Ezekiel 14:6
4 Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him according to his great idolatry,
5 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.’
Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your abominations.
7 For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.
8 I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your abominations.
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- 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.
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- “Therefore tell the house of Israel, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Return, and turn yourselves from your idols! Turn away your faces from all your abominations.
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- Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Return ye, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
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- Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Return ye, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
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- Therefore say to the house of Israel, thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘Turn back and turn away from your⁺ idols, and from all your⁺ abominations turn back your⁺ faces!
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- Si derfor til Israels hus: Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Vend om og vend dere bort fra alle deres motbydelige avguder og vend deres åsyn bort fra alle deres styggedommer!
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- "Derfor skal du si til Israels hus: 'Dette sier Herren Gud: Omvend dere og vend dere bort fra deres avguder, og gi avkall på alle deres avskyelige gjerninger!
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- Si derfor til Israels hus: Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Vend om og vend eder bort fra alle eders motbydelige avguder og vend eders åsyn bort fra alle eders vederstyggeligheter!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 18:30
Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.
Read in contextJames 4:8–10
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Read in contextLamentations 3:39–41
Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?
Read in contextEzekiel 36:31–32
Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.
Read in contextIsaiah 30:22
So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”
Read in contextIsaiah 2:20
In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold— the idols they made to worship.
Read in contextActs 17:30
Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
Read in contextMatthew 3:8–10
Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.
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