Ezekiel 14:6
in Ezekiel 14Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your abominations.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Return ye, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
KJV
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
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This verse in Ezekiel 14
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Their sin was twofold: (1) "In their heart" or inner man; (2) "Put before their face," that is, exhibited outwardly. So their repentance is generally expressed by "repent," and is then divided into: (1) "Turn yourselves (inwardly) from your idols";
This site's exposition
Repent and turn away from your idols
on Ezekiel 14:6-8
“Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your abominations.” The warning covers “any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel,” one standard for native and resident alike. The man who refuses is made “a sign and a proverb”.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Chapter 14, Verse 1 onwards) And the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts and have put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. Should I be consulted by them?
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Let this separate between you and them, that they separate between you and God; because they set God's face against you, do you turn away your faces from them, " which denotes, not only forsaking them, but forsaking them with loathing and detestation: "Turn from them as from abominations that you are sick of; and then you will be welcome to enquire of the Lord.
Therefore say unto the house of Israel,....
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לָכֵ֞ן | lakhen | <to> therefore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| אֱמֹ֣ר׀ | ʾemor | say | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| כֹּ֤ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַר֙ | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֣י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
| שׁ֣וּבוּ | shuvu | turn back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| וְהָשִׁ֔יבוּ | vehashivu | and turn away | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| מֵעַ֖ל | meal | from with | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| גִּלּֽוּלֵיכֶ֑ם | giluleikhem | idols your | H1544 → | 48 times |
| וּמֵעַ֥ל | umeal | and from with | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| תּוֹעֲבֹתֵיכֶ֖ם | toavoteikhem | abominations your | H8441 → | 117 times |
| הָשִׁ֥יבוּ | hashivu | turn away | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| פְנֵיכֶֽם׃ | feneikhem | faces your | H6440 → | 2123 times |
לָכֵ֞ן<to> therefore
lakhenH3651 →771 times
אֱמֹ֣ר׀say
ʾemorH559 →5305 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
כֹּ֤הthus
kohH3541 →577 times
אָמַר֙he says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
אֲדֹנָ֣י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
שׁ֣וּבוּturn back
shuvuH7725 →1056 times
וְהָשִׁ֔יבוּand turn away
vehashivuH7725 →1056 times
מֵעַ֖לfrom with
mealH5921 →5755 times
גִּלּֽוּלֵיכֶ֑םidols your
giluleikhemH1544 →48 times
וּמֵעַ֥לand from with
umealH5921 →5755 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
תּוֹעֲבֹתֵיכֶ֖םabominations your
toavoteikhemH8441 →117 times
הָשִׁ֥יבוּturn away
hashivuH7725 →1056 times
פְנֵיכֶֽם׃faces your
feneikhemH6440 →2123 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 18:30Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.
it leads to
- Matthew 16:27
For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
- Ezekiel 18:21
But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.
- Matthew 3:2
and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
- Luke 13:3
No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.
- Ezekiel 7:3
The end is now upon you, and I will unleash My anger against you. I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.
- Matthew 16:27
Through
Isaiah 30:22So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”
it leads to
- Isaiah 31:7
For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 46:6
They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Judges 17:3–4
And when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I wholly dedicate the silver to the LORD for my son’s benefit, to make a graven image and…
- Isaiah 31:7
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
