14 4 The Lord sendeth false Prophets for the ingratitude of the people. 22 He reserveth a small portion for his Church.

Then came certain of the Elders of Israel unto me, and [a]sat before me.

And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their [b]heart, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face: should I, being required, answer them?

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 14:1 He showeth the hypocrisy of the idolaters, who will dissemble to hear the Prophets of God, though in their heart they follow nothing less than their admonitions, and also how by one means or other God doth discover them.
  2. Ezekiel 14:3 They are not only idolaters in heart, but also worship their filthy idols openly, which lead them in blindness, and cause them to stumble, and cast them out of God’s favor, so that he will not hear them when they call unto him, read Jer. 10:15.

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