Ezekiel 14:5

Translations

Modern

…so that I may take hold of the hearts of the people of Israel. For because of their idols, they are all estranged from Me.’

Traditional

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

Literal

…so as to capture the house of Israel by their heart, in that they are estranged from Me by all their idols.’

Latin

…ut capiatur domus Israël in corde suo, quo recesserunt a me in cunctis idolis suis.

Original

Hebrew

English

…so that I may take hold of the hearts of the people of Israel. For because of their idols, they are all estranged from Me.’

Notes

Ezekiel 14:4–5

The exiles acted as if they were seeking the Lord. But they were only going through the motions. They performed the outward actions, yet their hearts had turned away from him. They were worshiping idols, which the Lord calls detestable (deeply hateful and unclean).

It was easy for them to think that Babylon’s many military victories proved something. They could begin to believe that real power belonged to the Babylonian gods, not to the Lord.

Ezekiel 12:21–14:11

The messages in this section address the issue of true and false prophecy.

Events

Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC

Related verses

Isaiah 1:4
Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
Zechariah 11:8
And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
Romans 1:21–23
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
Ephesians 4:18
They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
Jeremiah 2:5
This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me? They followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves.
Ezekiel 14:9–10
But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.
Galatians 6:7
Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
Jeremiah 2:31–32
You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?
Romans 1:28
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
Deuteronomy 32:15–16
But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
Colossians 1:21
Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.
Romans 8:7
…because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

Parallels

Romans 14:13–23 1 Corinthians 8:1–13

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Ezekiel, Book of

Topics

Idolatry: They Who Practise are Estranged from God Idolatry: Warnings Against, and Punishments of

Ezekiel 14:5

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