Ezekiel 14:5 NIV

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 14:5

Ezekiel 14:5. 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 of hearts, and know the inward and secret wickedness of their thoughts." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 14:5

5. That I may take—that is, unveil and overtake with punishment the dissimulation and impiety of Israel hid in their own heart. Or, rather, "That I may punish them by answering them after their own hearts"; corresponding to "according to the multitude of his idols" (see on Ezekiel 14:1); an instance is given in Ezekiel 14:9; Romans 1:28; 2 Thessalonians 2:11, God giving them up in wrath to their own lie. idols—though pretending to "inquire" of Me, "in their hearts" they are "estranged from Me,"... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 14:1-5

A warning to the elders of God’s people 14:1-5 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 14:4-5

Ezekiel was to tell these elders a message from the Lord. The Lord promised that any person in Israel, not just these elders, who was an idolater at heart and set a stumbling block in his own path by consulting a false prophet for divine guidance would receive an answer from Yahweh, not from the idol. That answer would come in the form of divine judgment, not words (cf. Ezekiel 14:7-10). The judgment of God on those who pursued idolatry was allowing them to continue in it until it destroyed... 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

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

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 14:1-11

8PROPHECY AND ITS ABUSESEzekiel 12:21 - Ezekiel 14:11THERE is perhaps nothing more perplexing to the student of Old Testament history than the complicated phenomena which may be classed under the general name of "prophecy." In Israel, as in every ancient state, there was a body of men who sought to influence public opinion by prognostications of the future. As a rule the repute of all kinds of divination declined with the advance of civilisation and general intelligence, so that in the more... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ezekiel 14:1-23

Ezekiel 14:1-23 . These inquiring elders, with wickedness in their hearts, give another illustration of the depth of degradation in which the people had sunk. He who searches the hearts knew what was in them. They came with pious, religious pretensions. It sounded well to inquire of the Lord and seek the prophet-priest for that purpose. Their hearts were full of evil. While their lips spoke of asking the Lord, their hearts were full of idolatry. They liked idolatry. Their hearts were in it and... read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 14:5

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 14:5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 14:1-5

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 14:4-5

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

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

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

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 14:1-11

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ezekiel 14:1-23

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