselves] from your idols; and turn away your
faces from all your abominations.
Ver. 6. _Repent, and turn yourselv...
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_Therefore say, Repent_ Be truly sorry for your past sins, and give
proof of your sorrow by forsaking them, &c.; _and turn from your
idols_ Separate yourselves from them, that they may not finally and...
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Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God,
Repent and turn yourselves from your idols, from the filthy gods which
they had chosen for themselves, AND TURN AWAY YOUR FACES FROM AL...
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JEHOVAH REFUSES TO ANSWER THE IDOLATERS...
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YOURSELVES:
Or, others...
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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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UNTO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL; to these men the elders, whoever they are,
give charge that they repent, and by them send word to the residue of
the house of Jacob that they do so too. REPENT; be sorry and...
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Ezekiel 14:6 say H559 (H8798) house H1004 Israel H3478 says H559
(H8804) Lord H136 GOD H3069 Rep
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“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh,
Return you and turn yourselves from idols, and turn away your faces
from all your abominations. For every one of the house of Israel,...
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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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_They are all estranged from Me through their idols._
ALIENATION FROM GOD
We read here, in God’s own words, His rule of dealing with persons
who come to Him in a certain disposition of mind.
1. The...
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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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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 8:47; 1 Samuel 7:3; 2 Chronicles 29:6; Acts 17:30; Acts 26:20