For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:
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Gill's Exposition
For everyone of the house of Israel,.... King and subjects, princes and people, high and low, rich and poor, of every rank, sex, and age:
or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel; the…
Barnes' Notes
The stranger - They who sojourned among Israel, though they were not of Israel, were bound to abstain from idol-worship Lev 17:10; Lev 20:2. By myself - Or, as in Eze 14:4, “according to” Myself. He…
Adam Clarke
And cometh to a prophet - Generally supposed to mean a false prophet.
I the Lord will answer him by myself - I shall discover to him, by my own true prophet, what shall be the fruit of his ways. So,…
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
every one … sojourneth in Israel Comp. Lev 17:8; Lev 17:10; Lev 17:13; Lev 20:2, and remark on Eze 14:14 above. On "setteth up" cf. Eze 14:14.
answer him by myself Or, through myself, directly in…
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