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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 11:21 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 11:21 |
Strong Concordance |
But as for them whose heart [03820] walketh [01980] after the heart [03820] of their detestable things [08251] and their abominations [08441], I will recompense [05414] their way [01870] upon their own heads [07218], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]. |
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King James |
But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
whose heart . . . after . . . heart of . . . detestable things--The repetition of "heart" is emphatic, signifying that the heart of those who so obstinately clung to idols, impelled itself to fresh superstitions in one continuous tenor [CALVIN]. Perhaps it is implied that they and their idols are much alike in character (Psa 115:8). The heart walks astray first, the feet follow.
recompense . . . way upon . . . heads--They have abandoned Me, so will I abandon them; they profaned My temple, so will I profane it by the Chaldeans (Eze 9:10). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Heart - Soul and affections. Walketh - Either secretly adhere to, or provide for the service of idols, called here detestable things. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| But as for them whose heart walketh - Them whose affections are attached to idolatry, they shall have such reward as their idols can give them, and such a recompense as Divine justice shall award them. |
10 And as for me also, mine eye [05869] shall not spare [02347], neither will I have pity [02550], but I will recompense [05414] their way [01870] upon their head [07218].
8 They that make [06213] them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth [0982] in them.