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Ezekiel 20:4 (AKJV) American King James Version

1 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 Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me.
2 Then came the word of the LORD to me, saying,
3 Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD; Are you come to inquire of me? As I live, said the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.
4 Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:
5 And say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up my hand to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up my hand to them, saying, I am the LORD your God;
6 In the day that I lifted up my hand to them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
7 Then said I to them, Cast you away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
8 But they rebelled against me, and would not listen to me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the middle of the land of Egypt.
9 But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
10 Why I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.
11 And I gave them my statutes, and showed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them.
14 But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
15 Yet also I lifted up my hand to 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 glory of all lands;
16 Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
17 Nevertheless my eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
18 But I said to their children in the wilderness, Walk you not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
19 I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
20 And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.
21 Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
22 Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and worked for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.
23 I lifted up my hand to them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
24 Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.
25 Why I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;
26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that opens the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.
27 Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.
28 For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up my hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet smell, and poured out there their drink offerings.
29 Then I said to them, What is the high place whereunto you go? And the name whereof is called Bamah to this day.
30 Why say to the house of Israel, Thus said the Lord GOD; Are you polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit you prostitution after their abominations?
31 For when you offer your gifts, when you make your sons to pass through the fire, you pollute yourselves with all your idols, even to this day: and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, said the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.
32 And that which comes into your mind shall not be at all, that you say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.
33 As I live, said the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:
34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein you are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.
35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, said the Lord GOD.
37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and you shall know that I am the LORD.
39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus said the Lord GOD; Go you, serve you every one his idols, and hereafter also, if you will not listen to me: but pollute you my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.
40 For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, said the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first fruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.
41 I will accept you with your sweet smell, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.
42 And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up my hand to give it to your fathers.
43 And there shall you remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein you have been defiled; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that you have committed.
44 And you shall know that I am the LORD when I have worked with you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O you house of Israel, said the Lord GOD.
45 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
46 Son of man, set your face toward the south, and drop your word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
48 And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.
49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Does he not speak parables?
1 And it came to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS in the seventh H7637 year H8141 , in the fifth H2549 month , the tenth H6218 day of the month H2320 LD-NMS , that certain H376 of the elders H2205 of Israel H3478 came H935 VQQ3MP to inquire H1875 L-VQFC of the LORD H3068 EDS , and sat H3427 W-VQY3MP before H6440 L-CMP-1MS me .
2 Then came H1961 W-VQY3MS the word H1697 NMS of the LORD H3068 EDS unto H413 PREP-3MS me , saying H559 W-VQY1MS ,
3 Son H1121 of man H120 NMS , speak H1696 VPFC unto the elders H2205 of Israel H3478 , and say H559 unto H413 PREP-3MS them , Thus H3541 saith H559 VQQ3MS the Lord H136 EDS GOD H3069 ; Are ye H859 PPRO-2MS come H935 to inquire H1875 of me ? As I H589 PPRO-1MS live H2416 AMS , saith H5002 the Lord H136 EDS GOD H3069 , I will not H518 PART be inquired H1875 of by you .
4 Wilt thou judge H8199 them , son H1121 of man H120 NMS , wilt thou judge H8199 them ? cause them to know H3045 the abominations H8441 of their fathers H1 CMP-3MP :
5 And say H559 unto H413 PREP-3MP them , Thus H3541 saith H559 VQQ3MS the Lord H136 EDS GOD H3069 ; In the day H3117 B-NMS when I chose H977 Israel H3478 , and lifted up H5375 mine hand H3027 CFS-1MS unto the seed H2233 of the house H1004 CMS of Jacob H3290 , and made myself known H3045 unto them in the land H776 B-GFS of Egypt H4714 , when I lifted up H5375 mine hand H3027 CFS-1MS unto them , saying H559 L-VQFC , I H589 PPRO-1MS am the LORD H3068 EDS your God H430 ;
6 In the day H3117 that I lifted up H5375 mine hand H3027 unto them , to bring them forth H3318 of the land H776 of Egypt H4714 into H413 a land H776 that H834 I had espied H8446 for them , flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706 , which H1931 is the glory H6643 of all H3605 lands H776 :
7 Then said H559 I unto H413 them , Cast ye away H7993 every man H376 the abominations H8251 of his eyes H5869 , and defile not yourselves H2930 with the idols H1544 of Egypt H4714 : I H589 am the LORD H3068 your God H430 .
8 But they rebelled H4784 against me , and would H14 VQQ3MP not H3808 W-NPAR hearken H8085 unto H413 PREP-1MS me : they did not H3808 W-NPAR every man H376 NMS cast away H7993 the abominations H8251 of their eyes H5869 , neither H3808 W-NPAR did they forsake H5800 the idols H1544 of Egypt H4714 EFS : then I said H559 W-VQY1MS , I will pour out H8210 my fury H2534 upon H5921 PREP-3MP them , to accomplish H3615 my anger H639 CMS-1MS against them in the midst H8432 B-NMS of the land H776 GFS of Egypt H4714 .
9 But I wrought H6213 for my name\'s sake H4616 L-CONJ , that it should not H1115 L-NPAR be polluted H2490 VHQ3MS before H5869 the heathen H1471 D-NMP , among H8432 whom H834 RPRO they H1992 PPRO-3MP were , in whose H834 RPRO sight H5869 I made myself known H3045 unto H413 PREP-3MP them , in bringing them forth H3318 out of the land H776 M-NFS of Egypt H4714 .
10 Wherefore I caused them to go H3318 out of the land H776 M-NFS of Egypt H4714 , and brought H935 them into H413 PREP the wilderness H4057 D-NMS .
11 And I gave H5414 them my statutes H2708 , and showed H3045 them my judgments H4941 , which H834 RPRO if a man H120 D-NMS do H6213 VQY3MS , he shall even live H2421 in them .
12 Moreover also H1571 W-CONJ I gave H5414 VQQ1MS them my sabbaths H7676 , to be H1961 a sign H226 L-CMS between H996 W-PREP-1MS me and them , that they might know H3045 L-VQFC that H3588 CONJ I H589 PPRO-1MS am the LORD H3068 EDS that sanctify H6942 them .
13 But the house H1004 of Israel H3478 rebelled H4784 against me in the wilderness H4057 : they walked H1980 not H3808 NADV in my statutes H2708 , and they despised H3988 my judgments H4941 , which H834 RPRO if a man H120 D-NMS do H6213 VQY3MS , he shall even live H2421 in them ; and my sabbaths H7676 they greatly H3966 ADV polluted H2490 : then I said H559 W-VQY1MS , I would pour out H8210 my fury H2534 upon H5921 PREP-3MP them in the wilderness H4057 , to consume H3615 them .
14 But I wrought H6213 for my name\'s sake H4616 L-CONJ , that it should not H1115 L-NPAR be polluted H2490 VHQ3MS before H5869 the heathen H1471 D-NMP , in whose H834 RPRO sight H5869 L-CMD-3MP I brought them out H3318 .
15 Yet also H1571 W-CONJ I H589 PPRO-1MS lifted up H5375 VQQ1MS my hand H3027 CFS-1MS unto them in the wilderness H4057 , that I would not H1115 L-NPAR bring H935 them into H413 PREP the land H776 D-GFS which H834 RPRO I had given H5414 VQQ1MS them , flowing H2100 with milk H2461 NMS and honey H1706 , which H1931 PPRO-3FS is the glory H6643 of all H3605 L-CMS lands H776 ;
16 Because H3282 ADV they despised H3988 my judgments H4941 , and walked H1980 VQQ3MP not H3808 NADV in my statutes H2708 , but polluted H2490 my sabbaths H7676 : for H3588 CONJ their heart H3820 CMS-3MP went H1980 VQPMS after H310 PREP their idols H1544 .
17 Nevertheless mine eye H5869 CMS-1MS spared H2347 them from destroying H7843 them , neither H3808 W-NPAR did I make H6213 VQQ1MS an end H3617 of them in the wilderness H4057 .
18 But I said H559 W-VQY1MS unto H413 PREP their children H1121 in the wilderness H4057 , Walk H1980 ye not H408 NPAR in the statutes H2706 of your fathers H1 , neither H408 NPAR observe H8104 their judgments H4941 , nor H408 NPAR defile yourselves H2930 with their idols H1544 :
19 I H589 PPRO-1MS am the LORD H3068 EDS your God H430 ; walk H1980 in my statutes H2708 , and keep H8104 my judgments H4941 , and do H6213 them ;
20 And hallow H6942 my sabbaths H7676 ; and they shall be H1961 W-VQQ3MS a sign H226 L-CMS between H996 W-PREP-1MS me and you , that ye may know H3045 L-VQFC that H3588 CONJ I H589 PPRO-1MS am the LORD H3068 EDS your God H430 .
21 Notwithstanding the children H1121 rebelled H4784 against me : they walked H1980 not H3808 ADV in my statutes H2708 , neither H3808 NADV kept H8104 my judgments H4941 to do H6213 L-VQFC them , which H834 RPRO if a man H120 D-NMS do H6213 VQY3MS , he shall even live H2421 in them ; they polluted H2490 my sabbaths H7676 : then I said H559 W-VQY1MS , I would pour out H8210 my fury H2534 upon H5921 PREP-3MP them , to accomplish H3615 my anger H639 CMS-1MS against them in the wilderness H4057 .
22 Nevertheless I withdrew H7725 mine hand H3027 CFS-1MS , and wrought H6213 for my name\'s sake H4616 L-CONJ , that it should not H1115 L-NPAR be polluted H2490 VHQ3MS in the sight H5869 of the heathen H1471 D-NMP , in whose H834 RPRO sight H5869 L-CMD-3MP I brought them forth .
23 I H589 PPRO-1MS lifted up H5375 VQQ1MS mine hand H3027 CFS-1MS unto them also H1571 CONJ in the wilderness H4057 , that I would scatter H6327 them among the heathen H1471 , and disperse H2219 them through the countries H776 ;
24 Because H3282 ADV they had not H3808 ADV executed H6213 VQQ3MP my judgments H4941 , but had despised H3988 my statutes H2708 , and had polluted H2490 my sabbaths H7676 , and their eyes H5869 were H1961 VQQ3MP after H310 their fathers H1 CMP-3MP \' idols H1544 .
25 Wherefore I H589 PPRO-1MS gave H5414 VQQ1MS them also H1571 W-CONJ statutes H2706 that were not H3808 NADV good H2896 , and judgments H4941 whereby they should not H3808 NADV live H2421 ;
26 And I polluted H2930 them in their own gifts H4979 , in that they caused to pass through H5674 the fire all H3605 NMS that openeth H6363 the womb H7356 , that H4616 L-CONJ I might make them desolate H8074 , to the end H4616 L-CONJ that H834 RPRO they might know H3045 that H834 RPRO I H589 PPRO-1MS am the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS .
27 Therefore H3651 L-ADV , son H1121 of man H120 NMS , speak H1696 VPFC unto H413 PREP the house H1004 CMS of Israel H3478 , and say H559 unto H413 PREP them , Thus H3541 saith H559 VQQ3MS the Lord H136 EDS GOD H3069 ; Yet H5750 ADV in this H2063 DPRO your fathers H1 have blasphemed H1442 me , in that they have committed H4603 a trespass H4604 against me .
28 For when I had brought H935 them into H413 PREP the land H776 D-GFS , for the which H834 RPRO I lifted up H5375 VQQ1MS mine hand H3027 CFS-1MS to give H5414 L-VQFC it to them , then they saw H7200 W-VQY3MP every H3605 CMS high H7311 VQPFS hill H1389 , and all H3605 W-CMS the thick H5687 trees H6086 NMS , and they offered H2076 there H8033 ADV their sacrifices H2077 , and there H8033 ADV they presented H5414 W-VQY3MP the provocation H3708 of their offering H7133 : there H8033 ADV also they made H7760 W-VQY3MP their sweet H5207 savor H7381 CMS , and poured out H5258 there H8033 ADV their drink offerings H5262 .
29 Then I said H559 W-VQY1MS unto H413 PREP-3MS them , What H4100 IGAT is the high place H1116 whereunto H834 RPRO ye H859 PPRO-2MS go H935 ? And the name H8034 CMS-3FS thereof is called H7121 Bamah H1117 unto H5704 PREP this H2088 D-PMS day H3117 D-AMS .
30 Wherefore H3651 L-ADV say H559 unto H413 PREP the house H1004 CMS of Israel H3478 , Thus H3541 saith H559 VQQ3MS the Lord H136 EDS GOD H3069 ; Are ye H859 PPRO-2MS polluted H2930 after the manner H1870 of your fathers H1 ? and commit ye whoredom H2181 after H310 their abominations H8251 ?
31 For when ye offer H5375 your gifts H4979 , when ye make your sons H1121 to pass H5674 through the fire H784 , ye H859 PPRO-2MS pollute yourselves H2930 with all H3605 L-CMS your idols H1544 , even unto H5704 PREP this day H3117 D-AMS : and shall I H589 W-PPRO-1MS be inquired of H1875 by you , O house H1004 CMS of Israel H3478 ? As I H589 W-PPRO-1MS live H2416 AMS , saith H5002 the Lord H136 EDS GOD H3069 , I will not H518 PART be inquired of H1875 by you .
32 And that which cometh H5927 into H5921 PREP your mind H7307 shall not H3808 NADV be at all H1961 , that H834 RPRO ye H859 PPRO-2MS say H559 , We will be H1961 as the heathen H1471 , as the families H4940 of the countries H776 , to serve H8334 wood H6086 NMS and stone H68 .
33 As I H589 PPRO-1MS live H2416 AMS , saith H5002 the Lord H136 EDS GOD H3069 , surely H518 PART with a mighty H2389 hand H3027 , and with a stretched out H5186 arm H2220 , and with fury H2534 poured out H8210 , will I rule H4427 over H5921 PREP-2MP you :
34 And I will bring you out H3318 from H4480 PREP the people H5971 , and will gather H6908 you out of H4480 PREP the countries H776 wherein H834 RPRO ye are scattered H6327 , with a mighty H2389 hand H3027 , and with a stretched out H5186 arm H2220 , and with fury H2534 poured out H8210 .
35 And I will bring H935 you into H413 PREP the wilderness H4057 of the people H5971 , and there H8033 ADV will I plead H8199 with H854 PART-2MP you face H6440 NMP to H413 PREP face H6440 .
36 Like as H834 K-RPRO I pleaded H8199 with H854 PREP your fathers H1 in the wilderness H4057 of the land H776 GFS of Egypt H4714 , so H3651 ADV will I plead H8199 with H854 PART-2MP you , saith H5002 the Lord H136 EDS GOD H3069 .
37 And I will cause you to pass H5674 under H8478 NMS the rod H7626 , and I will bring H935 you into the bond H4562 of the covenant H1285 :
38 And I will purge out H1305 from H4480 M-PPRO-2MS among you the rebels H4775 , and them that transgress H6586 against me : I will bring them forth out of the country H776 M-NFS where they sojourn H4033 , and they shall not H3808 NADV enter H935 VQY3MS into H413 W-PREP the land H127 of Israel H3478 : and ye shall know H3045 that H3588 CONJ I H589 PPRO-1MS am the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS .
39 As for you H859 W-PPRO-2MP , O house H1004 of Israel H3478 , thus H3541 saith H559 VQQ3MS the Lord H136 EDS GOD H3069 ; Go H1980 VQI2MP ye , serve H5647 ye every one H376 NMS his idols H1544 , and hereafter H310 W-ADV also , if H518 PART ye will not H369 hearken H8085 unto H413 me : but pollute H2490 ye my holy H6944 name H8034 CMS no H3808 NADV more H5750 ADV with your gifts H4979 , and with your idols H1544 .
40 For H3588 CONJ in mine holy H6944 mountain H2022 , in the mountain H2022 of the height H4791 of Israel H3478 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 EDS GOD H3069 , there H8033 ADV shall all H3605 NMS the house H1004 CMS of Israel H3478 , all H3605 NMS of them in the land H776 B-NFS , serve H5647 me : there H8033 ADV will I accept H7521 them , and there H8033 W-ADV will I require H1875 your offerings H8641 , and the firstfruits H7225 CFS of your oblations H4864 , with all H3605 NMS your holy things H6944 .
41 I will accept H7521 you with your sweet H5207 savor H7381 , when I bring you out H3318 from H4480 PREP the people H5971 , and gather H6908 you out of H4480 PREP the countries H776 wherein H834 RPRO ye have been scattered H6327 ; and I will be sanctified H6942 in you before H5869 the heathen H1471 .
42 And ye shall know H3045 that H3588 CONJ I H589 PPRO-1MS am the LORD H3068 EDS , when I shall bring H935 you into H413 PREP the land H127 of Israel H3478 , into H413 PREP the country H776 D-GFS for the which H834 RPRO I lifted up H5375 VQQ1MS mine hand H3027 CFS-1MS to give H5414 L-VQFC it to your fathers H1 .
43 And there H8033 ADV shall ye remember H2142 your ways H1870 , and all H3605 NMS your doings H5949 , wherein H834 RPRO ye have been defiled H2930 ; and ye shall loathe yourselves H6962 in your own sight H6440 for all H3605 NMS your evils H7451 that H834 RPRO ye have committed H6213 .
44 And ye shall know H3045 that H3588 CONJ I H589 PPRO-1MS am the LORD H3068 EDS , when I have wrought H6213 with H854 PART-2MP you for my name\'s sake H4616 L-CONJ , not H3808 NADV according to your wicked H7451 ways H1870 , nor according to your corrupt H7843 doings H5949 , O ye house H1004 CMS of Israel H3478 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 EDS GOD H3069 .
45 Moreover the word H1697 NMS of the LORD H3068 EDS came H1961 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP-1MS me , saying H559 L-VQFC ,
46 Son H1121 of man H120 NMS , set H7760 VQFC thy face H6440 CMP-2MS toward H1870 NMS the south H8486 , and drop H5197 thy word toward H413 PREP the south H1864 , and prophesy H5012 against H413 PREP the forest H3293 of the south H5045 field H7704 D-NMS ;
47 And say H559 to the forest H3293 of the south H5045 D-NMS , Hear H8085 VQI2MS the word H1697 CMS of the LORD H3068 EDS ; Thus H3541 saith H559 VQQ3MS the Lord H136 EDS GOD H3069 ; Behold H2009 , I will kindle H3341 a fire H784 CMS in thee , and it shall devour H398 every H3605 NMS green H3892 tree H6086 NMS in thee , and every H3605 NMS dry H3002 AMS tree H6086 NMS : the flaming H3852 flame H7957 shall not H3808 ADV be quenched H3518 , and all H3605 NMS faces H6440 NMP from the south H5045 D-NMS to the north H6828 shall be burned H6866 therein .
48 And all H3605 NMS flesh H1320 NMS shall see H7200 that H3588 CONJ I H589 PPRO-1MS the LORD H3068 EDS have kindled H1197 it : it shall not H3808 NADV be quenched H3518 .
49 Then said H559 W-VQY1MS I , Ah H162 Lord H136 EDS GOD H3069 ! they H1992 PPRO-3MP say H559 of me , Doth he H1931 PPRO-3MS not H3808 I-NADV speak H4911 parables H4912 ?
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