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Verse Ezekiel 14:3. _THESE MEN HAVE SET UP THEIR IDOLS IN THEIR
HEART_] Not only in their houses; in the _streets_; but they had them
in their _hearts_. These were _stumbling-blocks_ of iniquity; they...
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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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SON OF MAN. See note on Ezekiel 2:1.
MEN. Hebrew, plural of _'enosh_. App-14.
IDOLS. manufactured idols.
INIQUITY. perversity. Hebrew. _dvah._ App-44.
BEFORE THEIR FACE. Instead of God's law, acco...
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_set up their idols in_ Lit. _have laid their idols upon their heart_,
which appears to mean, laid them on their minds, busied their thoughts
and filled their affections with them.
_stumblingblock of...
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THESE MEN HAVE SET UP THEIR IDOLS— They are not only inclined to
idolatry in their hearts, but have actually set up idols, and
worshipped them. However, the prophet shews plainly, that their
idolatrie...
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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 p...
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Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put
the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be
inquired of at all by them?
THESE MEN HAVE SET UP THEIR ID...
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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)...
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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 *Israel's l...
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HAVE SET UP THEIR IDOLS IN THEIR HEART. — It was not the open
idolatry of Judæa which is reproved among these elders of the
captivity; that had already passed away, but still their heart was not
right...
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בֶּן ־אָדָ֗ם הָ אֲנָשִׁ֤ים הָ
אֵ֨לֶּה֙ הֶעֱל֤וּ גִלּֽוּלֵיהֶם֙ עַל
־לִבָּ֔ם וּ מִכְשֹׁ֣ול עֲוֹנָ֔ם
נָתְנ֖וּ
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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 ini...
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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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Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their (b) heart, and
put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I
be enquired of at all by them?
(b) They are not only idolate...
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_Uncleanness. That is, their filthy idols, upon which they have set
their hearts: and which are a stumbling-block to their souls.
(Challoner) --- They came, it seems, to tempt the prophet, (Calmet) as...
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What a striking representation is here of the Church in all ages! As
it was with Ezekiel in Babylon; so is it now in the Egypt of the
present world. In our congregations we know not who they are that...
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_INSINCERE PRAYERS_
‘Should I be enquired of at all by them?’
Ezekiel 14:3
I. CERTAIN ELDERS OF ISRAEL CAME SEEKING THE PROPHET OF
JEHOVAH.—They wanted him to inquire for them of God concerning so...
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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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SON OF MAN, THESE MEN HAVE SET UP THEIR IDOLS IN THEIR HEART,....
Though they look so grave and demure, seem so devout and religious,
and hear with so much attention and reverence, and express such a...
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Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put
the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be
enquired of at all by them?
Ver. 3. _These men have set their...
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_And the word of the Lord came unto me_ To acquaint me with the real
character of these men, and what I should say to them. _These men have
set up their idols in their hearts_ They are not only inclin...
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JEHOVAH REFUSES TO ANSWER THE IDOLATERS...
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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's...
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THESE MEN; who probably were come from Jerusalem, sent by Zedekiah,
and mentioned by Jeremiah, JEREMIAH 51:59; some of the courtiers, who,
more out of curiosity than religion, give a visit to this fam...
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Ezekiel 14:3 Son H1121 man H120 men H582 up H5927 (H8689) idols H1544
hearts H3820 put H5414 (H8804) before H5227 them H6440 stumble H4383
iniquity H5771 inquired H1875 (H8735) all H1875 (H8736)
thes...
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‘Then certain of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me,
and the word of Yahweh came to me saying, “Son of man, these men
have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumblingblock...
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Ezekiel 14:3
I. What is the sin and the voice of which the prophet speaks, and how
may we ourselves be guilty of it? The father of modern philosophy and
science has shown us that there are in the mind...
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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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_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. Ezekiel 14:1) approach
Ezekiel (compare Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 20:1). They want him to give...
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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 w...
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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 Peter 2:8; 1 Samuel 28:6; 2 Kings 3:13; Ephesians 5:5; Ezekiel
11:21; Ezekiel 14:4; Ezekiel 14:7; Ezekiel 20:16; Ezekiel 20:3;
Ezekiel 3:20;
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Set up — Are resolved idolaters. The stumbling block — Their idols
which were both the object of their sin, and occasion of their ruin....