Ezequiel 14:5

5 Isto farei para reconquistar o coração da nação de Israel, que me abandonou em troca de seus ídolos.

Ezequiel 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.

Ezequiel 14:5 In-Context

3 “Filho do homem, estes homens ergueram ídolos em seus corações e puseram tropeços ímpios diante de si. Devo deixar que me consultem?

4 Ora, diga-lhes: Assim diz o Soberano, o SENHOR: Quando qualquer israelita erguer ídolos em seu coração e puser um tropeço ímpio diante do seu rosto e depois for consultar um profeta, eu o SENHOR, eu mesmo, responderei a ele conforme a sua idolatria.

5 Isto farei para reconquistar o coração da nação de Israel, que me abandonou em troca de seus ídolos.

6 “Por isso diga à nação de Israel: Assim diz o Soberano, o SENHOR: Arrependa-se! Desvie-se dos seus ídolos e renuncie a todas as práticas detestáveis!

7 “Quando qualquer israelita ou qualquer estrangeiro residente em Israel separar-se de mim, erguer ídolos em seu coração e puser um tropeço ímpio diante de si e depois for a um profeta para me consultar, eu, o SENHOR, eu mesmo, responderei a ele.