Verse 3
Ezekiel 20:3
English Revised Version
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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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
בֶּן אָדָ֗ם דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶת זִקְנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵ/הֶ֔ם כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣/י יְהוִ֔ה הֲ/לִ/דְרֹ֥שׁ אֹתִ֖/י אַתֶּ֣ם בָּאִ֑ים חַי אָ֨נִי֙ אִם אִדָּרֵ֣שׁ לָ/כֶ֔ם נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥/י יְהוִֽה
English Translation
Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Will you inquire of me? As I live, if I will be inquired of by you, declares the Lord GOD.
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Chapter 20 Context
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And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certai...
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And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD: Are ye come...
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Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their...
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and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD: In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand...
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in that day I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt into a lan...
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And I said unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves...
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But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me; they did not every man cast away the ab...
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But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, among...
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10
So I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.
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11
And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them.
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12
Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I...
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13
But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and t...
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14
But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in who...
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Moreover also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the...
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because they rejected my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for the...
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Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make a full end of them in the...
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18
And I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neith...
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I am the LORD your God (Elohim); walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them:
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and hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the...
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But the children rebelled against me; they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to d...
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Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not he profaned in...
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Moreover I lifted up mine hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nati...
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because they had not executed my judgments, but had rejected my statutes, and had profaned my sabbat...
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Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and judgments wherein they should not live;
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and I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openet...
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Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD: I...
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For when I had brought them into the land, which I lifted up mine hand to give unto them, then they...
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Then I said unto them, What meaneth the high place whereunto ye go? So the name thereof is called Ba...
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Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD: Do ye pollute yourselves after the...
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and when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, do ye pollute yoursel...
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and that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all; in that ye say, We will be as the nations,...
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As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fur...
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and I will bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are s...
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and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there will I plead with you face to fac...
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Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you...
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And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant;
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and I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me; I will bring th...
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39
As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD: Go ye, serve every one his idols, and hereaf...
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40
For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall...
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41
As a sweet savour will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of th...
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42
And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the count...
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43
And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have polluted yourselves; and...
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And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name’s sake, not according...
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45
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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46
Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against...
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and say to the forest of the South, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I wi...
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48
And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.
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49
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?
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