Ezekiel 14:5

Ezekiel 14:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
• New International Version (NIV)I will do this to recapture the hearts of the people of Israel, who have all deserted me for their idols.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)that I may lay hold of the hearts of the house of Israel, who are all estranged from me through their idols.
• New King James Version (NKJV)that I may seize the house of Israel by their heart, because they are all estranged from Me by their idols.” ’

Context of Ezekiel 14:5

3“Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts and have put in front of their faces the stumbling block of their wrongdoing. Should I let Myself be consulted by them at all? 4Therefore speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “Anyone of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, puts in front of his face the stumbling block of his wrongdoing, and then comes to the prophet, I the Lord will let Myself answer him in the matter in view of the multitude of his idols, in order to take hold of the hearts of the house of Israel who have turned away from Me due to all their idols.”’ 6“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “Repent and turn away from your idols, and turn your faces away from all your abominations. 7For anyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who reside in Israel, who deserts Me, sets up his idols in his heart, puts in front of his face the stumbling block of his wrongdoing, and then comes to the prophet to request something of Me for himself, I the Lord will let Myself answer him Myself.

Ezekiel 14:5 word by word

לְמַ֛עַן תְּפֹ֥שׂ אֶת־בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּלִבָּ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָזֹ֙רוּ֙ מֵֽעָלַ֔י בְּגִלּֽוּלֵיהֶ֖ם כֻּלָּֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

• inמַ֫עַןma‛an · becauseH4616
• takeתָּפַשׂtâphaώ · to captureH8610
• the heartsלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• whoאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• turnedזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
• from Me due to allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• their idolsגִּלּוּלgillûl gillûl · idolH1544

Cross-references for Ezekiel 14:5

• Ezekiel 14:9“But if the prophet is persuaded so that he speaks a word, it is I, the Lord, who have persuaded that prophet; and I will stretch out My hand against him and eliminate him from among My people Israel.
• Hosea 10:2Their heart is deceitful; Now they must suffer for their guilt. The Lord will break down their altars And destroy their memorial stones.
• Zechariah 7:11But they refused to pay attention, and turned a stubborn shoulder and plugged their ears from hearing.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:9that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and false signs and wonders,
• Deuteronomy 32:15“But Jeshurun became fat and kicked-- You have become fat, thick, and obstinate-- Then he abandoned God who made him, And rejected the Rock of his salvation.
• Isaiah 1:4Oh, sinful nation, People weighed down with guilt, Offspring of evildoers, Sons who act corruptly! They have abandoned the Lord, They have despised the Holy One of Israel, They have turned away from Him.
• Jeremiah 2:5This is what the Lord says: “What injustice did your fathers find in Me, That they went far from Me, And walked after emptiness and became empty?
• Zechariah 11:8Then I did away with the three shepherds in one month, for my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also was tired of me.
• Romans 1:21For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their reasonings, and their senseless hearts were darkened.
• Romans 8:7because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,
• Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a person sows, this he will also reap.
• Ephesians 4:18being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart;
• Colossians 1:21And although you were previously alienated and hostile in attitude, engaged in evil deeds,
• Hebrews 3:12Take care, brothers and sisters, that there will not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 14:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5That I may take … - i. e., that I may take them, as in a snare, deceived by their own heart.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5The exiles acted as if they were seeking the Lord. But they were only going through the motions. They performed the outward actions, yet their hearts had turned away from him. They were worshiping idols, which the Lord calls detestable (deeply hateful and unclean). It was easy for them to think that Babylon’s many military victories proved something. They could begin to believe that real power belonged to the Babylonian gods, not to the Lord.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. That I may take--that is, unveil and overtake with punishment the dissimulation and impiety of Israel hid in their own heart. Or, rather, "That I may punish them by answering them after their own hearts"; corresponding to "according to the multitude of his idols" (see on Eze 14:4); an instance is given in Eze 14:9; Ro 1:28; 2Th 2:11, God giving them up in wrath to their own lie. idols--though pretending to "inquire" of Me, "in their hearts" they are…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Ezekiel 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings