THEOSISTheodoret of Cyrus
He indicated that he was not referring to the true Prophets of God, but rather to those who merely held the title of Prophet, devoid of a genuine connection to the divine mission itself, and he continued:
Ezekiel 14:8Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And I will set my face against that man, and will make him an example, and a proverb, and will cut him off from the midst of my people: and you shall know that I am the Lord.
וְנָתַתִּ֨י פָנַ֜י בָּאִ֣ישׁ הַה֗וּא וַהֲשִֽׂמֹתִ֙יהוּ֙ לְא֣וֹת וְלִמְשָׁלִ֔ים וְהִכְרַתִּ֖יו מִתּ֣וֹךְ עַמִּ֑י וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ezek 15:7And I will set my face against them: they shall go out from fire, and fire shall consume them: and you shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have set my face against them.
- Ezek 5:15And thou shalt be a reproach, and a scoff, an example, and an astonishment amongst the nations that are round about thee, when I shall have executed judgments in thee in anger, and in indignation, and in wrathful rebukes.
- Jer 44:11Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Behold I will set my face upon you for evil: and I will destroy all Juda.
- Deut 28:37And thou shalt be lost, as a proverb and a byword to all people, among whom the Lord shall bring thee in.
- Isa 65:15And you shall leave your name for an execration to my elect: and the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name.
- Ezek 6:7And the slain shall fall in the midst of you: and you shall know that I am the Lord.
- Lev 17:10If any man whosoever of the house of Israel, and of the strangers that sojourn among them, eat blood, I will set my face against his soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
- Ps 34 (33):16