Ezekiel 14:5

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Summary

Ezekiel 14:5

That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.

I may

Estranged

Bible References

I may

And if the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, I, the LORD, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

Their heart is false; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and destroy their pillars.

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.

The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders,

Estranged

"But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.

Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged.

In one month I destroyed the three shepherds. But I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.

For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.

And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds,

Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.