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Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 14:1-11

Idolatry in the heart (14:1-11)Once again the leaders of the exiles came to see if Ezekiel had any helpful advice for them. He did, but not of the kind they were seeking. Although these men were outwardly loyal to Yahweh, inwardly they were attracted to the Babylonian gods. God told Ezekiel that he would not speak to such people through his prophet, but would speak directly. He would speak in a decisive act of judgment that would remove this tendency towards idolatry from the hearts of his... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 14:11

transgressions = rebellions. Hebrew. pasha '. App-44 , God. Hebrew. Elohim . App-4 . saith the Lord God, = [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 14:11

11. Love was the spring of God's very judgments on His people, who were incurable by any other process (Ezekiel 11:20; Ezekiel 37:27). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 14:1-11

4. The effect of false prophets on Israel’s leaders 14:1-11This prophecy carries on the thought of the one in chapter 13 about false prophets. Those who resorted to false prophets would share their fate, namely, judgment by God."Idolatry was the standard method of religion in ancient times. Ancient peoples believed that any depiction of a thing somehow partook of the essence of that thing, no matter how crude or artificial the depiction might be. A picture of a tree contained part of the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 14:10-11

Both the idolatrous Israelite and the false prophet would bear punishment for their sins, but this would be punishment with a purpose. Then the rest of God’s people might learn and not apostatize and defile themselves with transgressions but enjoy an intimate relationship with Yahweh and He with them (cf. Ezekiel 11:20; Ezekiel 37:28; Exodus 19:5-6; Leviticus 26:16; Jeremiah 7:23; Jeremiah 31:33). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 14:1-11

On Prophecy, True and FalseAfter rebuking certain prevalent forms of contempt for prophecy (Eze 12:21-28), Ezekiel reproves the false prophets (Eze 13:1-16) and false prophetesses (Eze 13:17-23) of Israel. A visit from the elders next supplies the occasion for an announcement of the principles on which God deals both with false enquirers and with the prophets who answer them (Eze 14:1-11).(a) Contempt of Prophecy Rebuked (Eze 12:21-28)This contempt took two forms. On the one hand it had become... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 14:1-23

§ 4. Further Prophecies of Israel's Guilt and approaching Punishment (Ezekiel 12-19)This is a somewhat miscellaneous group of prophecies intermediate in date between the preceding (August-September, 591 b.c.) and succeeding (July-August, 590 b.c.) sections. It includes fresh symbols of exile, flight, and famine (Eze 12:1-20), a doctrine of prophecy, true and false (Eze 12:21 to Eze 14:11), an explanation of God's exceptional treatment of Jerusalem in sparing a remnant (Eze 14:12-23), Ezekiel's... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 14:11

(11) May go no more astray.—Here is given the object of all the previous severity of judgment—that Israel may be brought to a true repentance and be reunited in communion with God.The prophet is now directed, in a distinct communication, to meet the thought which was evidently in the minds of the people, that Jerusalem would yet be spared for the sake of the righteous dwelling therein, as had been promised to Abraham even in the case of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 18:23-32). The course of... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ezekiel 14:1-23

Ezekiel 14:3 'Sin,'says Baxter ( Saints' Rest, chap. viii.), 'obscures that which it destroys not; for it bears such sway, that grace is not in action. It puts out or dims the eye of the soul, and stupefies it, that it can neither see nor feel its own condition. But especially it provokes God to withdraw Himself, His comforts, and the assistance of His spirit. As long as thou dost cherish thy pride, thy love of the world, the desires of the flesh, or any unchristian practice, thou expectest... read more

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