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:
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The stranger - Those who sojourned among Israel, though they were not of Israel, were bound to abstain from idol-worship ([Reference Levitic…

Or of the stranger. — Under the Mosaic legislation, “the stranger” living among the Israelites was bound to observe a cer…

Ezekiel again returns to threats, because exhortations were not effective enough with such hardened people; for we have seen that they were stubbor…

For everyone of the house of Israel
King and subjects, princes and people, high and low, rich and poor, of every ran…

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