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| 20 | Ezekiel |
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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 Yahweh, and sat before me. | The LORD's will, man's defiance. Eze.20.1-32 |
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And the word of Yahweh came to me: | |
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"Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, Thus says Yahweh GOD, Is it to inquire of me that you come? As I live, says Yahweh GOD, I will not be inquired of by you. | |
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Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Then let them know the abominations of their fathers, | |
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and say to them, Thus says Yahweh GOD: On the day when I chose Israel, I swore to the seed of the house of Jacob, making myself known to them in the land of Egypt, I swore to them, saying, I am Yahweh your God. | |
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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. | |
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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 Yahweh your God. | |
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But they rebelled against me and would not listen to me; they did not every man cast away the detestable things their eyes feasted on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. "Then I thought I would pour out my wrath upon them and spend my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. | |
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But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they dwelt, in whose sight I made myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt. | |
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So I led them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness. | |
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I gave them my statutes and showed them my ordinances, by whose observance man shall live. | |
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Moreover I gave them my sabbaths, as a sign between me and them, that they might know that I Yahweh sanctify them. | |
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But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness; they did not walk in my statutes but rejected my ordinances, by whose observance man shall live; and my sabbaths they greatly profaned. "Then I thought I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to make a full end of them. | |
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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. | |
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Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most glorious of all lands, | |
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because they rejected my ordinances and did not walk in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols. | |
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Nevertheless my eye spared them, and I did not destroy them or make a full end of them in the wilderness. | |
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"And I said to their children in the wilderness, Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols. | |
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I Yahweh am your God; walk in my statutes, and be careful to observe my ordinances, | |
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and hallow my sabbaths that they may be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I Yahweh am your God. | |
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But the children rebelled against me; they did not walk in my statutes, and were not careful to observe my ordinances, by whose observance man shall live; they profaned my sabbaths. "Then I thought I would pour out my wrath upon them and spend my anger against them in the wilderness. | |
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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. | |
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Moreover I swore to them 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 my ordinances, but had rejected my statutes and profaned my sabbaths, and their eyes were set on their fathers' idols. | |
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Moreover I gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not have life; | |
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and I defiled them through their very gifts in making them offer by fire all their first-born, that I might horrify them; I did it that they might know that I am Yahweh. | |
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"Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel and say to them, Thus says Yahweh GOD: In this again your fathers blasphemed me, by dealing treacherously with me. | |
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For when I had brought them into the land which I swore to give them, then wherever they saw any high hill or any leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices and presented the provocation of their offering; there they sent up their soothing odours, and there they poured out their drink offerings. | |
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(I said to them, What is the high place to which you go? So its name is called Bamah to this day.) | |
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Wherefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says Yahweh GOD: Will you defile yourselves after the manner of your fathers and go astray after their detestable things? | |
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When you offer your gifts and sacrifice your sons by fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. And shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, says Yahweh GOD, I will not be inquired of by you. | |
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"What is in your mind shall never happen - the thought, 'Let us be like the nations, like the tribes of the countries, and worship wood and stone.' | |
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"As I live, says Yahweh GOD, surely with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out, I will be king over you. | God punishes & forgives. Eze.20.33-44 |
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I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you are scattered, with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out; | |
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and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face. | |
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As I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, says Yahweh GOD. | |
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I will make you pass under the rod, and I will let you go in by number. | |
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I will purge out the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against me; I will bring them out of the land where they sojourn, but they shall not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am Yahweh. | |
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"As for you, O house of Israel, thus says Yahweh GOD: Go serve every one of you his idols, now and hereafter, if you will not listen to me; but my holy name you shall no more profane with your gifts and your idols. | |
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"For on my holy mountain, the mountain height of Israel, says Yahweh GOD, there all the house of Israel, all of them, shall serve me in the land; there I will accept them, and there I will require your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your sacred offerings. | |
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As a pleasing odour I will accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; and I will manifest my holiness among you in the sight of the nations. | |
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And you shall know that I am Yahweh, when I bring you into the land of Israel, the country which I swore to give to your fathers. | |
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And there you shall remember your ways and all the doings with which you have polluted yourselves; and you shall loathe yourselves for all the evils that you have committed. | |
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And you shall know that I am Yahweh, when I deal with you for my name's sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O house of Israel, says Yahweh GOD." | |
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And the word of Yahweh came to me: | Fire in the south. Eze.21.45-49 |
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"Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against the south, and prophesy against the forest land in the Negeb; | |
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say to the forest of the Negeb, Hear the word of Yahweh: Thus says Yahweh GOD, Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you and every dry tree; the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from south to north shall be scorched by it. | |
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All flesh shall see that I Yahweh have kindled it; it shall not be quenched." | |
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Then I said, "Ah Yahweh God! they are saying of me, 'Is he not a maker of allegories?' " | |
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