Ezekiel 14:6
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations. Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
Ezekiel 14:6 is one of Ezekiel's solemn messages of warning and reproof to sinners among his own people, belonging to the first twenty chapters of the book. It was spoken by Ezekiel as the mouthpiece of God among the captives of Israel in Babylonia by the river Chebar while Jeremiah was prophesying in Jerusalem. His work lay between the years 595 and 574, beginning and closing just a little later than Jeremiah's. He was of a priestly family and had first been shown wonderful visions of God's glory and majesty before beginning his prophetic work, so that having seen God he would not fear the face of man in meeting those sinners.
The verse commands the house of Israel to repent, to turn from its idols, and to turn away from all its abominations. An idol can be a stumbling block of iniquity, and the chapter warns of the danger of allowing one to remain. Repentance in the verse means ceasing to transgress God's law.
Turning to God is a duty that God commands, while the related promises of a changed heart and God's help show that he also enables people to obey. The repentance the verse requires, in turning from idols and turning away from every abomination, is a condition for the remission of sins. The command applies to those preparing for the meeting, urging them to put away their idols and humble their hearts before God.