Ezekiel 14:8
in Ezekiel 14I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
KJV
And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
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This verse in Ezekiel 14
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd I will set my face against that man,.... And look him out of countenance, notwithstanding all his daring impudence and presumption in coming to a prophet of the Lord, and inquiring of him by him, when guilty of gross idolatry; which mast needs be the case, when the face of God is set against a man. The Targum renders it, "my fury", or "wrath"; and indeed that is what is meant; when God sets his face against a man, he pours out his wrath, or inflicts punishment on him; see Psa 34:
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”.
This site's exposition
a sign and a proverb
A sign and a proverb is a man whose ruin becomes a byword, told to warn others. Deuteronomy 28:37 threatened Israel with the same fate among the nations. Gill reads the set face as God's wrath.
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 Awakening1 voice
The same thing is repeated, which intimates God's just displeasure against hypocrites, who mock him with the shows and forms of devotion, while their hearts are estranged from him and at war with him.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Will make him - Or, I will make him amazed Eze 32:10; or, astonished, so as to be a sign and a proverb.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנָתַתִּ֨י | venatati | and I will set | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| פָנַ֜י | fanai | face my | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| בָּאִ֣ישׁ | baish | on the person | H376 → | 1663 times |
| הַה֗וּא | hahu' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וַהֲשִֽׂמֹתִ֙יהוּ֙ | vahasimotihu | and I will make him | H7760 → | 584 times |
| לְא֣וֹת | leot | into a sign | H226 → | 80 times |
| וְלִמְשָׁלִ֔ים | velimshalim | and into bywords | H4912 → | 39 times |
| וְהִכְרַתִּ֖יו | vehikhrativ | and I will cut off him | H3772 → | 288 times |
| מִתּ֣וֹךְ | mitokh | from among | H8432 → | 418 times |
| עַמִּ֑י | ʾami | people my | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם | vida'tem | and you will know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֲנִ֥י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ ס | yahweh | [am] Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וְנָתַתִּ֨יand I will set
venatatiH5414 →2011 times
פָנַ֜יface my
fanaiH6440 →2123 times
בָּאִ֣ישׁon the person
baishH376 →1663 times
הַה֗וּא<the> that
hahu'H1931 →1879 times
וַהֲשִֽׂמֹתִ֙יהוּ֙and I will make him
vahasimotihuH7760 →584 times
לְא֣וֹתinto a sign
leotH226 →80 times
וְלִמְשָׁלִ֔יםand into bywords
velimshalimH4912 →39 times
וְהִכְרַתִּ֖יוand I will cut off him
vehikhrativH3772 →288 times
מִתּ֣וֹךְfrom among
mitokhH8432 →418 times
עַמִּ֑יpeople my
ʾamiH5971 →1873 times
וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖םand you will know
vida'temH3045 →945 times
כִּֽי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אֲנִ֥יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
יְהוָֽה׃ ס[am] Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 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
1 Corinthians 10:11Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
it leads to
- Romans 15:4
For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
- Romans 13:11
And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
- 1 John 2:18
Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.
- 1 Corinthians 9:10
Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest.
- Philippians 4:5
Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near.
- Romans 15:4
Through
Jeremiah 44:11Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 21:10
For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 21:10
Through
Ezekiel 15:7And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I…
it leads to
- Psalms 34:16
But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 34:16
Through
Ezekiel 5:15So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD,…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 25:17
I will execute great vengeance against them with furious reproof. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay My vengeance upon them.’”
- Ezekiel 25:17
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies1
About Ezekiel

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
