That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
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Gill's Exposition
That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart,.... By which they are ensnared, and drawn aside to their ruin; being given up to strong delusions, to believe a lie, and worship idols; God…
Barnes' Notes
That I may take ... - i. e., that I may take them, as in a snare, deceived by their own heart.
Here is, I. The address which some of the elders of Israel made to the prophet, as an oracle, to enquire of the Lord by him. They came, and sat before him, Eze 14:1. It is probable that they were not…
Cambridge Bible
take … in their own heart The sinner's sin is like a snare in which he is captured and destroyed; sin carries its own retribution in itself (Job 8:4). The phrase "take them in their own heart" is…
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