Ezekiel 14:4 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | WEB

Therefore speak to them, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Every man of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I Yahweh will answer him therein according to the multitude of his idols;

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

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

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Will answer him that cometh. —The words that cometh, not being in the original, should be omitted. The verb answer

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

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

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

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

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

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…

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