Christian Standard Bible
Ezekiel 11:12
12so you will know that I am the Lord, whose statutes you have not followed and whose ordinances you have not practiced. Instead, you have acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you.’”
Ezekiel 11:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And ye shall know that I am the Lord: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.
- New International Version (NIV)And you will know that I am the Lord, for you have not followed my decrees or kept my laws but have conformed to the standards of the nations around you.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)and you shall know that I am the Lord. For you have not walked in my statutes, nor obeyed my rules, but have acted according to the rules of the nations that are around you."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And you shall know that I am the Lord; for you have not walked in My statutes nor executed My judgments, but have done according to the customs of the Gentiles which are all around you.” ’ ”
Context of Ezekiel 11:12
10You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord. 11The city will not be a pot for you, and you will not be the meat within it. I will judge you at the border of Israel, so you will know that I am the Lord, whose statutes you have not followed and whose ordinances you have not practiced. Instead, you have acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you.’” 13Now while I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out loudly, “Oh, Lord God! You are bringing the remnant of Israel to an end!” 14The word of the Lord came to me again:
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וִֽידַעְתֶּם֙ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר בְּחֻקַּי֙ לֹ֣א הֲלַכְתֶּ֔ם וּמִשְׁפָּטַ֖י לֹ֣א עֲשִׂיתֶ֑ם וּֽכְמִשְׁפְּטֵ֧י הַגּוֹיִ֛ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר סְבִיבוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם עֲשִׂיתֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And ye shall knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- for ye have not walkedהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
- in my statutesחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706
- neither executedעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- my judgmentsמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
- of the heathenגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
- round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
Cross-references for Ezekiel 11:12
- Ezekiel 11:21But as for those whose hearts pursue their desire for abhorrent acts and detestable practices, I will bring their conduct down on their own heads.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.
- Ezekiel 20:16because they rejected my ordinances, profaned my Sabbaths, and did not follow my statutes. For their hearts went after their idols.
- Leviticus 26:40“But when they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their ancestors — their unfaithfulness that they practiced against me, and how they acted with hostility toward me,
- 1 Kings 11:33For they have abandoned me; they have bowed down to Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, to Chemosh, the god of Moab, and to Milcom, the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in my ways to do what is right in my sight and to carry out my statutes and my judgments as his father David did.
- 2 Kings 21:22He abandoned the Lord God of his ancestors and did not walk in the ways of the Lord.
- Ezra 9:7Our guilt has been terrible from the days of our ancestors until the present. Because of our iniquities we have been handed over, along with our kings and priests, to the surrounding kings, and to the sword, captivity, plundering, and open shame, as it is today.
- Nehemiah 9:34Our kings, leaders, priests, and ancestors did not obey your law or listen to your commands and warnings you gave them.
- Psalms 78:10They did not keep God’s covenant and refused to live by his law.
- Jeremiah 6:16This is what the Lord says: Stand by the roadways and look. Ask about the ancient paths, “Which is the way to what is good?” Then take it and find rest for yourselves. But they protested, “We won’t!”
- Daniel 9:10and have not obeyed the Lord our God by following his instructions that he set before us through his servants the prophets.
- Ezekiel 8:10I went in and looked, and there engraved all around the wall was every kind of abhorrent thing — crawling creatures and beasts — as well as all the idols of the house of Israel.
- Ezekiel 16:44“‘Look, everyone who uses proverbs will quote this proverb about you: “Like mother, like daughter.”
- Leviticus 18:3Do not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, or follow the practices of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You must not follow their customs.
- Deuteronomy 12:30be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, ‘How did these nations worship their gods? I’ll also do the same.’
- 2 Kings 16:3but walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. He even sacrificed his son in the fire, imitating the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.
- 2 Kings 17:11They burned incense there on all the high places just like the nations that the Lord had driven out before them had done. They did evil things, angering the Lord.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 11:12
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-25This section describes how the people defiled (made unclean by sin) the temple in Jerusalem (Ezekiel 8). Because of this sin, the Lord left the temple. After he left, the city and the temple were destroyed (9:1–11:13). At first, this sounds like only bad news. But for those already living in exile, it was also good news. The Lord was not limited to the temple in Jerusalem. He would come to be with his people in exile. By coming to dwell with them, the…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. (De 12:30, 31).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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