Revised Version 1895
Ezekiel 14:8
8and I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 14:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)I will set my face against them and make them an example and a byword. I will remove them from my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And I will set my face against that man; I will make him a sign and a byword and cut him off from the midst of my people, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of My people. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.
Context of Ezekiel 14:8
6Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD: Return ye, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations. 7For every one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and taketh his idols into his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet to inquire for himself of me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: and I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 9And if the prophet be deceived and speaketh a word, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. 10And they shall bear their iniquity: the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of him that seeketh unto him;
Read all of Ezekiel 14Ezekiel 14:8 word by word
וְנָתַתִּ֨י פָנַ֜י בָּאִ֣ישׁ הַה֗וּא וַהֲשִֽׂמֹתִ֙יהוּ֙ לְא֣וֹת וְלִמְשָׁלִ֔ים וְהִכְרַתִּ֖יו מִתּ֣וֹךְ עַמִּ֑י וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear
- setנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
- faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
- againstפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
- manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
- makeנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
- signאוֹת'ôth · sign: indicatorH226
- proverbמָשָׁלmâshâl · proverbH4912
- cutכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
- offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
- midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
- peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
- LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
Cross-references for Ezekiel 14:8
- Ezekiel 15:7And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.
- Leviticus 17:10And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, that eateth any manner of blood; I will set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
- Leviticus 20:3I also will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
- Leviticus 26:17And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be smitten before your enemies: they that hate you shall rule over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
- Psalms 34:16The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
- Jeremiah 21:10For I have set my face upon this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
- Jeremiah 44:11Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah.
- Ezekiel 5:15So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment, unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury, and in furious rebukes: I the LORD have spoken it:
- Numbers 26:10and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign.
- Deuteronomy 28:37And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither the LORD shall lead thee away.
- Psalms 37:22For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the land; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
- Psalms 44:13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
- Isaiah 65:15And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen, and the Lord GOD shall slay thee; and he shall call his servants by another name:
- Jeremiah 24:9I will even give them up to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
- Jeremiah 29:22and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captives of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king Babylon roasted in the fire:
- Leviticus 22:3Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed throughout your generations, that approacheth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from before me: I am the LORD.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 14:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Will make him - Or, I will make him amazed Ezekiel 32:10; or, astonished, so as to be a sign and a proverb.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Rather than using a false prophet to give divine guidance, the Lord would respond directly with a severe act of judgment. This would remove them from among his people. Whether this means death or excommunication, these insincere leaders would be taken out of the covenant community, the only place where true life exists.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. And I will set my face against that man--(See on Le 17:10). and will make him a sign--literally, "I will destroy him so as to become a sign"; it will be no ordinary destruction, but such as will make him be an object pointed at with wonder by all, as Korah, &c. (Nu 26:10; De 28:37).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
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