Ezekiel
Chapter 20
1
And it came to pass in the seventh year,
in
the fifth month,
the
tenth day of the month,
that
certain of the elders of Israel
came
to inquire of Jehovah/God,
and
sat before me.
2
Then came the word/'doctrinal communication' {dabar}
of
Jehovah/God
unto
me, saying, 3
"Son
of man,
speak
unto the elders of Israel,
and
say unto them,
'Thus
said the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah . . .
are
you come to inquire of Me?
As
I live, said the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah,
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.' "
5``
"And say unto them . . .
thus
said the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah . . .
in
the day when I chose Israel,
and
lifted up My hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob,
and
made Myself known unto them in the land of Egypt,
when
I lifted up My hand unto them, saying,
'I
am Jehovah/God your 'Elohiym/Godhead . . . 6
in
the day that I lifted up My hand unto them,
to
bring them forth of the land of Egypt
into
a land that I had espied for them,
flowing
with milk and honey,
which
is the glory of all lands."
7
"Then I said unto them,
'Cast
you away every man
the
abominations of his eyes,
and
defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt . . .
I
am Jehovah/God your 'Elohiym/Godhead.' 8
But
they rebelled against Me,
and
would not hearken unto Me.
They
did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes,
neither
did they forsake the idols of Egypt.
Then
I said,
'I
will pour out My fury upon them,
to
accomplish My anger against them
in
the midst of the land of Egypt.' 9
But
I wrought for My name's sake,
that
it should not be polluted before the heathen,
among
whom they were,
in
whose sight I made Myself known unto them,
in
bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt. 10
Therefore
I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt,
and
brought them into the wilderness. 11
And
I gave them My statutes,
and
showed them My judgments,
which
if a man do, he shall even live in them. 12
Moreover
I also gave them My Sabbaths,
to
be a sign between Me and them,
that
they might know
that
I am Jehovah/God Who sanctify them."
13
"But the house of Israel rebelled against Me
in
the desert.
They
Walked not in My statutes,
and
they despised My judgments,
which
if a man do, he shall even live in them.
And My Sabbaths, they greatly polluted."
Then
I said,
"I
would pour out My fury upon them in the desert,
to
consume them. 14
But
I wrought for My name's sake,
that
it should not be polluted
before
the heathen,
in
whose sight I brought them out. 15
Yet
also I lifted up My hand unto them in the desert,
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 . . . 16
because
they despised My judgments,
and
Walked not in My statutes,
but
polluted My Sabbaths . . .
for
their heart went after their idols. 17
Nevertheless
My eye spared them from destroying them,
neither
did I make an end of them in the desert. 18
But
I said unto their children in the wilderness,
'Walk
you not in the statutes of your fathers,
neither
observe their judgments,
nor
defile yourselves with their idols . . .19
I
am Jehovah/God your 'Elohiym/Godhead.
Walk in my statutes.
And keep my judgments . . . and do them. 20
And hallow My Sabbaths.
And
they shall be a sign between Me and you,
that
you may know
that
I am Jehovah/God your 'Elohiym/Godhead."
21 "Notwithstanding the children rebelled against Me.
They
Walked not in My statutes,
neither
kept My judgments to do them,
which
if a man do . . . he shall even live in them.
They polluted My Sabbaths."
Then
I said,
"I
would pour out My fury upon them,
to
accomplish My anger against them in the desert.22
Nevertheless
I withdrew My hand,
and
wrought for My name's sake,
that
it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen,
in
whose sight I brought them forth. 23
I
lifted up My hand unto them also in the desert,
that
I would scatter them among the heathen,
and
disperse them through the countries. 24
Because
they had not executed My judgments,
but
had despised My statutes,
and
had polluted My Sabbaths,
and
their eyes were after their fathers' idols. 25
Therefore
I gave them also statutes that were not good,
and
judgments whereby they should not live. 26
And
I polluted them in their own gifts,
in
that they caused to pass through the fire
all
who opened the womb,
that
I might make them desolate,
to
the end that they might know that I am Jehovah/God."
27
Therefore, son of man,
speak
unto the house of Israel,
and
say unto them,
"Thus
said the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah,
"Yet
in this your fathers have blasphemed Me,
in
that they have committed a trespass against Me. 28
For
when I had brought them into the land,
for
the which I lifted up My hand to give it to them,
then
they saw every high hill,
and
all the thick trees,
and
they offered there their sacrifices,
and
there they presented the provocation of their offering.
There
also they made their sweet savor,
and
poured out there their drink offerings."
29
Then I said unto them,
"What
is the high place whereunto you go?
And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day."
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