Ezekiel 20:1-32

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.