Ezekiel 14:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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the Lord GOD. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. See note on Ezekiel 2:4.

Every man. Hebrew. ish, 'ish. App-14.

before. in front of, or right before.

will answer, &c.. have been replied to for him; he hath come amid [the] multitude of his idols: i.e. he hath answered My claims by classing his idols with Me. The form is Niphal which in all its three occurances is rendered Passive, except here and Ezekiel 14:7. See Job 11:2; Job 19:7, and Proverbs 21:13.

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Ezekiel 14:4

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;