Ezekiel 14 · Verse 6

Ezekiel 14:6

Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
Ezekiel 14:6, King James Version

Ezekiel 14:6 in other translations

BSBTherefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your abominations.
WEB“Therefore tell the house of Israel, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Return, and turn yourselves from your idols! Turn away your faces from all your abominations.
ASVTherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Return ye, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
YLT‘Therefore say unto the house of Israel: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Turn ye back, yea, turn ye back from your idols, and from all your abominations turn back your faces,
DARBYTherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Return ye, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
BBEFor this cause say to the children of Israel, These are the words of the Lord: Come back and give up your false gods and let your faces be turned from your disgusting things.
WebsterTherefore say to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

What does Ezekiel 14:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. Though God so threatened the people for their idolatry (Eze 14:5), yet He would rather they should avert the calamity by "repentance." turn yourselves--Calvin translates, "turn others" (namely, the stranger proselytes in the land). As ye have been the advisers of others (see Eze 14:7, "the stranger that sojourneth in Israel") to idolatry, so bestow at least as much pains in turning them to the truth; the surest proof of repentance. But the parallelism to Eze 14:3, 4 favors English Version. Their sin was twofold: (1) "In their heart" or inner man; (2) "Put before their face," that is, exhibited outwardly. So their repentance is generally expressed by "repent," and is then divided into: (1) "Turn yourselves (inwardly) from your idols"; (2) "Turn away your faces (outwardly) from all your abominations." It is not likely that an exhortation to convert others should come between the two affecting themselves.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 14:1-11

Threatenings against hypocrites. (Ezek 14:1-11) God's purpose to punish the guilty Jews, but a few should be saved. (Ezek 14:12-23) Verses 1-11 No outward form or reformation can be acceptable to God, so long as any idol possesses the heart; yet how many prefer their own devices and their own righteousness, to the way of salvation! Men's corruptions are idols in their hearts, and are of their own setting up; God…

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Ezekiel 14:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לָכֵ֞ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651
אֱמֹ֣ר\׀'e.MorsayH559
אֶל\־'el-toH413
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
כֹּ֤הkohthusH3541
אָמַר֙'a.Marhe saysH559
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3069
שׁ֣וּבוּShu.vuturn backH7725
וְהָשִׁ֔יבוּve.ha.Shi.vuand turn awayH7725
מֵעַ֖לme.'Alfrom withH5921
גִּלּֽוּלֵיכֶ֑םgi.lu.lei.Khemidols yourH1544
וּמֵעַ֥לu.me.'Aland from withH5921
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
תּוֹעֲבֹתֵיכֶ֖םto.'a.vo.tei.Khemabominations yourH8441
הָשִׁ֥יבוּha.Shi.vuturn awayH7725
פְנֵיכֶֽם\׃fe.nei.Khemfaces yourH6440

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 14:6

  • Ezekiel 18:30

    Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord God. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

  • James 4:8-10

    Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

  • Lamentations 3:39-41

    Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

  • Ezekiel 36:31-32

    Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations. Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord God, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.

  • Isaiah 30:22

    Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.

  • Isaiah 2:20

    In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

  • Acts 17:30

    And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

  • Matthew 3:8-10

    Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

  • Jeremiah 8:5-6

    Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.

  • Jeremiah 50:4-5

    In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the Lord their God. They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.

  • Hosea 14:1-3

    O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

  • Romans 6:21

    What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Repent.
18:30; 1Sa 7:3; 1Ki 8:47-49; Ne 1:8,9; Isa 55:6,7; Jer 8:5,6
Jer 31:18-20; 50:4,5; La 3:39-41; Ho 14:1-3,8; Jon 3:7-9
Mt 3:8-10; Ac 3:19; 17:30; 26:20; Jas 4:8-10
yourselves. or, others. turn.
4; 8:16; 16:63; 36:31,32; 2Ch 29:6; Isa 2:20; 30:22; Jer 13:27
Zep 3:11; Ro 6:21

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Context

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 14:6

    Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

  • Ezekiel 14:7

    For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the Lord will answer him by myself:

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Ezekiel 14:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por tanto di á la casa de Israel: Así dice el Señor Jehová: Convertíos, y volveos de vuestros ídolos, y apartad vuestro rostro de todas vuestras abominaciones.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
C’est pourquoi, dis à la maison d’Israël: Ainsi dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel: Revenez, détournez-vous de vos idoles, et détournez vos faces de toutes vos abominations.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Darum sprich zum Hause Israel: So spricht der Herr, Jehova: Kehret um, und wendet euch ab von euren Götzen, und wendet von allen euren Greueln euer Angesicht ab!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Propterea dic ad domum Israël: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Convertimini, et recedite ab idolis vestris, et ab universis contaminationibus vestris avertite facies vestras.