Ezekiel 14:4

The Lord will answer such men directly through himself, by involving them in the consequences of their own idolatries and destroying them.

setteth up his idols Cf. Ezekiel 14:3.

will answer him that cometh If this reading be adopted, the rendering must be, I the Lord will answer him; he cometh in the multitude a meaning which has no probability. The present text reads, I will answer him according to it, (i.e. the iniquity, or the stumbling-block) (even) according to the multitude, &c. In Ezekiel 14:7, where the same expression occurs, the reading is, "I will answer him by myself;" and the present passage had better be assimilated to Ezekiel 14:7. What is meant by the Lord's answering "through himself" is stated Ezekiel 14:8, "I will set my face against that man." The answer will be given in acts of judgment.

according to the multitude The divine chastisement will be heavy, proportionate to the gross idolatry.