God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 20:19
19I am the Lord your God. Live by my laws. Obey my rules and follow them.
Ezekiel 20:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
- New International Version (NIV)I am the Lord your God; follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes, and be careful to obey my rules,
- New King James Version (NKJV)I am the Lord your God: Walk in My statutes, keep My judgments, and do them;
Context of Ezekiel 20:19
17But I had compassion on them. I didn’t destroy them or completely wipe them out in the desert. 18I said to their children in the desert, “Don’t live by the laws of your ancestors. Don’t obey their rules or dishonor yourselves with their disgusting idols. I am the Lord your God. Live by my laws. Obey my rules and follow them. 20Set apart certain holy days to worship me. This will be a sign between me and you so that you will know that I am the Lord your God.” 21“ ‘But they rebelled against me. They didn’t live by my laws, and they didn’t obey my rules and follow them. If people obey them, they will live. They dishonored the days to worship me. So I was going to pour out my fury on them and unleash my anger on them in the desert.
Read all of Ezekiel 20Ezekiel 20:19 word by word
אֲנִי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם בְּחֻקּוֹתַ֖י לֵ֑כוּ וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֥י שִׁמְר֖וּ וַעֲשׂ֥וּ אוֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 20:19
- Exodus 20:2“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of slavery in Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 5:6“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of slavery in Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 7:4These people will turn your children away from me to worship other gods. Then the Lord will get very angry with you and will quickly destroy you.
- Psalms 81:9Never keep any strange god among you. Never worship a foreign god.
- Jeremiah 3:22“Come back, you rebellious people, and I will forgive you for being unfaithful.” Here we are! We have come to you because you are the Lord our God.
- Ezekiel 11:20Then they will live by my laws and obey my rules. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
- Ezekiel 36:27I will put my Spirit in you. I will enable you to live by my laws, and you will obey my rules.
- Ezekiel 37:24“ ‘My servant David will be their king, and all of them will have one shepherd. They will live by my rules, and they will obey my laws.
- Deuteronomy 4:1Israel, listen to the laws and rules I am about to teach you. Obey them so that you will live and be able to enter and take possession of the land that the Lord God of your ancestors is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 5:1Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Israel, listen to the laws and rules I’m telling you today. Learn them and faithfully obey them.
- Deuteronomy 32:33Their wine is snake venom, the deadly poison of cobras.
- Deuteronomy 6:1These are the commands, laws, and rules the Lord your God commanded me to teach you. Obey them after you enter the land and take possession of it.
- Deuteronomy 10:1At that time the Lord said to me, “Cut two ⌞more⌟ stone tablets like the first ones, and come up to me on the mountain. Also make an ark out of wood.
- Nehemiah 9:13You came from heaven to Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them fair rules, trustworthy teachings, and good laws and commandments.
- Psalms 19:7The teachings of the Lord are perfect. They renew the soul. The testimony of the Lord is dependable. It makes gullible people wise.
- Psalms 105:45so that they would obey his laws and follow his teachings. Hallelujah!
Commentaries on Ezekiel 20:19
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-26Verses 10-26 The probation in the wilderness. The promise was forfeited by those to whom it was first conditionally made, but was renewed to their children. Ezekiel 20:11 The “statutes” were given on Mount Sinai, and repeated by Moses before his death (Exodus 20:1 ff; Deuteronomy 4:8). In them - Or, through them: and in Ezekiel 20:13. Ezekiel 20:12 See Exodus 31:13. The Sabbath was a sign of a special people, commemorative of the work of creation, and…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-26Verses 10-26 . The history of Israel in the wilderness is referred to in the new Testament as well as in the Old, for warning. God did great things for them. He gave them the law, and revived the ancient keeping of the sabbath day. Sabbaths are privileges; they are signs of our being his people. If we do the duty of the day, we shall find, to our comfort, it is the Lord that makes us holy, that is, truly happy, here; and prepares us to be happy, that is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-21Each generation of Israelites rebelled against the Lord. They refused to obey the commandments he gave them. Each time, the Lord warned that he would pour out his fury (his strong anger) on them (Ezekiel 20:8, 13, 21). But he held back his judgment. He did this for the honor of his name. If he had destroyed them, the surrounding nations might have thought he was too weak to bring his people into the promised land.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. It is an indirect denial of God, and a robbing Him of His due, to add man's inventions to His precepts.Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Ezekiel 20
- 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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