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Ezekiel 14:3

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14:3 “Son of man, these men have erected their idols in their hearts and placed the obstacle leading to their iniquity 1  right before their faces. Should I really allow them to seek 2  me?

Ezekiel 23:37

Context
23:37 For they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and their sons, whom they bore to me, 3  they have passed through the fire as food to their idols. 4 

Ezekiel 36:17

Context
36:17 “Son of man, when the house of Israel was living on their own land, they defiled it by their behavior 5  and their deeds. In my sight their behavior was like the uncleanness of a woman having her monthly period.

1 tn Heb “the stumbling block of their iniquity.” This phrase is unique to the prophet Ezekiel.

2 tn Or “I will not reveal myself to them.” The Hebrew word is used in a technical sense here of seeking an oracle from a prophet (2 Kgs 1:16; 3:11; 8:8).

3 sn The Lord speaks here in the role of the husband of the sisters.

4 tn Heb “they have passed to them for food.” The verb is commonly taken to refer to passing children through fire, especially as an offering to the pagan god Molech. See Jer 32:35.

5 tn Heb “way.”



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