I did it that they might know that I am the LORD.Ģ7 “Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: In this also your fathers blasphemed me, by dealing treacherously with me. 25 Moreover, I gave them statutes that were not good and rules by which they could not have life, 26 and I defiled them through their very gifts in their offering up all their firstborn, that I might devastate them.
23 Moreover, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries, 24 because they had not obeyed my rules, but had rejected my statutes and profaned my Sabbaths, and their eyes were set on their fathers’ idols. 22 But I withheld my hand and acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out. “Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them and spend my anger against them in the wilderness. They did not walk in my statutes and were not careful to obey my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live they profaned my Sabbaths. 19 I am the LORD your God walk in my statutes, and be careful to obey my rules, 20 and keep my Sabbaths holy that they may be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’ 21 But the children rebelled against me.
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17 Nevertheless, my eye spared them, and I did not destroy them or make a full end of them in the wilderness.ġ8 “And I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor keep their rules, nor defile yourselves with their idols. 15 Moreover, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most glorious of all lands, 16 because they rejected my rules and did not walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths for their heart went after their idols. 14 But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out. “Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to make a full end of them. They did not walk in my statutes but rejected my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live and my Sabbaths they greatly profaned. 13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. 12 Moreover, I gave them my Sabbaths, as a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. 11 I gave them my statutes and made known to them my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live. 10 So I led them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness. 9 But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt. “Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them and spend my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. None of them cast away the detestable things their eyes feasted on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. 7 And I said to them, ‘Cast away the detestable things your eyes feast on, every one of you, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt I am the LORD your God.’ 8 But they rebelled against me and were not willing to listen to me.
6 On that day I swore to them that I would bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most glorious of all lands. 4 Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Let them know the abominations of their fathers, 5 and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: On the day when I chose Israel, I swore 1 to the offspring of the house of Jacob, making myself known to them in the land of Egypt I swore to them, saying, I am the LORD your God. 2 And the word of the LORD came to me: 3 “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD, Is it to inquire of me that you come? As I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you. Ezekiel 20–21 ( Listen) Israel’s Continuing RebellionĢ0 In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me.