Verse 24
Ezekiel 20:24
Bible in Basic English
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Because they had not done my orders, but had been turned away from my rules, and had not given respect to my Sabbaths, and their eyes were turned to the images of their fathers.
Original Language Text
hebrew
יַ֜עַן מִשְׁפָּטַ֤/י לֹֽא עָשׂוּ֙ וְ/חֻקּוֹתַ֣/י מָאָ֔סוּ וְ/אֶת שַׁבְּתוֹתַ֖/י חִלֵּ֑לוּ וְ/אַחֲרֵי֙ גִּלּוּלֵ֣י אֲבוֹתָ֔/ם הָי֖וּ עֵינֵי/הֶֽם
English Translation
Because they did not do my judgments and they rejected my statutes and they profaned my Sabbaths, and after the idols of their ancestors were their eyes.
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Chapter 20 Context
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Now it came about in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, that certa...
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Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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Son of man, say to the responsible men of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: Have you come to g...
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Will you be their judge, O son of man, will you be their judge? make clear to them the disgusting wa...
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And say to them, This is what the Lord has said: In the day when I took Israel for myself, when I ma...
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In that day I gave my oath to take them out of the land of Egypt into a land which I had been search...
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And I said to them, Let every man among you put away the disgusting things to which his eyes are tur...
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But they would not be controlled by me, and did not give ear to me; they did not put away the disgus...
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And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean before the eyes of...
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So I made them go out of the land of Egypt and took them into the waste land.
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And I gave them my rules and made clear to them my orders, which, if a man keeps them, will be life...
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And further, I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, so that it might be clear th...
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But the children of Israel would not be controlled by me in the waste land: they were not guided by...
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And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean in the eyes of the...
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And further, I gave my oath to them in the waste land, that I would not take them into the land whic...
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Because they were turned away from my orders, and were not guided by my rules, and had no respect fo...
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But still my eye had pity on them and I kept them from destruction and did not put an end to them co...
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And I said to their children in the waste land, Do not be guided by the rules of your fathers or kee...
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I am the Lord your God (Elohim); be guided by my rules and keep my orders and do them:
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And keep my Sabbaths holy; and they will be a sign between me and you so that it may be clear to you...
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But the children would not be controlled by me; they were not guided by my rules, and they did not k...
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And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean in the eyes of the...
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Further, I gave my oath to them in the waste land that I would send them wandering among the nations...
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Because they had not done my orders, but had been turned away from my rules, and had not given respe...
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And further, I gave them rules which were not good and orders in which there was no life for them;
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I made them unclean in the offerings they gave, causing them to make every first child go through th...
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For this cause, son of man, say to the children of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: In this y...
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For when I had taken them into the land which I made an oath to give to them, then they saw every hi...
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Then I said to them, What is this high place where you go to no purpose? And it is named Bamah to th...
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For this cause say to the children of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: Are you making yoursel...
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And when you give your offerings, causing your sons to go through the fire, you make yourselves uncl...
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And that which comes into your minds will never take place; when you say, We will be like the nation...
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By my life, says the Lord, truly, with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with burning w...
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And I will take you out from the peoples and get you together out of the countries where you are wan...
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And I will take you into the waste land of the peoples, and there I will take up the cause with you...
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As I took up the cause with your fathers in the waste land of the land of Egypt, so will I take up t...
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And I will make you go under the rod and will make you small in number:
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Clearing out from among you all those who are uncontrolled and who are sinning against me; I will ta...
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As for you, O children of Israel, the Lord has said: Let every man completely put away his images an...
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For in my holy mountain, in the high mountain of Israel, says the Lord, there all the children of Is...
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I will take pleasure in you as in a sweet smell, when I take you out from the peoples and get you to...
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And you will be certain that I am the Lord, when I take you into the land of Israel, into the countr...
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And there, at the memory of your ways and of all the things you did to make yourselves unclean, you...
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And you will be certain that I am the Lord, when I take you in hand for the honour of my name, and n...
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Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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Son of man, let your face be turned to the south, let your words be dropped to the south, and be a p...
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And say to the woodland of the South, Give ear to the words of the Lord: this is what the Lord has s...
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And all flesh will see that I the Lord have had it lighted: it will not be put out.
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Then I said, Ah, Lord! they say of me, Is he not a maker of stories?
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