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EZE-20:1 And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth
[month], the tenth [day] of the month, [that] certain of the
elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me.
EZE-20:2 Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,
EZE-20:3 Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say
unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to inquire of
me? [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of
by you.
EZE-20:4 Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge
[them]? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:
EZE-20:5 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day
when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of
the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land
of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I [am]
the LORD your God;
EZE-20:6 In the day [that] I lifted up mine hand unto them, to
bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had
espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which [is] the
glory of all lands:
EZE-20:7 Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the
abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the
idols of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God.
EZE-20:8 But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken
unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of
their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I
said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger
against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
EZE-20:9 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be
polluted before the heathen, among whom they [were], in whose
sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out
of the land of Egypt.
EZE-20:10 Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of
Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.
EZE-20:11 And I gave them my statutes, and showed them my
judgments, which [if] a man do, he shall even live in them.
EZE-20:12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign
between me and them, that they might know that I [am] the LORD
that sanctify them.
EZE-20:13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the
wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my
judgments, which [if] a man do, he shall even live in them; and
my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out
my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
EZE-20:14 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not
be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them
out.
EZE-20:15 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the
wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I
had given [them], flowing with milk and honey, which [is] the
glory of all lands;
EZE-20:16 Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in
my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went
after their idols.
EZE-20:17 Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them,
neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
EZE-20:18 But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk
ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their
judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
EZE-20:19 I [am] the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and
keep my judgments, and do them;
EZE-20:20 And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign
between me and you, that ye may know that I [am] the LORD your
God.
EZE-20:21 Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they
walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them,
which [if] a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted
my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to
accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
EZE-20:22 Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my
name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the
heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.
EZE-20:23 I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness,
that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them
through the countries;
EZE-20:24 Because they had not executed my judgments, but had
despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their
eyes were after their fathers' idols.
EZE-20:25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes [that were] not
good, and judgments whereby they should not live;
EZE-20:26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they
caused to pass through [the fire] all that openeth the womb,
that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know
that I [am] the LORD.
EZE-20:27 Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel,
and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your
fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a
trespass against me.
EZE-20:28 [For] when I had brought them into the land, [for] the
which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw
every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there
their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of
their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and
poured out there their drink offerings.
EZE-20:29 Then I said unto them, What [is] the high place
whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this
day.
EZE-20:30 Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the
Lord GOD; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and
commit ye whoredom after their abominations?
EZE-20:31 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? [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be
inquired of by you.
EZE-20:32 And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at
all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of
the countries, to serve wood and stone.
EZE-20:33 [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty
hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out,
will I rule over you:
EZE-20:34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will
gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a
mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured
out.
EZE-20:35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people,
and there will I plead with you face to face.
EZE-20:36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness
of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord
GOD.
EZE-20:37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will
bring you into the bond of the covenant:
EZE-20:38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and
them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of
the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into
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