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 do with the Searcher of hearts, and the only repentance acceptable to Him is that which has its seat in the affections of the heart.
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...
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...
TURN YOURSELVES. turn ye....
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...
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...
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,...
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...
THAT THEY WOULD CONFIRM THE WORD] RV 'that the word should be confirmed.'...
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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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...
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...
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...
_Turn. Such people must first be admonished to relinquish idols, heresy, &c., that they may come to God. (Worthington)_...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
JEHOVAH REFUSES TO ANSWER THE IDOLATERS...
YOURSELVES: Or, others...
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'...
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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“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,...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 14:1 The theme of false prophecy continues (vv. Ezekiel 14:9). The ELDERS in exile (v....
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...
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...
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...
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...
1 Kings 8:47; 1 Samuel 7:3; 2 Chronicles 29:6; Acts 17:30; Acts 26:20