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As I live, declares the Lord <span class="divine-name">God</span>, I will not be inquired of by you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Let them know the abominations of their fathers, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>and say to them, Thus says the Lord <span class="divine-name">God</span>: On the day when I chose Israel, I swore<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew I lifted my hand; twice in this verse; also verses 6, 15, 23, 28, 42">a</a></sup></span> to the offspring of the house of Jacob, making myself known to them in the land of Egypt; I swore to them, saying, I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>On that day I swore to them that I would bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most glorious of all lands. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And I said to them, ‘Cast away the detestable things your eyes feast on, every one of you, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But they rebelled against me and were not willing to listen to me. None of them cast away the detestable things their eyes feasted on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt.</p><p class="regular">“Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them and spend my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So I led them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I gave them my statutes and made known to them my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Moreover, I gave them my Sabbaths, as a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> who sanctifies them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not walk in my statutes but rejected my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live; and my Sabbaths they greatly profaned.</p><p class="regular">“Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to make a full end of them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Moreover, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most glorious of all lands, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>because they rejected my rules and did not walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Nevertheless, my eye spared them, and I did not destroy them or make a full end of them in the wilderness.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“And I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor keep their rules, nor defile yourselves with their idols. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God; walk in my statutes, and be careful to obey my rules, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and keep my Sabbaths holy that they may be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But the children rebelled against me. They did not walk in my statutes and were not careful to obey my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live; they profaned my Sabbaths.</p><p class="regular">“Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them and spend my anger against them in the wilderness. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But I withheld my hand and acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Moreover, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>because they had not obeyed my rules, but had rejected my statutes and profaned my Sabbaths, and their eyes were set on their fathers’ idols. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Moreover, I gave them statutes that were not good and rules by which they could not have life, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>and I defiled them through their very gifts in their offering up all their firstborn, that I might devastate them. I did it that they might know that I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel and say to them, Thus says the Lord <span class="divine-name">God</span>: In this also your fathers blasphemed me, by dealing treacherously with me. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>For when I had brought them into the land that I swore to give them, then wherever they saw any high hill or any leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices and there they presented the provocation of their offering; there they sent up their pleasing aromas, and there they poured out their drink offerings. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>(I said to them, ‘What is the high place to which you go?’ So its name is called Bamah<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Bamah means high place">b</a></sup></span> to this day.)</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>“Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord <span class="divine-name">God</span>: Will you defile yourselves after the manner of your fathers and go whoring after their detestable things? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>When you present your gifts and offer up your children in fire,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew and make your children pass through the fire">c</a></sup></span> you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. And shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, declares the Lord <span class="divine-name">God</span>, I will not be inquired of by you.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>“What is in your mind shall never happen—the thought, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the tribes of the countries, and worship wood and stone.’</p> <p class="heading">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> Will Restore Israel</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>“As I live, declares the Lord <span class="divine-name">God</span>, surely with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with wrath poured out I will be king over you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you are scattered, with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>And I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>As I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, declares the Lord <span class="divine-name">God</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>I will make you pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>I will purge out the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against me. I will bring them out of the land where they sojourn, but they shall not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>“As for you, O house of Israel, thus says the Lord <span class="divine-name">God</span>: Go serve every one of you his idols, now and hereafter, if you will not listen to me; but my holy name you shall no more profane with your gifts and your idols.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>“For on my holy mountain, the mountain height of Israel, declares the Lord <span class="divine-name">God</span>, 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 contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your sacred offerings. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>As a pleasing aroma I will accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered. And I will manifest my holiness among you in the sight of the nations. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>And you shall know that I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, when I bring you into the land of Israel, the country that I swore to give to your fathers. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>And there you shall remember your ways and all your deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you shall loathe yourselves for all the evils that you have committed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>And you shall know that I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, when I deal with you for my name’s sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt deeds, O house of Israel, declares the Lord <span class="divine-name">God</span>.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span><span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Ch 21:1 in Hebrew">d</a></sup></span> And the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came to me: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>“Son of man, set your face toward the southland;<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or toward Teman">e</a></sup></span> preach against the south, and prophesy against the forest land in the Negeb. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>Say to the forest of the Negeb, Hear the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>: Thus says the Lord <span class="divine-name">God</span>, Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you and every dry tree. The blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from south to north shall be scorched by it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>All flesh shall see that I the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/20-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>Then I said, “Ah, Lord <span class="divine-name">God</span>! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not a maker of parables?’”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Hebrew <i><span class="catch-word">I</span> lifted my hand</i>; twice in this verse; also verses 6, 15, 23, 28, 42<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">29</span> <i class="catch-word">Bamah</i> means <i>high place</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">31</span> Hebrew <i><span class="catch-word">and</span> make your children pass through the fire</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">45</span> Ch 21:1 in Hebrew<br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">46</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">toward</span> Teman</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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