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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ezekiel 14:6 - 14:6
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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, Eze 14:4 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.