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I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their deeds upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But as for those whose hearts pursue detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But <i>as for them</i> whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But <i>as for those</i> whose hearts follow the desire for their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their deeds on their own heads,” says the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But as for those whose hearts go after their detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down on their heads,” declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220But as for those whose hearts go after their detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down on their heads,&#8221 declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“But as for those whose hearts go after their detestable things and abominations, I shall bring their conduct down on their heads,” declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But as for those whose hearts walk after their detestable things and abominations, I will give <i>what is due</i> for their way on their heads,” declares Lord Yahweh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But as for those whose heart longs for <i>and</i> follows after their detestable things and their repulsive things [associated with idolatry], on their own head I will repay [them in full for] their [vile] conduct,” says the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But as for those whose hearts pursue their desire for abhorrent acts and detestable practices, I will bring their conduct down on their own heads.” This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But as for those whose hearts pursue their desire for detestable things and practices, I will bring their actions down on their own heads.&#8221 This is the declaration of the Lord GOD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But those who worship idols will be punished and get what they deserve. I, the LORD God, have spoken. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But as for those whose minds are set on following detestable and disgusting idols, I will pay them back for what they have done, declares the Almighty LORD.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But I will punish the people who love to worship filthy, disgusting idols. I will punish them for what they have done." The Sovereign LORD has spoken. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But to those whose hearts delight in loathsome things and detestable practices, I'll bring the consequences of their behavior crashing down on their own heads," declares the Lord GOD.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But as for those whose hearts pursue detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But those whose hearts are devoted to detestable things and abominations, I hereby repay them for what they have done, says the sovereign LORD." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way on their own heads,' says the Lord GOD."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way on their own heads,’ says the Lord Yahweh.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />As for those whose heart is going to the heart "" Of their detestable things and their abominations, "" I have put their way on their head, "" A declaration of Lord YHWH.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> As to those whose heart is going unto the heart Of their detestable and their abominable things, Their way on their head I have put, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And to the heart going to the heart of their abominable things and their abominations, I gave their way upon their head, says the Lord Jehovah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But as for them whose heart walketh after their scandals and abominations, I will lay their way upon their head, saith the Lord God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But as for those whose heart walks after their offenses and abominations, I will set their own way upon their head, says the Lord God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But as for those whose hearts are devoted to their atrocities and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their heads—oracle of the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their deeds upon their own heads, says the Lord GOD.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But as for those whose heart followed after their images and abominations, I will recompense their evil ways upon their own heads, says the LORD God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />For into the mind of their idols and of their abominations their heart has gone. I shall pay their ways upon their heads, says THE LORD OF LORDS”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And as for the heart <i>set upon</i> their abominations and their iniquities, as their heart went <i>after them</i>, I have recompensed their ways on their heads, saith the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/11-21.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=2462" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/11.htm">A Promise of Restoration</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">20</span>so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God. <span class="reftext">21</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: wə·’el- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">But as for</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lêḇ (N-msc) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">those whose hearts</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: hō·lêḵ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">pursue</a> <a href="/hebrew/8251.htm" title="8251: šiq·qū·ṣê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Detested thing. Or shiqquts; from shaqats; disgusting, i.e. Filthy; especially idolatrous or an idol.">detestable things</a> <a href="/hebrew/8441.htm" title="8441: wə·ṯō·w·‘ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·hem (Conj-w:: N-fpc:: 3mp) -- Or tonebah; feminine active participle of ta'ab; properly, something disgusting, i.e. an abhorrence; especially idolatry or an idol.">and abominations,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lib·bām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: dar·kām (N-csc:: 3mp) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">I will bring their conduct</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯat·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">down</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: bə·rō·šām (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">upon their own heads,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD.”</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/16-11.htm">Jeremiah 16:11-13</a></span><br />Then you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction. / And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me. / So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-18.htm">Deuteronomy 29:18-20</a></span><br />Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit, / because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry. / The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/65-2.htm">Isaiah 65:2-7</a></span><br />All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations, / to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick, / sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Jeremiah 7:24-26</a></span><br />Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward. / From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again. / Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-15.htm">2 Kings 17:15-18</a></span><br />They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate. / They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal. / They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-27.htm">Leviticus 26:27-28</a></span><br />But if in spite of all this you do not obey Me, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me, / then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-28.htm">Romans 1:28-32</a></span><br />Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. / They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, / slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-10.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:10-12</a></span><br />and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. / For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, / in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-3.htm">Isaiah 66:3-4</a></span><br />Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations. / So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-13.htm">Jeremiah 9:13-16</a></span><br />And the LORD answered, “It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice. / Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.” / Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/15-23.htm">1 Samuel 15:23</a></span><br />For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/1-24.htm">Proverbs 1:24-31</a></span><br />Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, / because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction, / in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-17.htm">Hosea 4:17</a></span><br />Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-14.htm">2 Chronicles 36:14-16</a></span><br />Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem. / Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-8.htm">Matthew 15:8-9</a></span><br />‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way on their own heads, said the Lord GOD.</p><p class="hdg">whose</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/11-9.htm">Ecclesiastes 11:9</a></b></br> Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these <i>things</i> God will bring thee into judgment.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Jeremiah 17:9</a></b></br> The heart <i>is</i> deceitful above all <i>things</i>, and desperately wicked: who can know it?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/7-21.htm">Mark 7:21-23</a></b></br> For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, … </p><p class="hdg">their detestable</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/11-18.htm">Ezekiel 11:18</a></b></br> And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/1-16.htm">Jeremiah 1:16</a></b></br> And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Jeremiah 2:20</a></b></br> For of old time I have broken thy yoke, <i>and</i> burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.</p><p class="hdg">I will</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/9-10.htm">Ezekiel 9:10</a></b></br> And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, <i>but</i> I will recompense their way upon their head.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/20-31.htm">Ezekiel 20:31,38</a></b></br> For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? <i>As</i> I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/22-31.htm">Ezekiel 22:31</a></b></br> Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/11-18.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-10.htm">Conduct</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-8.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-10.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-18.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-5.htm">Devoted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-18.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-18.htm">Hated</a> <a href="/ezekiel/10-1.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-19.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-17.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-18.htm">Images</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-9.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-10.htm">Recompense</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-10.htm">Requite</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-17.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-18.htm">Vile</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-17.htm">Walketh</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-17.htm">Walks</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-10.htm">Way</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-2.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-17.htm">Well-Pleased</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/12-16.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-23.htm">Conduct</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-25.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-22.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-16.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-16.htm">Devoted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-16.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-10.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-5.htm">Hated</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-31.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-2.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-2.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-17.htm">Images</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-10.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-43.htm">Recompense</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-19.htm">Requite</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-10.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-3.htm">Vile</a> <a href="/hosea/11-12.htm">Walketh</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-9.htm">Walks</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-27.htm">Way</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-16.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/matthew/3-17.htm">Well-Pleased</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-1.htm">The presumption of the princes</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-4.htm">Their sin and judgment</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-13.htm">Ezekiel complaining, God shows him his purpose in saving a remnant</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-22.htm">The glory of God leaves the city</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-24.htm">Ezekiel is returned to the captivity</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>But as for those whose hearts pursue detestable things and abominations</b><br>This phrase highlights the condition of the heart, which is a central theme throughout Scripture. In biblical context, the heart represents the inner being, including thoughts, desires, and will. The "detestable things and abominations" refer to idolatry and practices that are abhorrent to God, as outlined in <a href="/leviticus/18.htm">Leviticus 18</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/18.htm">Deuteronomy 18</a>. Historically, Israel struggled with idolatry, often adopting the practices of surrounding nations, which led to their downfall. This pursuit of abominations is a direct violation of the first commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>) and reflects a heart turned away from God. The phrase underscores the importance of internal devotion to God rather than mere external compliance.<p><b>I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads</b><br>This part of the verse speaks to the principle of divine justice and retribution. The imagery of bringing conduct down upon one's own head suggests that individuals will face the consequences of their actions. This is consistent with the biblical principle of sowing and reaping found in <a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-8</a>. In the historical context of Ezekiel, this prophecy was fulfilled when Jerusalem fell to Babylon, and the people experienced the consequences of their idolatry and rebellion. Theologically, it emphasizes God's righteousness and the certainty of His judgment against sin.<p><b>declares the Lord GOD.</b><br>The phrase "declares the Lord GOD" affirms the authority and certainty of the message. In Hebrew, the term used for "Lord GOD" is "Adonai Yahweh," emphasizing both God's sovereignty and His covenant relationship with Israel. This declaration assures the reader that the prophecy is not merely Ezekiel's words but a divine pronouncement. It reflects the consistent biblical theme that God is both just and faithful, holding His people accountable while also being committed to His covenant promises. This assurance of divine authority is meant to instill both reverence and a call to repentance.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel is the mouthpiece of God, delivering messages of judgment and hope to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_exiles.htm">The Exiles</a></b><br>The Israelites who were taken captive to Babylon, representing those who have turned away from God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city that is central to the Israelites' identity and faith, which is under judgment for its idolatry and rebellion.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/idols_and_detestable_images.htm">Idols and Detestable Images</a></b><br>Represent the false gods and practices that the Israelites have adopted, leading them away from the worship of Yahweh.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_god.htm">The Lord GOD</a></b><br>The sovereign and just God who declares judgment on those who pursue idolatry.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry is not just the worship of physical idols but anything that takes the place of God in our hearts. We must examine our lives for modern-day idols.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice.htm">God's Justice</a></b><br>God is just and will hold individuals accountable for their actions. This should lead us to live in a way that honors Him, knowing that our conduct has consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/heart_examination.htm">Heart Examination</a></b><br>The heart is the seat of our desires and intentions. Regular self-examination and repentance are necessary to align our hearts with God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_faithfulness.htm">The Call to Faithfulness</a></b><br>Despite the surrounding culture, believers are called to remain faithful to God, rejecting the idols of the world.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_repentance.htm">Hope in Repentance</a></b><br>While this verse speaks of judgment, the broader context of Ezekiel includes hope and restoration for those who turn back to God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_hacking.htm">What does the Bible say about being defiled?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_personal_convictions.htm">What defines an abomination?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_'creeping_things'_in_the_temple.htm">In Ezekiel 8:10, why would the temple contain images of 'creeping things' if this contradicts the temple's strict laws against idolatry?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_ezekiel_8's_view_on_idols_compare.htm">How does the severe condemnation of these idolatries in Ezekiel 8 align or conflict with other biblical accounts of tolerating foreign gods?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(21) <span class= "bld">I will recompense their way.</span>--In striking contrast to the mercy granted to the repentant, is set forth here, as in <a href="/revelation/21-8.htm" title="But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.">Revelation 21:8</a>, the Divine wrath upon the impenitent. It has never been promised that all men shall be brought to a true sense of their relations to God, for human responsibility, and consequently power of choice, is not removed; but God's grace is never in vain, and if it does not lead to blessing through its acceptance, must result in greater condemnation through its rejection. (Comp. <a href="/2_corinthians/2-16.htm" title="To the one we are the smell of death to death; and to the other the smell of life to life. And who is sufficient for these things?">2Corinthians 2:16</a>.)<p>The heart of their detestable things, is a figurative expression. Idols in themselves are inanimate things, but the heart of the people was so given to the spirit of idolatry and alienation from God, that the abstract, as usual with this prophet, is represented in this concrete, figurative form.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 21.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">But as for them</span>, etc. We note the peculiar phraseology. The <span class="cmt_word">heart</span> of the people walks not simply after <span class="cmt_word">their detestable things</span>, but after the <span class="cmt_word">heart</span> of those things. There is, as it were, a central unity in the evil to which they unite themselves, just as the heart of man turns to the heart of God when the two are in their ideal relation to each other. For those who did this, whether in Jerusalem or among the exiles, there was the prospect of a righteous retribution. The words close the message which Ezekiel heard in the courts of the temple in his visions, but which he was to deliver (ver. 25) to them of the Captivity. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/11-21.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But as for</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">those whose hearts</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵ֧ב</span> <span class="translit">(lêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> </span><span class="str2">The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">pursue</span><br /><span class="heb">הֹלֵ֑ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(hō·lêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">detestable things</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֛ם</span> <span class="translit">(šiq·qū·ṣê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8251.htm">Strong's 8251: </a> </span><span class="str2">Disgusting, filthy, idolatrous, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and abominations,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְתוֹעֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṯō·w·‘ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8441.htm">Strong's 8441: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will bring their conduct</span><br /><span class="heb">דַּרְכָּם֙</span> <span class="translit">(dar·kām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><br /><span class="word">down</span><br /><span class="heb">נָתַ֔תִּי</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ṯat·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">upon their own heads,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּרֹאשָׁ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·rō·šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> </span><span class="str2">The head</span><br /><br /><span class="word">declares</span><br /><span class="heb">נְאֻ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(nə·’um)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> </span><span class="str2">An oracle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Lord</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדֹנָ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏō·nāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> </span><span class="str2">The Lord</span><br /><br /><span class="word">GOD.’”</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוִֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/11-21.htm">Ezekiel 11:21 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/11-21.htm">Ezekiel 11:21 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/11-21.htm">Ezekiel 11:21 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/11-21.htm">Ezekiel 11:21 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/11-21.htm">Ezekiel 11:21 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/11-21.htm">Ezekiel 11:21 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/11-21.htm">Ezekiel 11:21 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/11-21.htm">Ezekiel 11:21 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/11-21.htm">Ezekiel 11:21 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/11-21.htm">Ezekiel 11:21 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/11-21.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 11:21 But as for them whose heart walks (Ezek. 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