The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ezekiel 20:27 (NIV)

‘Therefore, son of man, speak to the people of Israel and say to them, “This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
in this also your ancestors blasphemed me by being unfaithful to me:

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ezekiel 20:28 (NIV)

when I brought them into the land I had sworn to give them and they saw any high hill or any leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, made offerings that aroused my anger, presented their fragrant incense and poured out their drink offerings.

 

[LoveinChrist]

Ezekiel 20:29 (NKJV)

Then I said to them, ‘What is this [e]high place to which you go?’ So its name is called [f]Bamah to this day.” ’

 

[LoveinChrist]

Ezekiel 20:30 (NKJV)

Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Are you defiling yourselves in the manner of your fathers, and committing harlotry according to their abominations?

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ezekiel 20:31 (NIV)

When you offer your gifts – the sacrifice of your children in the fire – you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols
to this day. Am I to let you enquire of me, you Israelites? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will not let you enquire of me.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ezekiel 20:32 (NIV)

‘“You say, ‘We want to be like the nations, like the peoples of the world, who serve wood and stone.’
But what you have in mind will never happen.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezekiel 20:33 (NKJV)
“As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “surely with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out, I will rule over you.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezekiel 20:34 (NKJV)
I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you are scattered, with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ezekiel 20:35 (CSB)

I will lead you into the wilderness of the peoples and enter into judgment with you there face to face.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ezekiel 20:36 (CSB)

Just as I entered into judgment with your ancestors in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment
with you. This is the declaration of the Lord God.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezekiel 20:37 (ESV)
I will make you pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezekiel 20:38 (ESV)
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 the LORD.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ezekiel 20:39 (NIV)

‘“As for you, people of Israel, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: go and serve your idols, every one of you!
But afterwards you will surely listen to me and no longer profane my holy name with your gifts and idols.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ezekiel 20:40 (NIV)

40 For on my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Sovereign Lord, there in the land all the people of Israel will serve me, and there I will accept them. There I will require your offerings and your choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezekiel 20:41 (WEB)
As a pleasant aroma will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries in which you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezekiel 20:42 (JPS Tanakh 1917)
And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country which I lifted up My hand to give unto your fathers.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ezekiel 20:43 (NIV)

There you will remember your conduct and all the actions by which you have defiled yourselves,
and you will loathe yourselves for all the evil you have done.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ezekiel 20:44 (NIV)

You will know that I am the Lord, when I deal with you for my name’s sake and not according to your evil ways
and your corrupt practices, you people of Israel, declares the Sovereign Lord.”’

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezekiel 20:45 (NKJV)
Furthermore the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezekiel 20:46 (BSB)
“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.