Cross References Therefore speak to them, and say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Man, man of the house of Israel that shall place his uncleannesses in his heart, and set up the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and shall come to the prophet inquiring of me by him: I the Lord will answer him according to the multitude of his uncleannesses: 1 Kings 21:20 And Achab said to Elias: Hast thou found me thy enemy? He said: I have found thee because thou art sold, to do evil in the sight of the Lord. 2 Kings 1:16 And said to him: Thus saith the Lord: Because thou hast sent messengers to consult Beelzebub, the god of Accaron, as though there were not a God in Israel, of whom thou mightest inquire the word; therefore, from the bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down, but thou shalt surely die. Isaiah 66:4 Wherefore I also will choose their mockeries, and will bring upon them the things they feared: because I called, and there was none that would answer; I have spoken, and they heard not; and they have done evil in my eyes, and have chosen the things that displease me. Ezekiel 14:3 Son of man, these men have placed their uncleannesses in their hearts, and have set up before their face the stumblingblock of their iniquity: and shall I answer when they inquire of me? Ezekiel 14:6 Therefore say to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: Be converted, and depart from your idols, and turn away your faces from all your abominations. Ezekiel 14:7 For every man of the house of Israel, and every stranger among the proselytes in Israel, if he separate himself from me, and place his idols in his heart, and set the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and come to the prophet to inquire of me by him: I the Lord will answer him by myself. Ezekiel 44:12 Because they ministered to them before their idols, and were a stumblingblock of iniquity to the house of Israel: therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, saith the Lord God, and they shall bear their iniquity: Zephaniah 1:3 I will gather man, and beast, I will gather the birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea: and the ungodly shall meet with ruin: and I will destroy men from off the face of the land, saith the Lord. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Therefore speak to them, and say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Man, man of the house of Israel that shall place his uncleannesses in his heart, and set up the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and shall come to the prophet inquiring of me by him: I the Lord will answer him according to the multitude of his uncleannesses: speak Ezekiel 2:7 And thou shalt speak my words to them, if perhaps they will hear, and forbear: for they provoke me to anger. Ezekiel 3:4,17-21 And he said to me: Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and thou shalt speak my words to them. . . . I the Lord Ezekiel 14:7 For every man of the house of Israel, and every stranger among the proselytes in Israel, if he separate himself from me, and place his idols in his heart, and set the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and come to the prophet to inquire of me by him: I the Lord will answer him by myself. 1 Kings 21:20-25 And Achab said to Elias: Hast thou found me thy enemy? He said: I have found thee because thou art sold, to do evil in the sight of the Lord. . . . 2 Kings 1:16 And said to him: Thus saith the Lord: Because thou hast sent messengers to consult Beelzebub, the god of Accaron, as though there were not a God in Israel, of whom thou mightest inquire the word; therefore, from the bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down, but thou shalt surely die. Isaiah 3:11 Woe to the wicked unto evil: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. Isaiah 66:4 Wherefore I also will choose their mockeries, and will bring upon them the things they feared: because I called, and there was none that would answer; I have spoken, and they heard not; and they have done evil in my eyes, and have chosen the things that displease me. Context Idolatrous Elders Condemned…3Son of man, these men have placed their uncleannesses in their hearts, and have set up before their face the stumblingblock of their iniquity: and shall I answer when they inquire of me? 4Therefore speak to them, and say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Man, man of the house of Israel that shall place his uncleannesses in his heart, and set up the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and shall come to the prophet inquiring of me by him: I the Lord will answer him according to the multitude of his uncleannesses:5That the house of Israel may be caught in their own heart, with which they have departed from me through all their idols.… Lexicon Therefore,לָכֵ֣ן (lā·ḵên) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 3651: So -- thus speak דַּבֵּר־ (dab·bêr-) Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue to them א֠וֹתָם (’ō·w·ṯām) Direct object marker | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case and tell them וְאָמַרְתָּ֨ (wə·’ā·mar·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say that this is what כֹּה־ (kōh-) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 3541: Like this, thus, here, now the Lord אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 136: The Lord GOD יְהוִ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3069: YHWH says: אָמַ֣ר ׀ (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say ‘When אֲשֶׁר֩ (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that any אִ֣ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person Israelite יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc sets up יַעֲלֶ֨ה (ya·‘ă·leh) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively idols גִּלּוּלָ֜יו (gil·lū·lāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1544: A log, an idol in אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם (’ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to his heart לִבּ֗וֹ (lib·bōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre and puts יָשִׂים֙ (yā·śîm) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set a wicked עֲוֺנוֹ֙ (‘ă·wō·nōw) Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity stumbling block וּמִכְשׁ֤וֹל (ū·miḵ·šō·wl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 4383: A stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, a stumbling block before נֹ֣כַח (nō·ḵaḥ) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5227: The front part, opposite, in front of, forward, in behalf of his face, פָּנָ֔יו (pā·nāw) Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face and then comes וּבָ֖א (ū·ḇā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to the prophet, הַנָּבִ֑יא (han·nā·ḇî) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet I אֲנִ֣י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 589: I the LORD יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel will answer him נַעֲנֵ֧יתִי (na·‘ă·nê·ṯî) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 6030: To answer, respond according to his great בְּרֹ֥ב (bə·rōḇ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 7230: Multitude, abundance, greatness idolatry, גִּלּוּלָֽיו׃ (gil·lū·lāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1544: A log, an idol Additional Translations 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,Therefore speak to them, and say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that sets up his idols in his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that comes according to the multitude of his idols; Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Every man of the house of Israel that taketh his idols into his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I Jehovah will answer him therein according to the multitude of his idols; Therefore speak to them, and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord; Any man of the house of Israel, who shall conceive his devices in his heart, and shall set the punishment of his iniquity before his face, and shall come to the prophet; I the Lord will answer him according to the things in which his mind is entangled, Therefore speak to them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet, I Jehovah will answer him according to this, according to the multitude of his idols: Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD: Every man of the house of Israel that taketh his idols into his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him therein according to the multitude of his idols; Therefore speak to them, and say to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling-block 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; Therefore speak to them, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Every man of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I Yahweh will answer him therein according to the multitude of his idols; 'Therefore, speak with them, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Every one of the house of Israel who causeth his idols to go up unto his heart, and the stumbling-block of his iniquity setteth over-against his face, and hath gone in unto the prophet -- I Jehovah have given an answer to him for this, for the abundance of his idols, Jump to Previous Block Face Heart House Idols Iniquity Israel Mind Multitude Prophet Puts Putteth Speak Stumbling Stumblingblock Stumbling-Block ThereinJump to Next Block Face Heart House Idols Iniquity Israel Mind Multitude Prophet Puts Putteth Speak Stumbling Stumblingblock Stumbling-Block ThereinExternal Links Ezekiel 14:4 NIVEzekiel 14:4 NLT Ezekiel 14:4 ESV Ezekiel 14:4 NASB Ezekiel 14:4 ASV Ezekiel 14:4 Bible Apps Ezekiel 14:4 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 14:4 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 14:4 French Bible Ezekiel 14:4 German Bible Alphabetical: a an and answer any be before block brought comes face give GOD goes great heart him his house I idolatry idols in iniquity is Israel Israelite keeping LORD man matter multitude myself of prophet puts right says sets Sovereign speak stumbling tell the them then Therefore This Thus to up view what When who wicked OT Prophets: Ezekiel 14:4 Therefore speak to them and tell them (Ezek. 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