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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 14:3 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 14:3 |
King James |
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? |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
heart . . . face--The heart is first corrupted, and then the outward manifestation of idol-worship follows; they set their idols before their eyes. With all their pretense of consulting God now, they have not even put away their idols outwardly; implying gross contempt of God. "Set up," literally, "aloft"; implying that their idols had gained the supreme ascendancy over them.
stumbling-block of . . . iniquity--See Pro 3:21, Pro 3:23, "Let not them (God's laws) depart from thine eyes, then . . . thy foot shall not stumble." Instead of God's law, which (by being kept before their eyes) would have saved them from stumbling, they set up their idols before their eyes, which proved a stumbling-block, causing them to stumble (Eze 7:19).
inquired of at all--literally, "should I with inquiry be inquired of" by such hypocrites as they are? (Psa 66:18; Pro 15:29; Pro 28:9). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Set up - Are resolved idolaters. The stumbling block - Their idols which were both the object of their sin, and occasion of their ruin. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| These men have set up their idols in their heart - Not only in their houses; in the streets; but they had them in their hearts. These were stumbling-blocks of iniquity; they fell over them, and broke the neck of their souls. And should God be inquired of by such miscreants as these? |
9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
29 The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: