Idols within the heart

Turn Back, Though Three Stand Righteous · Ezekiel 14

Story guide: The concealed objects interpret inward idolatry; this is not a claim that the elders displayed idols in Ezekiel’s room.

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1Then some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me.

2And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

3Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts and have placed the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. Should I indeed let myself be consulted by them?

4Therefore speak to them and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: Any man of the house of Israel who brings up his idols into his heart, and sets the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and then comes to the prophet—I, Yahweh, will answer him according to the multitude of his idols.’

5so that I may seize the house of Israel by their heart, because all of them have turned away from me through their idols.

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