Ezekiel 20

1And it came to pass in the seventhH7637 yearH8141, in the fifthH2549month, the tenthH6218day of the monthH2320, that certainH582 of the eldersH2205 of IsraelH3478 cameH935 to enquireH1875 of the LORDH3068, and satH3427 beforeH6440 me. 2Then came the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 to me, sayingH559, 3SonH1121 of manH120, speakH1696 to the eldersH2205 of IsraelH3478, and sayH559 to them, Thus saithH559 the LordH136 GODH3069; Are ye comeH935 to enquireH1875 of me? As I liveH2416, saithH5002 the LordH136 GODH3069, I will not be enquiredH1875 of by you. 4Wilt thou judgeH8199 them, sonH1121 of manH120, wilt thou judgeH8199 them ? cause them to knowH3045 the abominationsH8441 of their fathersH1:1

5And sayH559 to them, Thus saithH559 the LordH136 GODH3069; In the dayH3117 when I choseH977 IsraelH3478, and lifted upH5375 my handH3027 to the seedH2233 of the houseH1004 of JacobH3290, and made myself knownH3045 to them in the landH776 of EgyptH4714, when I liftedH5375 up my handH3027 to them, sayingH559, I am the LORDH3068 your GodH430;2 6In the dayH3117 that I lifted upH5375 my handH3027 to them, to bring them forthH3318 from the landH776 of EgyptH4714 into a landH776 that I had searched outH8446 for them, flowingH2100 with milkH2461 and honeyH1706, which is the gloryH6643 of all landsH776: 7Then saidH559 I to them, Cast ye awayH7993 every manH376 the abominationsH8251 of his eyesH5869, and defileH2930 not yourselves with the idolsH1544 of EgyptH4714: I am the LORDH3068 your GodH430. 8But they rebelledH4784 against me, and wouldH14 not hearkenH8085 to me: they did not every manH376 cast awayH7993 the abominationsH8251 of their eyesH5869, neither did they forsakeH5800 the idolsH1544 of EgyptH4714: then I saidH559, I will pour outH8210 my furyH2534 upon them, to accomplishH3615 my angerH639 against them in the midstH8432 of the landH776 of EgyptH4714. 9But I wroughtH6213 for my name’sH8034 sake, that it should not be profanedH2490 beforeH5869 the heathenH1471, amongH8432 whom they were, in whose sightH5869 I made myself knownH3045 to them, in bringing them forthH3318 from the landH776 of EgyptH4714.

10Therefore I caused them to go forthH3318 from the landH776 of EgyptH4714, and broughtH935 them into the wildernessH4057. 11And I gaveH5414 them my statutesH2708, and showedH3045 them my judgmentsH4941, which if a manH120 doethH6213, he shall even liveH2425 in them.3 12Moreover also I gaveH5414 them my sabbathsH7676, to be a signH226 between me and them, that they might knowH3045 that I am the LORDH3068 that sanctifyH6942 them. 13But the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478 rebelledH4784 against me in the wildernessH4057: they walkedH1980 not in my statutesH2708, and they despisedH3988 my judgmentsH4941, which if a manH120 doethH6213, he shall even liveH2425 in them; and my sabbathsH7676 they greatlyH3966 profanedH2490: then I saidH559, I would pour outH8210 my furyH2534 upon them in the wildernessH4057, to consumeH3615 them. 14But I wroughtH6213 for my name’sH8034 sake, that it should not be profanedH2490 beforeH5869 the heathenH1471, in whose sightH5869 I brought them outH3318. 15Yet also I lifted upH5375 my handH3027 to them in the wildernessH4057, that I would not bringH935 them into the landH776 which I had givenH5414 them, flowingH2100 with milkH2461 and honeyH1706, which is the gloryH6643 of all landsH776; 16Because they despisedH3988 my judgmentsH4941, and walkedH1980 not in my statutesH2708, but profanedH2490 my sabbathsH7676: for their heartH3820 wentH1980 afterH310 their idolsH1544. 17Nevertheless my eyeH5869 sparedH2347 them from destroyingH7843 them, neither did I makeH6213 an endH3617 of them in the wildernessH4057. 18But I saidH559 to their childrenH1121 in the wildernessH4057, WalkH3212 ye not in the statutesH2706 of your fathersH1, neither observeH8104 their judgmentsH4941, nor defileH2930 yourselves with their idolsH1544: 19I am the LORDH3068 your GodH430; walkH3212 in my statutesH2708, and keepH8104 my judgmentsH4941, and doH6213 them; 20And hallowH6942 my sabbathsH7676; and they shall be a signH226 between me and you, that ye may knowH3045 that I am the LORDH3068 your GodH430. 21However the childrenH1121 rebelledH4784 against me: they walkedH1980 not in my statutesH2708, neither keptH8104 my judgmentsH4941 to doH6213 them, which if a manH120 doethH6213, he shall even liveH2425 in them; they profanedH2490 my sabbathsH7676: then I saidH559, I would pour outH8210 my furyH2534 upon them, to accomplishH3615 my angerH639 against them in the wildernessH4057. 22Nevertheless I withdrewH7725 my handH3027, and wroughtH6213 for my name’sH8034 sake, that it should not be profanedH2490 in the sightH5869 of the heathenH1471, in whose sightH5869 I brought them forthH3318. 23I lifted upH5375 my handH3027 to them also in the wildernessH4057, that I would scatterH6327 them among the heathenH1471, and disperseH2219 them through the countriesH776; 24Because they had not executedH6213 my judgmentsH4941, but had despisedH3988 my statutesH2708, and had profanedH2490 my sabbathsH7676, and their eyesH5869 were afterH310 their fathersH1’ idolsH1544. 25Therefore I gaveH5414 them also statutesH2706 that were not goodH2896, and judgmentsH4941 by which they should not liveH2421; 26And I pollutedH2930 them in their own giftsH4979, in that they caused to pass throughH5674 the fire all that openethH6363 the wombH7356, that I might make them desolateH8074, to the end that they might knowH3045 that I am the LORDH3068.

27Therefore, sonH1121 of manH120, speakH1696 to the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, and sayH559 to them, Thus saithH559 the LordH136 GODH3069; Yet in this your fathersH1 have blasphemedH1442 me, in that they have committedH4603 a trespassH4604 against me.4 28For when I had broughtH935 them into the landH776, for which I lifted upH5375 my handH3027 to giveH5414 it to them, then they sawH7200 every highH7311 hillH1389, and all the thickH5687 treesH6086, and they offeredH2076 there their sacrificesH2077, and there they presentedH5414 the provocationH3708 of their offeringH7133: there also they madeH7760 their sweetH5207 savourH7381, and poured outH5258 there their drink offeringsH5262. 29Then I saidH559 to them, What is the high placeH1116 to which ye goH935? And its nameH8034 is calledH7121 BamahH1117 to this dayH3117.5 30Therefore sayH559 to the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, Thus saithH559 the LordH136 GODH3069; Are ye pollutedH2930 after the mannerH1870 of your fathersH1? and commit ye harlotryH2181 afterH310 their abominationsH8251? 31For when ye offerH5375 your giftsH4979, when ye make your sonsH1121 to pass throughH5674 the fireH784, ye polluteH2930 yourselves with all your idolsH1544, even to this dayH3117: and shall I be enquiredH1875 of by you, O houseH1004 of IsraelH3478? As I liveH2416, saithH5002 the LordH136 GODH3069, I will not be enquiredH1875 of by you. 32And that which comethH5927 into your mindH7307 shall not be at all, that ye sayH559, We will beH1961 as the heathenH1471, as the familiesH4940 of the countriesH776, to serveH8334 woodH6086 and stoneH68.

33As I liveH2416, saithH5002 the LordH136 GODH3069, surely with a mightyH2389 handH3027, and with an outstretchedH5186 armH2220, and with furyH2534 poured outH8210, will I ruleH4427 over you: 34And I will bring you outH3318 from the peopleH5971, and will gatherH6908 you out of the countriesH776 in which ye are scatteredH6327, with a mightyH2389 handH3027, and with an outstretchedH5186 armH2220, and with furyH2534 poured outH8210. 35And I will bringH935 you into the wildernessH4057 of the peopleH5971, and there will I enter into judgmentH8199 with you faceH6440 to faceH6440. 36As I entered into judgmentH8199 with your fathersH1 in the wildernessH4057 of the landH776 of EgyptH4714, so will I enter into judgmentH8199 with you, saithH5002 the LordH136 GODH3069. 37And I will cause you to passH5674 under the rodH7626, and I will bringH935 you into the bondH4562 of the covenantH1285:6 38And I will purge outH1305 from among you the rebelsH4775, and them that transgressH6586 against me: I will bring them forthH3318 out of the countryH776 where they sojournH4033, and they shall not enterH935 into the landH127 of IsraelH3478: and ye shall knowH3045 that I am the LORDH3068. 39As for you, O houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, thus saithH559 the LordH136 GODH3069; GoH3212 ye, serveH5647 ye every oneH376 his idolsH1544, and after thisH310 also, if ye will not hearkenH8085 to me: but profaneH2490 ye my holyH6944 nameH8034 no more with your giftsH4979, and with your idolsH1544. 40For on my holyH6944 mountainH2022, on the mountainH2022 of the heightH4791 of IsraelH3478, saithH5002 the LordH136 GODH3069, there shall all the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, all of them in the landH776, serveH5647 me: there will I acceptH7521 them, and there will I requireH1875 your offeringsH8641, and the firstfruitsH7225 of your oblationsH4864, with all your holy thingsH6944.7 41I will acceptH7521 you with your sweetH5207 savourH7381, when I bring you outH3318 from the peopleH5971, and gatherH6908 you out of the countriesH776 in which ye have been scatteredH6327; and I will be sanctifiedH6942 in you beforeH5869 the heathenH1471.8 42And ye shall knowH3045 that I am the LORDH3068, when I shall bringH935 you into the landH127 of IsraelH3478, into the countryH776 for which I lifted upH5375 my handH3027 to giveH5414 it to your fathersH1. 43And there shall ye rememberH2142 your waysH1870, and all your doingsH5949, in which ye have been defiledH2930; and ye shall lotheH6962 yourselves in your own sightH6440 for all your evilsH7451 that ye have committedH6213. 44And ye shall knowH3045 that I am the LORDH3068, when I have wroughtH6213 with you for my name’sH8034 sake, not according to your wickedH7451 waysH1870, nor according to your corruptH7843 doingsH5949, O ye houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, saithH5002 the LordH136 GODH3069.

45Moreover the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 came to me, sayingH559, 46SonH1121 of manH120, setH7760 thy faceH6440 towardH1870 the southH8486, and dropH5197 thy word toward the southH1864, and prophesyH5012 against the forestH3293 of the southH5045 fieldH7704; 47And sayH559 to the forestH3293 of the southH5045, HearH8085 the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068; Thus saithH559 the LordH136 GODH3069; Behold, I will kindleH3341 a fireH784 in thee, and it shall devourH398 every greenH3892 treeH6086 in thee, and every dryH3002 treeH6086: the blazingH3852 flameH7957 shall not be quenchedH3518, and all facesH6440 from the southH5045 to the northH6828 shall be burnedH6866 in it. 48And all fleshH1320 shall seeH7200 that I the LORDH3068 have kindledH1197 it: it shall not be quenchedH3518. 49Then saidH559 I, AhH162 LordH136 GODH3069! they sayH559 of me, Doth he not speakH4911 parablesH4912?