Verse 1
Ezekiel 20:1
New Living Translation
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On August 14, during the seventh year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, some of the leaders of Israel came to request a message from the LORD. They sat down in front of me to wait for his reply.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְהִ֣י בַּ/שָּׁנָ֣ה הַ/שְּׁבִיעִ֗ית בַּֽ/חֲמִשִׁי֙ בֶּ/עָשׂ֣וֹר לַ/חֹ֔דֶשׁ בָּ֧אוּ אֲנָשִׁ֛ים מִ/זִּקְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לִ/דְרֹ֣שׁ אֶת יְהוָ֑ה וַ/יֵּשְׁב֖וּ לְ/פָנָֽ/י
English Translation
And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, that men from the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat before me.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 20 Context
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On August 14, during the seventh year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, some of the leaders of Israel...
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Then this message came to me from the LORD:
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“Son of man, tell the leaders of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: How dare you come to...
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“Son of man, bring charges against them and condemn them. Make them realize how detestable the sins...
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Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: When I chose Israel — when I revealed myself to the...
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I took a solemn oath that day that I would bring them out of Egypt to a land I had discovered and ex...
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Then I said to them, ‘Each of you, get rid of the vile images you are so obsessed with. Do not defil...
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“But they rebelled against me and would not listen. They did not get rid of the vile images they wer...
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But I didn’t do it, for I acted to protect the honor of my name. I would not allow shame to be broug...
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So I brought them out of Egypt and led them into the wilderness.
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There I gave them my decrees and regulations so they could find life by keeping them.
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And I gave them my Sabbath days of rest as a sign between them and me. It was to remind them that I...
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13
“But the people of Israel rebelled against me, and they refused to obey my decrees there in the wild...
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14
But again I held back in order to protect the honor of my name before the nations who had seen my po...
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But I took a solemn oath against them in the wilderness. I swore I would not bring them into the lan...
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For they had rejected my regulations, refused to follow my decrees, and violated my Sabbath days. Th...
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Nevertheless, I took pity on them and held back from destroying them in the wilderness.
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“Then I warned their children not to follow in their parents’ footsteps, defiling themselves with th...
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‘I am the LORD your God (Elohim),’ I told them. ‘Follow my decrees, pay attention to my regulations,
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and keep my Sabbath days holy, for they are a sign to remind you that I am the LORD your God (Elohim...
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“But their children, too, rebelled against me. They refused to keep my decrees and follow my regulat...
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Nevertheless, I withdrew my judgment against them to protect the honor of my name before the nations...
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But I took a solemn oath against them in the wilderness. I swore I would scatter them among all the...
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because they did not obey my regulations. They scorned my decrees by violating my Sabbath days and l...
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I gave them over to worthless decrees and regulations that would not lead to life.
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I let them pollute themselves with the very gifts I had given them, and I allowed them to give their...
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27
“Therefore, son of man, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign LORD: Your ancesto...
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for when I brought them into the land I had promised them, they offered sacrifices on every high hil...
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I said to them, ‘What is this high place where you are going?’ (This kind of pagan shrine has been c...
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“Therefore, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign LORD: Do you plan to pollute y...
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For when you offer gifts to them and give your little children to be burned as sacrifices, you conti...
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“You say, ‘We want to be like the nations all around us, who serve idols of wood and stone.’ But wha...
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As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I will rule over you with an iron fist in great anger...
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And in anger I will reach out with my strong hand and powerful arm, and I will bring you back from t...
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I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, and there I will judge you face to face.
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I will judge you there just as I did your ancestors in the wilderness after bringing them out of Egy...
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I will examine you carefully and hold you to the terms of the covenant.
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I will purge you of all those who rebel and revolt against me. I will bring them out of the countrie...
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“As for you, O people of Israel, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Go right ahead and worship yo...
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40
For on my holy mountain, the great mountain of Israel, says the Sovereign LORD, the people of Israel...
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When I bring you home from exile, you will be like a pleasing sacrifice to me. And I will display my...
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Then when I have brought you home to the land I promised with a solemn oath to give to your ancestor...
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You will look back on all the ways you defiled yourselves and will hate yourselves because of the ev...
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You will know that I am the LORD, O people of Israel, when I have honored my name by treating you me...
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45
Then this message came to me from the LORD:
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“Son of man, turn and face the south and speak out against it; prophesy against the brushlands of th...
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Tell the southern wilderness, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Hear the word of the LORD! I wi...
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And everyone in the world will see that I, the LORD, have set this fire. It will not be put out.’”
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Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD, they are saying of me, ‘He only talks in riddles!’”
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