1-5 God answers idolaters according to their own heart 6-11 They are exhorted to repent, for fear of judgments, by means of seduced prophets 12-14 God's irrevocable sentence of famine 15,16 of noisome beasts 17,18 of the sword 19-21 and of pestilence 22,23 A remnant shall be reserved for example of others

certain Eze 8:1 20:1 2Ki 6:32 Ac 4:5,8

and sat Eze 33:31 Isa 29:13 Lu 10:39 Ac 22:3

2 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

1Ki 14:4 Am 3:7

3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?

these men Eze 14:3,7 6:9 11:21 20:16 36:25 Jer 17:1,2,9 Eph 5:5

and put Eze 3:20 7:19 44:12 Jer 44:16-18 Zep 1:3 1Pe 2:8 Re 2:14

should Eze 20:3 1Sa 28:6 2Ki 3:13 Ps 66:18 101:3 Pr 15:8,29 21:27 28:9 Isa 1:15 33:15 Jer 7:8-11 11:11 42:20,21 Zec 7:13 Lu 20:8

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;

speak Eze 2:7 3:4,17-21

I the Lord Eze 14:7 1Ki 21:20-25 2Ki 1:16 Isa 3:11 66:4

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

I may Eze 14:9,10 Ho 10:2 Zec 7:11-14 2Th 2:9-11

estranged De 32:15,16 Isa 1:4 Jer 2:5,11-13,31,32 Zec 11:8 Ro 1:21-23,28,30 8:7 Ga 6:7 Eph 4:18 Col 1:21 Heb 3:12

6 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

Repent Eze 18:30 1Sa 7:3 1Ki 8:47-49 Ne 1:8,9 Isa 55:6,7 Jer 8:5,6 31:18-20 50:4,5 La 3:39-41 Ho 14:1-3,8 Jon 3:7-9 Mt 3:8-10 Ac 3:19 17:30 26:20 Jas 4:8-10

yourselves. or, others
turn Eze 14:4 8:16 16:63 36:31,32 2Ch 29:6 Isa 2:20 30:22 Jer 13:27 Zep 3:11 Ro 6:21

7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:

of the stranger Ex 12:48 20:10 Le 16:29 20:2 24:22 Nu 15:15,29

separateth Ho 4:14 9:10 Jude 1:19

and setteth Eze 14:3,4

and cometh Eze 33:30-32 2Ki 8:8 Isa 58:1,2 Jer 21:1,2 37:1-3,9,10,17 38:14-23

by Eze 14:4,7,8

8 And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

I will set Eze 15:7 Le 17:10 20:3-6 26:17 Ps 34:16 Jer 21:10 44:11

a sign Eze 5:15 Nu 26:10 De 28:37 Ps 37:22 44:13,14 Isa 65:15 Jer 24:9 29:22

I will cut Le 20:3 22:3 Nu 19:20 Ro 11:22 1Co 10:11

and ye Eze 6:7 13:23

9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

if the Eze 20:25 2Sa 12:11,12 1Ki 22:20-23 Job 12:16 Ps 81:11,12 Isa 63:16 66:4 Jer 4:10 2Th 2:9-12

I the. That is, I have suffered him to be deceived; I have given him up to `strong delusions to believe a lie,' as a just judgment upon him for going after idols, and setting up false pretensions to inspiration. God, according to the genius of the Hebrew language, is often said to do a thing, which he only suffers or permits.

and I will Eze 16:27 Isa 5:25 9:12,17,21 10:4

10 And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;

they shall Eze 17:18-20 23:49 Ge 4:13 Nu 5:31 Mic 7:9 Ga 6:5

the punishment Eze 14:4,7,8 De 13:1-10 17:2-7 Jer 6:14,15 8:11,12 14:15 Re 19:19-21

11 That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.

the house Eze 34:10 44:10,15 48:11 De 13:11 19:20 Ps 119:67 Isa 9:16 Jer 23:15 50:6 2Pe 2:15

neither Eze 11:18-20 36:25-29 37:23

that they Eze 34:30 36:28 37:27 39:22 Ge 17:7 Jer 11:4 31:33 32:38 Zec 13:9 Heb 8:10 11:16 Re 21:7

12 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

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13 Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:

when Eze 9:9 Ezr 9:6 Isa 24:20 La 1:8,20 Da 9:5,10-12

break Eze 4:16 5:16 Le 26:26 Isa 3:1 Jer 15:2,3 La 4:9,10

and will cut Eze 14:17,19,21 25:13 Ge 6:7 Jer 7:20 32:43 36:29

14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.

these Eze 14:16,18,20

Noah Ge 6:8 7:1 8:20,21 Heb 11:7

Daniel Eze 28:3 Da 9:21 10:11 Job Job 1:5 42:8,9 Jer 7:16 11:14 14:11,12 15:1

deliver Eze 14:20 Pr 11:4 2Pe 2:9

15 If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:

noisome Eze 5:17 Le 26:22 1Ki 20:36 2Ki 17:25 Jer 15:3

spoil. or, bereave

16 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.

these Eze 14:14,18 Mt 18:19,20 Jas 5:16

in it. [heb] in the midst of it
as I live Eze 14:20 33:11 Nu 14:28,29

they shall Ge 18:23-33 19:29 Job 22:20 Ac 27:24 Heb 11:7

17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

I bring Eze 5:12,17 21:3,4,9-15 29:8 38:21,22 Le 26:25 Jer 25:9 47:6

so that Eze 14:13 25:13 Jer 33:12 Ho 4:3 Zep 1:3

18 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.

Eze 14:14

19 Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:

if I Eze 5:12 38:22 Nu 14:12 16:46,50 De 28:21,22,59-61 2Sa 24:13,15 1Ki 8:37 2Ch 6:28 7:13 20:9 Ps 91:3,6 Isa 37:36 Jer 14:12 21:6,9 24:10 Am 4:10 Mt 24:7

and pour Eze 7:8 36:18 Re 16:3-6

20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

Noah. Eze 14:14,16

Daniel. Daniel, says Abp. Newcombe, was `taken captive in the third year of Jehoiakim, (Da 1:1). After this, Jehoikam reigned eight years, (2ki 23:36) And this prophecy, as appears from ch 8:1, was uttered in the sixth year of Jehoiachin's captivity, who succeeded Jehoiakim, and reigned only three months, (2ki 24:6,8) Therefore, at this time, Daniel had been fourteen years in captivity;' and was, as is generally supposed, about thirty years of age.

by Eze 18:20,22 Job 5:19-24 Ps 33:18,19 Isa 3:10 Ho 10:12 Zep 2:3 Ac 10:35 1Jo 2:29 3:7,10

21 For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

How much more when. or, Also when
my four. Eze 14:13,15,19 5:12,17 6:11,12 33:27 Jer 15:2,3 Am 4:6-12 Re 6:4-8

22 Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.

behold, therein Eze 6:8 De 4:31 2Ch 36:20 Isa 6:13 10:20-22 17:4-6 24:13 40:1,2 65:8,9 Jer 4:27 5:19 30:11 52:27-30 Mic 5:7 Mr 13:20 Heb 12:6-11

ye shall see Eze 6:9,10 16:63 20:43 36:31 Jer 31:17-21

ye shall be Jer 3:21-25

23 And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD.

that I have not Eze 8:6-18 9:8,9 Ge 18:22-33 De 8:2 Ne 9:33 Pr 26:2 Jer 7:17-28 22:8,9 Da 9:7,14 Ro 2:5 Re 15:4 16:6