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Ezekiel 14

Introduction

1  God answers idolaters according to their own heart.
6  They are exhorted to repent, for fear of judgments, by means of seduced prophets.
12  God's irrevocable sentence of famine;
15  of noisome beasts;
17  of the sword;
19  and of pestilence.
22  A remnant shall be reserved for example of others.
Verse 1

Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
certain
8:1, 20:1, 2 Kings 6:32, Acts 4:5,8
and sat
33:31, Isaiah 29:13, Luke 10:39, Acts 22:3
Verse 2

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
1 Kings 14:4, Amos 3:7
Verse 3

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?
these men
4,7, 6:9, 11:21, 20:16, 36:25, Jeremiah 17:1,2,9, Ephesians 5:5
and put
3:20, 7:19, 44:12, Jeremiah 44:16-18, Zephaniah 1:3, 1 Peter 2:8, Revelation 2:14
should
20:3, 1 Samuel 28:6, 2 Kings 3:13, Psalms 66:18, 101:3, Proverbs 15:8,29, 21:27, 28:9, Isaiah 1:15, 33:15, Jeremiah 7:8-11, 11:11, 42:20,21, Zechariah 7:13, Luke 20:8
Verse 4

Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;
speak
2:7, 3:4,17-21
I the Lord
7, 1 Kings 21:20-25, 2 Kings 1:16, Isaiah 3:11, 66:4
Verse 5

That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
I may
9,10, Hosea 10:2, Zechariah 7:11-14, 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11
estranged
Deuteronomy 32:15,16, Isaiah 1:4; *marg:; Jeremiah 2:5,11-13,31,32, Zechariah 11:8, Romans 1:21-23,28,30, 8:7, Galatians 6:7, Ephesians 4:18, Colossians 1:21, Hebrews 3:12
Verse 6

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.
Repent
18:30, 1 Samuel 7:3, 1 Kings 8:47-49, Nehemiah 1:8,9, Isaiah 55:6,7, Jeremiah 8:5,6, Jeremiah 31:18-20, 50:4,5, Lamentations 3:39-41, Hosea 14:1-3,8, Jonah 3:7-9, Matthew 3:8-10, Acts 3:19, 17:30, 26:20, James 4:8-10
yourselves
or, others. turn.
4, 8:16, 16:63, 36:31,32, 2 Chronicles 29:6, Isaiah 2:20, 30:22, Jeremiah 13:27, Zephaniah 3:11, Romans 6:21
Verse 7

For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:
of the stranger
Exodus 12:48, 20:10, Leviticus 16:29, 20:2, 24:22, Numbers 15:15,29
separateth
Hosea 4:14, 9:10, Jude 1:19
and setteth
3,4
and cometh
33:30-32, 2 Kings 8:8-15, Isaiah 58:1,2, Jeremiah 21:1,2, 37:1-3,9,10,17, Jeremiah 38:14-23
by
4,7,8
Verse 8

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.
I will set
15:7, Leviticus 17:10, 20:3-6, 26:17, Psalms 34:16, Jeremiah 21:10, 44:11
a sign
5:15, Numbers 26:10, Deuteronomy 28:37, Psalms 37:22, 44:13,14, Isaiah 65:15, Jeremiah 24:9, Jeremiah 29:22
I will cut
Leviticus 20:3, 22:3, Numbers 19:20, Romans 11:22, 1 Corinthians 10:11
and ye
6:7, 13:23
Verse 9

And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, 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.
if the
20:25, 2 Samuel 12:11,12, 1 Kings 22:20-23, Job 12:16, Psalms 81:11,12, Isaiah 63:16, 66:4, Jeremiah 4:10, 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
I the
That is, I have suffered him to be deceived; I have given him up to "strong delusions to believe a lie," as a just judgment upon him for going after idols, and setting up false pretensions to inspiration. God, according to the genius of the Hebrew language, is often said to do a thing, which he only suffers, or permits.
and I will
16:27, Isaiah 5:25, 9:12,17,21, 10:4
Verse 10

And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;
they shall
17:18-20, 23:49, Genesis 4:13, Numbers 5:31, Micah 7:9, Galatians 6:5
the punishment
4,7,8, Deuteronomy 13:1-10, 17:2-7, Jeremiah 6:14,15, 8:11,12, 14:15, Revelation 19:19-21
Verse 11

That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.
the house
34:10-31, 44:10,15, 48:11, Deuteronomy 13:11, 19:20, Psalms 119:67, Isaiah 9:16, Jeremiah 23:15, 50:6, 2 Peter 2:15
neither
11:18-20, 36:25-29, 37:23
that they
34:30, 36:28, 37:27, 39:22, Genesis 17:7, Jeremiah 11:4, 31:33, 32:38, Zechariah 13:9, Hebrews 8:10, 11:16, Revelation 21:7
Verse 13

Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:
when
9:9, Ezra 9:6, Isaiah 24:20, Lamentations 1:8,20, Daniel 9:5,10-12
break
4:16, 5:16, Leviticus 26:26, Isaiah 3:1, Jeremiah 15:2,3, Lamentations 4:9,10
and will cut
17,19,21, 25:13, Genesis 6:7, Jeremiah 7:20, 32:43, 36:29
Verse 14

Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
these
16,18,20
Noah
Genesis 6:8, 7:1, 8:20,21, Hebrews 11:7
Daniel
28:3, Daniel 9:21, 10:11
Job
Job 1:5, 42:8,9, Jeremiah 7:16, 11:14, 14:11,12, 15:1
deliver
20, Proverbs 11:4, 2 Peter 2:9
Verse 15

If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:
noisome
5:17, Leviticus 26:22, 1 Kings 20:36, 2 Kings 17:25, Jeremiah 15:3
spoil
or, bereave.
Verse 16

Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.
these
14,18, Matthew 18:19,20, James 5:16
in it
Heb. in the midst of it. as I live.
20, 33:11, Numbers 14:28,29
they shall
Genesis 18:23-33, 19:29, Job 22:20, Acts 27:24, Hebrews 11:7
Verse 17

Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
I bring
5:12,17, 21:3,4,9-15, 29:8, 38:21,22, Leviticus 26:25, Jeremiah 25:9, 47:6
so that
13, 25:13, Jeremiah 33:12, Hosea 4:3, Zephaniah 1:3
Verse 18

Ezekiel 14:14

Verse 19

Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:
if I
5:12, 38:22, Numbers 14:12, 16:46-50, Deuteronomy 28:21,22,59-61, 2 Samuel 24:13,15, 1 Kings 8:37, 2 Chronicles 6:28, 7:13, 20:9, Psalms 91:3,6, Isaiah 37:36, Jeremiah 14:12, Jeremiah 21:6,9, 24:10, Amos 4:10, Matthew 24:7
and pour
7:8, 36:18, Revelation 16:3-6
Verse 20

Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
Noah
14,16
Daniel
Daniel, says Abp. Newcombe, was "taken captive in the third year of Jehoiakim, (Da 1:1.) After this, Jehoiakam reigned eight years, (2 Ki 23:36.) And this prophecy, as appears from ch. 8:1, was uttered in the sixth year of Jehoiachin's captivity, who succeeded Jehoiakim, and reigned only three months, (2 Ki 24:6, 8.) Therefore, at this time, Daniel had been fourteen years in captivity;" and was, as is generally supposed, about thirty years of age.
by
18:20,22, Job 5:19-24, Psalms 33:18,19, Isaiah 3:10, Hosea 10:12, Zephaniah 2:3, Acts 10:35, 1 John 2:29, 3:7,10
Verse 21

For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
How much more when
or, Also when. my four.
13,15,17,19, 5:12,17, 6:11,12, 33:27, Jeremiah 15:2,3, Amos 4:6-12, Revelation 6:4-8
Verse 22

Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.
behold, therein
6:8, Deuteronomy 4:31, 2 Chronicles 36:20, Isaiah 6:13, 10:20-22, 17:4-6, 24:13, 40:1,2, Isaiah 65:8,9, Jeremiah 4:27, 5:19, 30:11, 52:27-30, Micah 5:7, Mark 13:20, Hebrews 12:6-11
ye shall see
6:9,10, 16:63, 20:43, 36:31, Jeremiah 31:17-21
ye shall be
Jeremiah 3:21-25
Verse 23

And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD.
that I have not
8:6-18, 9:8,9, Genesis 18:22-33, Deuteronomy 8:2, Nehemiah 9:33, Proverbs 26:2, Jeremiah 7:17-28, Jeremiah 22:8,9, Daniel 9:7,14, Romans 2:5, Revelation 15:4, 16:6

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