“Therefore speak to them, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Everyone of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, and puts before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, and then comes to the prophet, I the Lord will answer him who comes, according to the multitude of his idols,
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Omit “that cometh.”
According to the multitude of his idols – that is, I will give him an answer as delusive as the …
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Will answer him that cometh. —The words that cometh, not being in the original, should be omitted. The verb answer
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
Here God seems to treat those hypocrites too indulgently who pretend to ask His advice and yet despise His counsel. But God here rather threatens w…
John Gill
JohnGill
Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them
That is, speak unto them as a prophet, and as from the Lord, and say wh…
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