For 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.
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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…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Or of the stranger. — Under the Mosaic legislation, “the stranger” living among the Israelites was bound to observe a cer…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
Ezekiel again returns to threats, because exhortations were not effective enough with such hardened people; for we have seen that they were stubbor…
John Gill
JohnGill
For everyone of the house of Israel
King and subjects, princes and people, high and low, rich and poor, of every ran…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
No outward form or reformation can be acceptable to God, so long as any idol possesses the heart; yet how many prefer their own devices and their o…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes