Ezekiel 14:2

2 And the word of Yahweh {came} to me, {saying},

Ezekiel 14:2 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 14:2

And the word of the Lord came unto me
While the elders were sitting before him, and whispered secretly and powerfully the following things in his ears: saying;
as follows:

Ezekiel 14:2 In-Context

1 And men from the elders of Israel came to me, and they sat {before me}.

2 And the word of Yahweh {came} to me, {saying},

3 "Son of man, these men took up their idols into their heart and {they placed before themselves} a stumbling block of their guilt. {Should I really let myself be consulted by them}?

4 Therefore speak with them, and you must say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Every person from the house of Israel who brings up his idols into his heart and {places before himself} a stumbling block of his guilt and [yet] he comes to the prophet, I Yahweh, I will respond to him through this act with [respect to] the multitude of his idols,

5 so that [I may] take hold of the house of Israel by their heart, [those] who are estranged from me, all of them, through their idols.'

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "was"
• [b] Literally "to say"