Eze 14:7 | NET2full | STEP | For when anyone from the house of Israel , or the resident foreigner who lives in Israel , separates himself from me and erects his idols in his heart and sets the obstacle leading to his iniquity before his face , and then consults a prophet to seek something from me, I , the Lord , am determined to answer him personally.

Ezekiel 14:7

7 For when anyone from the house of Israel, or the resident foreigner ^{▼▼sn The ger (גֵּר) “resident foreigner” had a different status in different countries. In Israel the foreigners going by this term are (or are supposed to be) fully integrated into Israel’s social fabric and worshipers of Yahweh. Such an attachment to the Lord is a prior condition to the possibility of separating from the Lord. See also the notes at Exod 12:19 and Deut 29:11.} who lives in Israel, separates himself from me and erects his idols in his heart and sets the obstacle leading to his iniquity before his face, and then consults a prophet to seek something from me, I, the Lord, am determined to answer him personally.