Verse 12
Ezekiel 20:12
Free Bible Version
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But I still acted for them so I would not be misrepresented, so that I wouldn't lose respect in the eyes of the other nations who had seen me lead Israel out of Egypt.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/גַ֤ם אֶת שַׁבְּתוֹתַ/י֙ נָתַ֣תִּי לָ/הֶ֔ם לִ/הְי֣וֹת לְ/א֔וֹת בֵּינִ֖/י וּ/בֵֽינֵי/הֶ֑ם לָ/דַ֕עַת כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדְּשָֽׁ/ם
English Translation
And also My Sabbaths I gave to them to be a sign between Me and them, to know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
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Chapter 20 Context
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On the tenth day of the fifth month of the seventh year, some of the elders of Israel came to ask ad...
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Then a message from the Lord came to me, saying,
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“Son of man, tell these elders of Israel that this is what the Lord God (Elohim) says: Have you come...
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Are you going to condemn them—will you do that, son of man? Remind them about the disgusting things...
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and then tell them that this is what the Lord God (Elohim) says: At the time I chose Israel, I held...
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I promised them on that day to lead them out of Egypt and take them to a country that I had chosen f...
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I told them: ‘All of you have to get rid of your disgusting pagan images. Don't make yourselves uncl...
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But they rebelled against me and wouldn't do what I told them. None of them got rid of their disgust...
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But I did act so I would not be misrepresented, so that I wouldn't lose respect in the eyes of the o...
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I also gave them my Sabbaths to be a sign between me and them, so that they would acknowledge that I...
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11
But the people of Israel rebelled against me in the desert, refusing to observe my laws and rejectin...
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But I still acted for them so I would not be misrepresented, so that I wouldn't lose respect in the...
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So I held up my hand and vowed to them in the desert that I wouldn't take them into the land that I...
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because they repeatedly rejected my regulations, refused to observe my laws, and violated my Sabbath...
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Even so I was sorry for them and I didn't destroy them; I didn't wipe them out in the desert.
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I told their children in the desert: ‘Don't do what your fathers told you to do. Don't follow their...
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I am the Lord your God (Elohim). Do what I tell you to do. Follow my regulations and make sure to pr...
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18
Keep my Sabbaths holy so they may be a sign between me and you, so that you may acknowledge that I a...
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19
But their children also rebelled against me. They didn't follow my laws and didn't keep my regulatio...
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But I held back and did what I did so I would not be misrepresented, so that I wouldn't lose respect...
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However, I held up my hand and vowed to them in the desert that I was going to scatter them among th...
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For they didn't keep my regulations, instead they rejected my laws and violated my Sabbaths, always...
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I also let them follow the regulations they wanted that weren't good; laws that wouldn't help them l...
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I let them make themselves unclean by their offerings to idols, including their firstborn sons. I al...
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So, son of man, tell the people of Israel that this is what the Lord God (Elohim) says: You're actin...
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After I led them into the land that I had promised to give them, on any high hill or under any leafy...
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So I asked them: ‘What's this high place you're going to?’ (Even today it's still called Bamah.)
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Therefore tell the people of Israel that this is what the Lord God (Elohim) says: Are you going to m...
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When you present your offerings to idols and sacrifice your children in the fire, you continue to ma...
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When you say to yourselves, ‘Let's be like the other nations, like people in other countries who wor...
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As I live, declares the Lord God (Elohim), I will rule you with all my strength and power, and in my...
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With all my strength and power, and in my anger, I will lead you out from among the nations and gath...
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In the same way I judged your forefathers in the Egyptian desert after I'd led them out of Egypt, so...
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I will get rid of those of you who rebel against me, those who sin against me. I will lead them out...
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This is what the Lord God (Elohim) says to you, you people of Israel: All of you, go ahead and worsh...
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For there on my holy mountain, Israel's high mountain, declares the Lord God (Elohim), every single...
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When I bring you back from the nations and gather you from countries where you were scattered, I wil...
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Then you will acknowledge that I am the Lord when I bring you back to the country of Israel, the lan...
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That's where you will remember your bad ways and everything you've done to make yourselves unclean,...
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Then you people of Israel will acknowledge that I am the Lord, because I have treated you well becau...
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41
Another message from the Lord came to me, saying,
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“Son of man, face towards the south and preach against it. Prophesy against the forest of the Negev.
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Tell the forest of the Negev: Listen to the word of the Lord! This is what the Lord God (Elohim) say...
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Then everyone will recognize that it was me, the Lord, who started the fire, and it won't be put out...
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But then I said, “Oh no, Lord God (Elohim)! People already say, ‘He's just telling stories!’”
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