Yǐsījiēshū 14:5

5 Hǎo zaì Yǐsèliè jiā de xīn shì shang zhuō zhù tāmen , yīnwei tāmen dōu jiè zhe jiǎ shén yǔ wǒ shēngshū .

Yǐsījiēshū 14:5 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 14:5

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 threatening to answer them by righteous judgments, and thereby take the wickedness, the hypocrisy, and idolatry, that were in their hearts, and expose and make it manifest unto others; or, by punishing them, to draw out the corruption and sin that were in them, that it might be seen what a wicked people they were. The Targum interprets the text in another way,

``that I may bring near the house of Israel, and put repentance into their hearts;''

because they are all estranged from me through their idols;
they grew shy of God and his worship, when they fell into idolatry. Alienation from God, from the life of God, from the law of God, from the worship of God, and of the affections from him, is owing to some idol or another set up in the heart, or before the eye; whatever is worshipped besides God, or gains the ascendant in the heart, alienates from him; and God will not admit of a rival, he cannot and will not bear it; and for this reason he inflicts punishment, or answers in a terrible way.

Yǐsījiēshū 14:5 In-Context

3 Rénzǐ a , zhèxie rén yǐ jiāng tāmende jiǎ shén jiē dào xīnli , bǎ xiàn yú zuì de bàn jiǎo shí fàng zaì miànqián , wǒ qǐnéng sī haó beì tāmen qiú wèn ma .

4 Suǒyǐ nǐ yào gàosu tāmen , zhǔ Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , Yǐsèliè jiā de rén zhōng , fán jiāng tāde jiǎ shén jiē dào xīnli , bǎ xiàn yú zuì de bàn jiǎo shí fàng zaì miànqián , yòu jiù le xiānzhī lái de , wǒ Yēhéhuá zaì tā suǒ qiú de shì shang , bì àn tā zhòngduō de jiǎ shén huídá tā ,

5 Hǎo zaì Yǐsèliè jiā de xīn shì shang zhuō zhù tāmen , yīnwei tāmen dōu jiè zhe jiǎ shén yǔ wǒ shēngshū .

6 Suǒyǐ nǐ yào gàosu Yǐsèliè jiā shuō , zhǔ Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , huí tóu ba . líkāi nǐmen de ǒuxiàng , zhuǎn liǎn mò cóng nǐmen yīqiè kĕ zēng de shì .

7 Yīnwei Yǐsèliè jiā de rén , huò zaì Yǐsèliè zhōng jìjū de waìrén , fán yǔ wǒ géjué , jiāng tāde jiǎ shén jiē dào xīnli , bǎ xiàn yú zuì de bàn jiǎo shí fàng zaì miànqián , yòu jiù le xiānzhī lái yào wèi zìjǐ de shì qiú wèn wǒde , wǒ Yēhéhuá bì qīnzì huídá tā .