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Ezekiel 20:39

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As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter [also], if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.

As for you, O house {H1004} of Israel {H3478}, thus saith {H559} the Lord {H136} GOD {H3069}; Go {H3212} ye, serve {H5647} ye every one {H376} his idols {H1544}, and hereafter {H310} also, if ye will not hearken {H8085} unto me: but pollute {H2490} ye my holy {H6944} name {H8034} no more with your gifts {H4979}, and with your idols {H1544}.

"As for you, house of Isra'el, here is what Adonai ELOHIM says: 'Go on serving your idols, every one of you! But afterwards, [I swear that] you will listen to me, and you will no longer profane my holy name with your gifts and with your idols.

And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and idols.

As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Go ye, serve every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me; but my holy name shall ye no more profane with your gifts, and with your idols.

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Cross-References

  • Ezekiel 43:7 (3 votes)

    ¶ And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, [neither] they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.

  • Isaiah 1:13 (3 votes)

    Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; [it is] iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

  • Isaiah 1:15 (3 votes)

    And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

  • Hosea 4:17 (3 votes)

    Ephraim [is] joined to idols: let him alone.

  • Ezekiel 20:25 (3 votes)

    Wherefore I gave them also statutes [that were] not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;

  • Ezekiel 20:26 (3 votes)

    And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through [the fire] all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I [am] the LORD.

  • Judges 10:14 (3 votes)

    Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.