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Ezekiel 14:4

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← Ezekiel 14:3	Ezekiel 14:4 (KJV)	Ezekiel 14:5 →
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?	Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock 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;	That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Therefore speak^H1696 unto them, and say^H559 unto them, Thus saith^H559 the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069; Every man^H376 of the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478 that setteth up^H5927 his idols^H1544 in his heart^H3820, and putteth^H7760 the stumblingblock^H4383 of his iniquity^H5771 before^H5227 his face^H6440, and cometh^H935 to the prophet^H5030; I the LORD^H3068 will answer^H6030 him that cometh^H935 according to the multitude^H7230 of his idols^H1544;

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Original Hebrew

לָכֵן דַּבֵּר־אֹותָם וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵיהֶם כֹּה־אָמַר ׀ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה אִישׁ אִישׁ מִבֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר יַעֲלֶה אֶת־גִּלּוּלָיו אֶל־לִבֹּו וּמִכְשֹׁול עֲוֹנֹו יָשִׂים נֹכַח פָּנָיו וּבָא אֶל־הַנָּבִיא אֲנִי יְהוָה נַעֲנֵיתִי לֹו [בָהּ כ] (בָא ק) בְּרֹב גִּלּוּלָיו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
לָ/כֵ֣ן	la./Khen	H3651	HR/D	(to)/ therefore
דַּבֵּר	da.ber-	H1696	HVpv2ms	speak
א֠וֹתָ/ם	'o.to/m	H853	HTo/Sp3mp	with/ them
וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֨	ve./'a.mar.Ta	H559	HC/Vqq2ms	and/ you will say
אֲלֵי/הֶ֜ם	'a.lei./Hem	H413	HR/Sp3mp	to/ them
כֹּה	koh-	H3541	HD	thus
אָמַ֣ר	'a.Mar	H559	HVqp3ms	he says
אֲדֹנָ֣/י	'a.do.Nai	H136	HNcmpc/Sp1cs	(the) Lord
יְהוִ֗ה	Yah.weh	H3069	HNp	Yahweh
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	H376	HNcmsa	a person
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	H376	HNcmsa	a person
מִ/בֵּ֣ית	mi./Beit	H1004	HR/Ncmsc	from/ (the) house of
יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל	Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HNp	Israel
אֲשֶׁר֩	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	who
יַעֲלֶ֨ה	ya.'a.Leh	H5927	HVhi3ms	he will bring up
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
גִּלּוּלָ֜י/ו	gi.lu.La/v	H1544	HNcmpc/Sp3ms	idols/ his
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
לִבּ֗/וֹ	li.B/o	H3820	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	heart/ his
וּ/מִכְשׁ֤וֹל	u./mikh.Shol	H4383	HC/Ncmsc	and/ (the) stumbling block of
עֲוֺנ/וֹ֙	a.vo.N/o	H5771	HNcbsc/Sp3ms	iniquity/ his
יָשִׂים֙	ya.Sim	H7760	HVqi3ms	he will put
נֹ֣כַח	No.khach	H5227	HR	before
פָּנָ֔י/ו	pa.Na/v	H6440	HNcbpc/Sp3ms	face/ his
וּ/בָ֖א	u./Va'	H935	HC/Vqq3ms	and/ he will go
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
הַ/נָּבִ֑יא	ha./na.Vi'	H5030	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ prophet
אֲנִ֣י	'a.Ni	H589	HPp1cs	I
יְהוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
נַעֲנֵ֧יתִי	na.'a.Nei.ti	H6030	HVNp1cs	I will let myself give an answer
ל֦/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	to/ him
ב/ה			HR/Sp3fs
בְּ/רֹ֥ב	be./Ro	H7230	HR/Ncbsc	by/ (the) multitude of
גִּלּוּלָֽי/ו	gi.lu.La/v	H1544	HNcmpc/Sp3ms	idols/ his

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H136 — אֲדֹנָי (ʼĂdônây, ad-o-noy'): an emphatic form of אָדוֹן; the Lord (used as a proper name of God only); (my) Lord.
• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
• H1544 — גִּלּוּל (gillûwl, ghil-lool'): or (shortened) גִּלֻּל; from גָּלַל; properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol; idol.
• H1696 — דָבַר (dâbar, daw-bar'): a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3069 — יְהֹוִה (Yᵉhôvih, yeh-ho-vee'): a variation of יְהֹוָה (used after אֲדֹנָי, and pronounced by Jews as אֱלֹהִים, in order to prevent the repetition of the same sound, since they elsewhere pronounce יְהֹוָה as אֲדֹנָי); {YHWH}; God.
• H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
• H3820 — לֵב (lêb, labe): a form of לֵבָב; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything; [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.
• H4383 — מִכְשׁוֹל (mikshôwl, mik-shole'): or מִכְשֹׁל; masculine from כָּשַׁל; a stumbling-block, literally or figuratively (obstacle, enticement (specifically an idol), scruple); caused to fall, offence, [idiom] (no-) thing offered, ruin, stumbling-block.
• H5030 — נָבִיא (nâbîyʼ, naw-bee'): from נָבָא; a prophet or (generally) inspired man; prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.
• H5227 — נֹכַח (nôkach, no'-kakh): from the same as נֵכַח; properly, the front part; used adverbially (especially with preposition), opposite, in front of, forward, in behalf of; (over) against, before, direct(-ly), for, right (on).
• H5771 — עָוֺן (ʻâvôn, aw-vone'): or עָווֹן; (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (אֲבַד)), from עָוָה; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil; fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
• H5927 — עָלָה (ʻâlâh, aw-law'): a primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative; arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, [idiom] mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, [phrase] perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
• H6030 — עָנָה (ʻânâh, aw-naw'): a primitive root; properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce; give account, afflict (by mistake for עָנָה), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for עָנָה), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, [idiom] scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also בֵּית עֲנוֹת, בֵּית עֲנָת.
• H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.
• H7230 — רֹב (rôb, robe): from רָבַב; abundance (in any respect); abundance(-antly), all, [idiom] common (sort), excellent, great(-ly, -ness, number), huge, be increased, long, many, more in number, most, much, multitude, plenty(-ifully), [idiom] very (age).
• H7760 — שׂוּם (sûwm, soom): or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H589 — אֲנִי (ʼănîy, an-ee'): lemma אֲנַי second vowel, corrected to אֲנִי; contracted from אָנֹכִי; I; I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.
• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H3541 — כֹּה (kôh, ko): from the prefix k and הוּא; properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now; also, here, + hitherto, like, on the other side, so (and much), such, on that manner, (on) this (manner, side, way, way and that way), + mean while, yonder.
• H3651 — כֵּן (kên, kane): from כּוּן; properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles); [phrase] after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, [phrase] (for-) asmuch as yet, [phrase] be (for which) cause, [phrase] following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), [idiom] the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (thing), surely, [phrase] there (where) -fore, this, thus, true, well, [idiom] you.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• I the Lord — 1 Kings 21:20-25, 2 Kings 1:16, Isaiah 3:11, Isaiah 66:4, Ezekiel 14:7
• speak — Ezekiel 2:7, Ezekiel 3:4, Ezekiel 3:17-21

Reciprocal references (17): Deuteronomy 27:15, 2 Kings 22:13, Job 36:21, Jeremiah 42:1, Jeremiah 42:20, Ezekiel 6:9, Ezekiel 7:19, Ezekiel 8:1, Ezekiel 14:3, Ezekiel 14:6, Ezekiel 14:10, Ezekiel 16:59, Ezekiel 20:3, Ezekiel 20:16, Ezekiel 20:31, Ezekiel 44:12, 2 Timothy 3:7

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: HEART, CHARACTER OF THE UNRENEWED
• Nave’s: HYPOCRISY, IDOLATRY, STUMBLING

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