Ezekiel 14:5

That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That I may take ... - i. e., that I may take them, as in a snare, deceived by their own heart.
Arno Geneva Study Bible

That (e) I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols. (e) That is, convince them b...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Insincerity of those who Consult the Prophets. Like prophet, like people. The prophets, as we have just seen (Ezekiel 13), were greatly to blame;...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He shows God’s object in being unwilling to dismiss without an answer the hypocrites who still impiously trifled with him. He says, that I ma...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

That I may take the house of Israel, &c.— "That I may deal with them according to their deserts, and thereby convince them that I am a searcher...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols. That I may take the house...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

On Prophecy, True and False After rebuking certain prevalent forms of contempt for prophecy ( Ezekiel 12:21-28 ), Ezekiel reproves the false proph...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Gaps] RM 'breaches.' Hedge] RV 'fence.' The false prophets did nothing to repair or strengthen Israel's defences.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

PROPHECY AND ITS ABUSES Ezekiel 12:21 - Ezekiel 14:11 THERE is perhaps nothing more perplexing to the student of Old Testament history than...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

12-23, Reaping as We Sow Ezekiel 14:1-6 It is useless to approach God with prayers and inquiries for guidance, as long as our hearts are filled...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Certain of the elders of Israel now came to Ezekiel, evidently to hear what message he had to deliver to them. The word of the Lord revealed to him t...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There is a great beauty in the original, both at this verse and at verse 7th. Thus saith the Lord God, every man; it is man, man, intimating somewhat...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart ,.... By which they are ensnared, and drawn aside to their ruin; being given up to strong del...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols. Ver. 5. That I may take the ho...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Say unto them Declare my will clearly and faithfully; Every man of the house of Israel Whoever he be, rich or poor, mighty or mean; that setteth...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Elders of Israel Rebuked; The Prophet's Address to the Elders. B. C. 593....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That I may convince and pierce their very hearts, or lay open what is in their heart, and discover their hypocrisy and impiety; because they have s...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“Therefore speak to them and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Every man of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart and puts th...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

JEHOVAH’S REFUSAL TO ALLOW IDOLATERS TO ENQUIRE OF HIM: THE CERTAINTY OF THE JUDGMENTS DENOUNCED AGAINST THEM (Chap. 14) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The visit...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 14:4-5 I. The word estranged implies a former condition of close relationship and affection, from which they have since fallen. You would...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 14:1 . Then came certain of the elders of Israel, ex-judges and magistrates in Judea. They were all idolaters, yet they wished to know whe...
The Biblical Illustrator

These men have set up their idols in their heart. Heart idols The Lord is now going to search the heart, to turn out the corners of the inmost...
The Biblical Illustrator

They are all estranged from Me through their idols. Alienation from God We read here, in God’s own words, His rule of dealing with persons who...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ezekiel 14:1 As the result, probably, of the previous utterances, certain elders of Israel , i . e . of the exiles in Tel-Abib...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jehovah Refuses to Answer the Idolaters
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

that I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, to bend and mold their hearts by means of His judgments, because they are all estranged from...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 ; Colossians 1:21 ; Deuteronomy 32:15 ; Deuteronomy 32:16 ; Ephesians 4:18 ; Ezekiel 14:10 ; Ezekiel 14:9 ; Galatians...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Take — That I may lay open what is in their heart, and discover their hypocrisy, and impiety. Through their idols — It is always through some idol...

⁵ That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.

Related Commentaries of Ezekiel 14:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ezekiel 14:5