Ezekiel 14:1-3

Idolatrous Elders Condemned

¹ Then certain of the _e elders of Israel came to me _e and sat before me. ² And the word of the Lord came to me: ³ _f "Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their hearts, and set _g the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. _h Should I indeed let myself be consulted by them?

1. Cross References
   Ezekiel 8:1
   In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, with the elders of Judah sitting before me, the hand of the Lord God fell upon me there.
   
2. Cross References
   Ezekiel 8:1
   In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, with the elders of Judah sitting before me, the hand of the Lord God fell upon me there.
   
3. Cross References
   Ezekiel 2:1
   And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
   
4. Cross References
   Ezekiel 7:19
   They cast their silver into the streets, and their gold is like an unclean thing. Their silver and gold are not able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. They cannot satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs with it. For it was the stumbling block of their iniquity.
   Ezekiel 44:12
   Because they ministered to them before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have sworn concerning them, declares the Lord God, and they shall bear their punishment.
   
5. Cross References
   Ezekiel 20:3
   Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God, Is it to inquire of me that you come? As I live, declares the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you.
   Ezekiel 20:31
   When you present your gifts and offer up your children in fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. And shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, declares the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you.
   2 Kings 3:13
   And Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother." But the king of Israel said to him, "No; it is the Lord who has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.
   Ezekiel 36:37
   Thus says the Lord God : This also I will let the house of Israel ask me to do for them: to increase their people like a flock.