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Idolatrous Elders Condemned

Ezekiel 14:5

In 11 translations

BSB
so that I may take hold of the hearts of the people of Israel. For because of their idols, they are all estranged from Me.’
KJV
That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
WEB
that I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.”’
ASV
that I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
LSV
in order to catch the house of Israel by their heart, in that they have become estranged from off Me by their idols—all of them.
YLT
in order to catch the house of Israel by their heart, in that they have become estranged from off me by their idols — all of them.
DBY
that I may take the house of Israel by their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
DRC
That the house of Israel may be caught in their own heart, with which they have departed from me through all their idols.
GNV
That I may take the house of Israel in their owne heart, because they are all departed from me through their idoles.
JPS
that I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all turned away from Me through their idols.
LXXE
that he should turn aside the house of Israel, according to their hearts that are estranged from me in their thoughts.

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Original-language editions

WLC
לְמַ֛עַן תְּפֹ֥שׂ אֶת־בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּלִבָּ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָזֹ֨רוּ֙ מֵֽעָלַ֔י בְּגִלּֽוּלֵיהֶ֖ם כֻּלָּֽם׃
LXX-Br
ὅπως πλαγιάσῃ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ κατὰ τὰς καρδίας αὐτῶν τὰς ἀπηλλοτριωμένας ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ ἐν τοῖς ἐνθυμήμασιν αὐτῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 1:4Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
  • Zechariah 11:8And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
  • Hebrews 3:12See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.
  • Jeremiah 2:5This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?
  • Jeremiah 2:11–13Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols. Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD. “For…
  • Zechariah 7:11–14But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had…
  • Romans 1:21–23For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,…
  • 2 Thessalonians 2:9–11The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder, and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they…
  • Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
  • Romans 1:28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
  • Colossians 1:21Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.
  • Hosea 10:2Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.
  • Jeremiah 2:31–32You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’? Does a maiden…
  • Ezekiel 14:9–10But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel. They will bear their punishment—the…
  • Deuteronomy 32:15–16But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation. They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with…
  • Romans 8:7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

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