Ezequiel 14:7

7 Yo seré quien le responda a todo israelita o inmigrante que resida en Israel y que se haya alejado de mí: al que haya hecho de su corazón un altar de ídolos, o haya colocado ante sí trampas que lo hayan hecho pecar, y luego haya acudido al profeta para consultarme.

Ezequiel 14:7 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 14:7

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 proselytes; whether of righteousness, such as were circumcised, and embraced the Jewish religion; or of the gate, who were only inhabitants with them; one as another were obliged to worship the God of Israel, and abstain from idolatry; there was but one law to the Israelite and to the stranger, respecting this matter: which separateth himself from me;
from the worship of God, and so from communion with him; turns his back on him, and becomes an apostate from him, by joining himself with idols: and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling block
of his iniquity before his face;
these things are repeated, partly to observe the heinousness of the sin they were guilty of; and partly to show the stupidity of this people, which required things to be said over and over, before they could take them in, and be convinced of their evil: and cometh to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me;
this explains what such persons would come to a prophet for, ( Ezekiel 14:4 ) ; and exposes their hypocrisy: I the Lord will answer him by myself;
not by the prophet to whom he comes, but by himself: or, "in my word", as the Targum; yet not by words, but by blows; not in mercy, but in wrath; and in such manner, that it shall appear to come from the Lord, and to be according to truth and justice.

Ezequiel 14:7 In-Context

5 Así cautivaré el corazón de los israelitas que por causa de todos esos ídolos se hayan alejado de mí”.

6 »Por tanto, adviértele al pueblo de Israel que así dice el SEÑOR omnipotente: “¡Arrepiéntanse! Apártense de una vez por todas de su idolatría y de toda práctica repugnante”.

7 Yo seré quien le responda a todo israelita o inmigrante que resida en Israel y que se haya alejado de mí: al que haya hecho de su corazón un altar de ídolos, o haya colocado ante sí trampas que lo hayan hecho pecar, y luego haya acudido al profeta para consultarme.

8 Me enfrentaré a él, y de él haré una señal de escarmiento, y lo extirparé de mi pueblo. Así sabrán que yo soy el SEÑOR.

9 »Si un profeta es seducido y pronuncia un mensaje, será porque yo, el SEÑOR, lo he seducido. Así que levantaré mi mano contra él, y lo haré pedazos en presencia de mi pueblo.