NITHYAM SONGSEzekiel 20
World English Bible (WEB) • 49 verses
1In the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me.
2The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
3“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Is it to inquire of me that you have come? As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “I will not be inquired of by you.”’
4“Will you judge them, son of man? Will you judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers.
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5Tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says: “In the day when I chose Israel, and swore to the offspring of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, ‘I am the LORD your God;’
6in that day I swore to them to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.
7I said to them, ‘Each of you throw away the abominations of his eyes. Don’t defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’
RelatedLeviticus 18:3 · Ezekiel 20:8 · Leviticus 11:44 · Ezekiel 18:31 · Deuteronomy 29:16-18 · Ezekiel 23:3
8“‘“But they rebelled against me and wouldn’t listen to me. They didn’t all throw away the abominations of their eyes. They also didn’t forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the middle of the land of Egypt.
9But I worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among which they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
RelatedEzekiel 39:7 · Ezekiel 20:22 · Ezekiel 20:14 · Exodus 32:12 · Ezekiel 36:21-22 · 1 Samuel 4:8
10So I caused them to go out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.
11I gave them my statutes and showed them my ordinances, which if a man does, he will live in them.
RelatedRomans 10:5 · Leviticus 18:5 · Luke 10:28 · Galatians 3:12 · Deuteronomy 4:8 · Psalms 147:19-20
12Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
RelatedEzekiel 20:20 · Ezekiel 37:28 · Leviticus 21:23 · 1 Thessalonians 5:23 · Leviticus 23:3 · Exodus 20:8-11
13“‘“But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They didn’t walk in my statutes and they rejected my ordinances, which if a man keeps, he shall live in them. They greatly profaned my Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness, to consume them.
14But I worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.
15Moreover also I swore to 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,
RelatedPsalms 95:11 · Psalms 106:26 · Hebrews 3:18 · Deuteronomy 1:34-35 · Numbers 26:64-65 · Numbers 14:23-30
16because they rejected my ordinances, and didn’t walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols.
17Nevertheless my eye spared them, and I didn’t destroy them. I didn’t make a full end of them in the wilderness.
18I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Don’t walk in the statutes of your fathers. Don’t observe their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.
Related1 Peter 1:18 · Acts 7:51 · Deuteronomy 4:3-6 · Ezekiel 20:7 · Zechariah 1:2-4 · Psalms 78:6-8
19I am the LORD your God. Walk in my statutes, keep my ordinances, and do them.
RelatedEzekiel 36:27 · Deuteronomy 5:32-6:8 · Jeremiah 3:22-23 · Psalms 105:45 · Psalms 81:9-10 · Ezekiel 11:20
20Make my Sabbaths holy. They shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’
RelatedJeremiah 17:22 · Isaiah 58:13 · Exodus 31:13-17 · Ezekiel 20:12 · Ezekiel 44:24 · Nehemiah 13:15-22
21“‘“But the children rebelled against me. They didn’t walk in my statutes, and didn’t keep my ordinances to do them, which if a man does, he shall live in them. They profaned my Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
RelatedEzekiel 20:13 · Ezekiel 20:8 · Numbers 21:5 · Deuteronomy 31:27 · Psalms 106:29-33 · 2 Chronicles 34:25
22Nevertheless I withdrew my hand and worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.
23Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries,
RelatedLeviticus 26:33 · Deuteronomy 28:64-68 · Revelation 10:5-6 · Jeremiah 15:4 · Psalms 106:27 · Deuteronomy 32:26-27
24because they had not executed my ordinances, but had rejected my statutes, and had profaned my Sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.
25Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances in which they couldn’t live.
RelatedPsalms 81:12 · Isaiah 66:4 · Ezekiel 20:39 · Deuteronomy 4:27-28 · Ezekiel 14:9-11 · Ezekiel 20:26
26I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused all that opens the womb to pass through the fire, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.”’
RelatedLeviticus 18:21 · Ezekiel 6:7 · Isaiah 63:17 · Ezekiel 16:20-21 · 2 Kings 17:17 · Ezekiel 20:31
27“Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Moreover, in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.
28For when I had brought them into the land which I swore to give to them, then they saw every high hill and every thick tree, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering. There they also made their pleasant aroma, and there they poured out their drink offerings.
29Then I said to them, ‘What does the high place where you go mean?’ So its name is called Bamah to this day.”’
30“Therefore tell the house of Israel, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Do you pollute yourselves in the way of your fathers? Do you play the prostitute after their abominations?
31When you offer your gifts, when you make your sons pass through the fire, do you pollute yourselves with all your idols to this day? Should I be inquired of by you, house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you!
RelatedEzekiel 20:26 · Psalms 106:37-39 · Jeremiah 7:31 · Ezekiel 20:3 · Jeremiah 19:5 · Isaiah 1:15
32“‘“That which comes into your mind will not be at all, in that you say, ‘We will be as the nations, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.’
RelatedEzekiel 11:5 · Jeremiah 44:17 · Psalms 139:2 · Revelation 9:20 · Deuteronomy 4:28 · Daniel 5:4
33As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “surely with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out, I will be king over you.
RelatedJeremiah 21:5 · Jeremiah 44:6 · Ezekiel 8:18 · Jeremiah 42:18 · Daniel 9:11-12 · Lamentations 2:4
34I will bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out of the countries in which you are scattered with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out.
RelatedEzekiel 20:38 · Amos 9:9-10 · Ezekiel 34:16 · Jeremiah 44:6 · Isaiah 27:9-13 · Lamentations 2:4
35I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face.
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36Just as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you,” says the Lord GOD.
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37“I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.
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38I will purge out from among you the rebels and those who disobey me. I will bring them out of the land where they live, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”
39“‘As for you, house of Israel, the Lord GOD says: “Go, everyone serve his idols, and hereafter also, if you will not listen to me; but you shall no more profane my holy name with your gifts and with your idols.
40For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel,” says the Lord GOD, “there all the house of Israel, all of them, shall serve me in the land. There I will accept them, and there I will require your offerings and the first fruits of your offerings, with all your holy things.
41I will accept you as a pleasant aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries in which you have been scattered. I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.
RelatedEzekiel 28:25 · Ezekiel 11:17 · Ezekiel 38:23 · Ezekiel 28:22 · Jeremiah 30:3 · Ezekiel 39:27-29
42You will know that I am the LORD when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the country which I swore to give to your fathers.
RelatedEzekiel 34:13 · Ezekiel 38:23 · Ezekiel 36:23-24 · 1 John 5:20 · Ezekiel 37:25 · Ezekiel 24:24
43There you will remember your ways, and all your deeds in which you have polluted yourselves. Then you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that you have committed.
44You will know that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for my name’s sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, you house of Israel,” says the Lord GOD.’”
45The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
46“Son of man, set your face toward the south, and preach toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the south.
47Tell the forest of the south, ‘Hear the LORD’s word: The Lord GOD says, “Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it will devour every green tree in you, and every dry tree. The burning flame will not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north will be burned by it.
RelatedJeremiah 21:14 · Isaiah 24:1-6 · Ezekiel 17:24 · Luke 23:31 · Isaiah 9:18-19 · Ezekiel 21:3-4
48All flesh will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it. It will not be quenched.”’”
RelatedIsaiah 26:11 · Deuteronomy 29:24-28 · 2 Chronicles 7:20-22 · Jeremiah 40:2-3 · Lamentations 2:16-17 · Jeremiah 7:20
49Then I said, “Ah Lord GOD! They say of me, ‘Isn’t he a speaker of parables?’”
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