Ezekiel 11:21

Ezekiel 11:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord God.
• New International Version (NIV)But as for those whose hearts are devoted to their vile images and detestable idols, I will bring down on their own heads what they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their deeds upon their own heads, declares the Lord God."
• New King James Version (NKJV)But as for those whose hearts follow the desire for their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their deeds on their own heads,” says the Lord God.

Context of Ezekiel 11:21

19I will give them one heart and I will put a new spirit within them; I will remove the hearts of stone from their bodies and I will give them tender hearts, 20so that they may follow my statutes and observe my regulations and carry them out. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God. But those whose hearts are devoted to detestable things and abominations, I hereby repay them for what they have done, says the sovereign Lord.” 22Then the cherubim spread their wings with their wheels alongside them while the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them. 23The glory of the Lord rose up from within the city and stopped over the mountain east of it.

Ezekiel 11:21 word by word

וְאֶל־לֵ֧ב שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֛ם וְתוֹעֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם לִבָּ֣ם הֹלֵ֑ךְ דַּרְכָּם֙ בְּרֹאשָׁ֣ם נָתַ֔תִּי נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• whose heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• walkethהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• of their detestable thingsשִׁקּוּץshiqqûts shiqqûts · abominationH8251
• and their abominationsתּוֹעֵבַהtô‛êbah tô‛êbah · abominationH8441
• I will recompenseנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• their wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• upon their own headsרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069

Cross-references for Ezekiel 11:21

• Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions.
• Jeremiah 17:9The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?
• Mark 7:21For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
• Hebrews 3:12See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil, unbelieving heart that forsakes the living God.
• Hebrews 10:38But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.
• James 1:14But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.
• Jude 1:19These people are divisive, worldly, devoid of the Spirit.
• Ezekiel 11:18“When they return to it, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations.
• Jeremiah 1:16In this way I will pass sentence on the people of Jerusalem and Judah because of all their wickedness. For they rejected me and offered sacrifices to other gods, worshiping what they made with their own hands.”
• Jeremiah 2:20“Indeed, long ago you threw off my authority and refused to be subject to me. You said, ‘I will not serve you.’ Instead, you gave yourself to other gods on every high hill and under every green tree, like a prostitute sprawls out before her lovers.
• Ezekiel 9:10But as for me, my eye will not pity them nor will I spare them; I hereby repay them for what they have done.”
• Ezekiel 20:31When you present your sacrifices – when you make your sons pass through the fire – you defile yourselves with all your idols to this very day. Will I allow you to seek me, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will not allow you to seek me!
• Ezekiel 22:31So I have poured my anger on them, and destroyed them with the fire of my fury. I hereby repay them for what they have done, declares the sovereign Lord.”
• Jeremiah 29:16But just listen to what the Lord has to say about the king who occupies David’s throne and all your fellow countrymen who are still living in this city of Jerusalem and were not carried off into exile with you.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 11:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21But as for them whose heart walketh - Them whose affections are attached to idolatry, they shall have such reward as their idols can give them, and such a recompense as Divine justice shall award them.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19-21Verses 19-21 Compare Ezekiel 11:19 One heart - So long as the Israelites were distracted by the service of many gods, such unity was impossible; but now, when they shall have taken away the “abominations” from the land, they shall be united in heart to serve the true God. Stony heart … heart of flesh - The heart unnaturally hardened, and the heart reawakened to feelings proper to man.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-21Verses 14-21 The pious captives in Babylon were insulted by the Jews who continued in Jerusalem; but God made gracious promises to them. It is promised, that God will give them one heart; a heart firmly fixed for God, and not wavering. All who are made holy have a new spirit, a new temper and dispositions; they act from new principles, walk by new rules, and aim at new ends. A new name, or a new face, will not serve without a new spirit. If any man be in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21Those who stayed in the land would face the consequences of their actions. God would fully repay them for their sins, especially those involving offensive images and idols.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. whose heart ... after ... heart of ... detestable things--The repetition of "heart" is emphatic, signifying that the heart of those who so obstinately clung to idols, impelled itself to fresh superstitions in one continuous tenor [Calvin]. Perhaps it is implied that they and their idols are much alike in character (Psa 115:8). The heart walks astray first, the feet follow. recompense ... way upon ... heads--They have abandoned Me, so will I abandon…Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Detestable, Things
• Look
• Abomination
• Head
• Regeneration
• Zedekiah (2)

Commentaries on Ezekiel 11

• 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