01

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."

Continued