These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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Ezekiel 20
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And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of came to inquire of , and sat before me.
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Ezekiel 8:1 Ezekiel 29:1 Ezekiel 24:1 Ezekiel 32:1 Ezekiel 1:2 Ezekiel 29:17 Ezekiel 31:1 Ezekiel 26:1 Ezekiel 30:20 Ezekiel 40:1 Acts 22:3 Luke 8:35 2 Kings 3:13 Isaiah 58:2 1 Kings 22:15-28 Luke 10:39 Ezekiel 33:30-33 Jeremiah 37:17 Ezekiel 14:1-3 1 Kings 14:2-6 Isaiah 29:13 Matthew 22:16 Luke 2:46 - 2 And the of came unto me, saying:
- 3 Son of man, speak unto the elders of , and say unto them: Thus saith : Are ye come to inquire of Me? As I live, saith , I will not be inquired of by you.
- 4 Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to the abominations of their fathers;
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and say unto them: Thus saith : In the day when I chose , and lifted up My hand unto the seed of the house of , and made Myself known unto them in the land of , when I lifted up My hand unto them, saying: I am your ;
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in that day I lifted up My hand unto them, to bring them forth out of the land of into a land that I had sought out for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the beauty of all lands;
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and I said unto them: Cast ye away every man the detestable things of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of ; I am your .
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But they rebelled against Me, and would not hearken unto Me; they did not every man cast away the detestable things of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of ; then I said I would pour out My fury upon them, to spend My anger upon them in the midst of the land of .
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- 9 But I wrought for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, among whom they were, in whose sight I made Myself known unto them, so as to bring them forth out of the land of .
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So I caused them to go forth out of the land of , and brought them into the wilderness.
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- 11 And I gave them My statutes, and taught them Mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them.
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Moreover also I gave them My sabbaths, to be a sign between Me and them, that they might that I am that sanctify them.
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But the house of rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they walked not in My statutes, and they rejected Mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them, and My sabbaths they greatly profaned; then I said I would pour out My fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
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Ezekiel 20:21 Ezekiel 20:8 Ezekiel 20:24 Deuteronomy 9:8 Isaiah 56:6 Exodus 32:10 Numbers 14:11-12 Numbers 14:22 Numbers 14:29 Numbers 26:25 Exodus 16:27-28 Hebrews 10:28-29 Deuteronomy 9:12-24 Leviticus 26:15 Isaiah 63:10 2 Samuel 12:9 Psalm 95:8-11 Nehemiah 9:16-18 Proverbs 13:13 Amos 2:4 Numbers 16:45 Numbers 16:20-21 Numbers 15:31-36 Leviticus 26:43 Exodus 32:8 Psalm 78:40-41 Psalm 106:13-33 Proverbs 1:25 Deuteronomy 31:27 1 Samuel 8:8 1 Thessalonians 4:8 Ezekiel 20:16 -
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But I wrought for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.
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- 15 Yet also I lifted up My hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the beauty of all lands;
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because they rejected Mine ordinances, and walked not in My statutes, and profaned My sabbaths—for their went after their idols.
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- 17 Nevertheless Mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.
- 18 And I said unto their children in the wilderness: Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols;
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I am your ; walk in My statutes, and keep Mine ordinances, and do them;
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- 20 and hallow My sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that ye may that I am your .
- 21 But the children rebelled against Me; they walked not in My statutes, neither kept Mine ordinances to do them, which if a man do, he shall live by them; they profaned My sabbaths; then I said I would pour out My fury upon them, to spend My anger upon them in the wilderness.
- 22 Nevertheless I withdrew My hand, and wrought for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them forth.
- 23 I lifted up My hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
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because they had not executed Mine ordinances, but had rejected My statutes, and had profaned My sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.
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- 25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and ordinances whereby they should not live;
- 26 and I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they set apart all that openeth the womb, that I might destroy them, to the end that they might that I am .
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Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of , and say unto them: Thus saith : In this moreover have your fathers blasphemed Me, in that they dealt treacherously with Me.
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- 28 For when I had brought them into the land, which I lifted up My hand to give unto them, then they saw every high hill, and every thick tree, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their , there also they made their sweet savour, and there they poured out their drink-offerings.
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Then I said unto them: What meaneth the high place whereunto ye go? So the thereof is called Bamah unto this day.
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Wherefore say unto the house of : Thus saith : When ye pollute yourselves after the manner of your fathers, and go after their abominations,
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and when, in your gifts, in making your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, unto this day; shall I then be inquired of by you, O house of ? As I live, saith , I will not be inquired of by you;
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- 32 and that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all; in that ye say: We will be as the nations, as the families of the countries, to wood and stone.
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As I live, saith , surely with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out, will I be over you;
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and I will bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out;
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- 35 and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there will I plead with you to .
- 36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of , so will I plead with you, saith .
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And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the ;
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and I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against Me; I will bring them forth out of the land where they sojourn, but they shall not enter into the land of ; and ye shall that I am .
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Ezekiel 13:9 Psalm 95:11 Malachi 3:3 Amos 9:9-10 Zechariah 13:8-9 Matthew 25:32-33 Ezekiel 6:7 Jeremiah 44:14 Malachi 4:1-3 Matthew 3:9-10 Romans 9:27-29 Ezekiel 34:17-22 Hebrews 4:3 1 Corinthians 10:5 Ezekiel 23:49 Hebrews 4:6 Ezekiel 11:21 Jude 1:5 Matthew 3:12 Psalm 9:16 Numbers 14:28-30 Ezekiel 15:7 - 39 As for you, O house of , thus saith : Go ye, every one his idols, even because ye will not hearken unto Me; but My shall ye no more profane with your gifts, and with your idols.
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For in My mountain, in the mountain of the height of , saith , there shall all the house of , all of them, Me in the land; there will I accept them, and there will I require your heave-offerings, and the first of your gifts, with all your things.
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Isaiah 56:7 Isaiah 60:7 Malachi 3:4 Ezekiel 17:23 Isaiah 66:23 Zechariah 8:20-23 Malachi 1:11 Isaiah 2:2-3 Micah 4:1-2 Ezekiel 43:27 Psalm 2:6 Jeremiah 31:12 Psalm 68:15-16 Obadiah 1:16 1 Peter 2:5 Revelation 21:10 Isaiah 66:20 Revelation 12:1 Joel 3:17-18 Ezekiel 37:22-28 Hebrews 12:20-22 Hebrews 13:15 -
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With your sweet savour will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.
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Ezekiel 28:25 Ezekiel 11:17 Isaiah 5:16 Isaiah 27:12-13 Ezekiel 28:22 Ezekiel 38:23 Ezekiel 39:27-29 Leviticus 10:3 Amos 9:14 Jeremiah 23:3 Micah 7:12-16 Jeremiah 32:37 Ezekiel 36:23-24 Isaiah 11:11-16 Jeremiah 30:3 Jeremiah 30:18 Luke 2:14 Genesis 8:21 Ezekiel 34:19 Leviticus 1:17 1 Peter 3:15 Ezekiel 6:13 Ezekiel 38:8 Ezekiel 37:25 Ezekiel 20:28 Leviticus 1:13 Obadiah 1:17-21 Leviticus 1:9 Ephesians 5:2 Philippians 4:18 - 42 And ye shall that I am , when I shall bring you into the land of , into the country which I lifted up My hand to give unto your fathers.
- 43 And there shall ye your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have polluted yourselves; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.
- 44 And ye shall that I am , when I have wrought with you for My name’s sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of , saith .’
- 45 And the of came unto me, saying:
- 46 Son of man, set thy toward the South, and preach toward the South, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;
- 47 and say to the forest of the South: Hear the of : Thus saith : Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree, it shall not be quenched, even a flaming flame; and all faces from the south to the north shall be seared thereby.
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All shall see that I have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.’
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Then said I: ‘Ah ! they say of me: Is he not a maker of parables?’
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