Ezekiel 14:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ezekiel 14:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ezekiel 14:5 is a verse from the book of Ezekiel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ezekiel 14:5 — KJV
“That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.”
— Ezekiel 14:5 (KJV)
Ezekiel 14:5 in Context — About the Book of Ezekiel
Ezekiel saw heaven opened from a refugee camp in Babylon — wheels of fire, a valley of dry bones rattling to life, and a river flowing from God's temple that heals everything it touches. His message: God's glory departs from sin but returns with resurrection power and a brand-new heart.
Cross-References for Ezekiel 14:5
“And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses. seek...: Heb. roll himself upon us”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 14:5: may, take, house
“Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 14:5: take, house, israel
“And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 14:5: may, take, israel
“That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel. fail...: Heb. be cut off from thee from the throne”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 14:5: may, take, israel
“When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house: in: or, toward”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 14:5: house, israel, own
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