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. Compare verse1 commentary
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. Compare verse1 commentary
4 Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers: Compare verse1 commentary
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; Compare verse2 commentaries
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: Compare verse1 commentary
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. Compare verse1 commentary
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. Compare verse1 commentary
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. Compare verse1 commentary
10 Why I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness. Compare verse1 commentary
11 And I gave them my statutes, and showed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them. Compare verse1 commentary
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. Compare verse3 commentaries
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. Compare verse1 commentary
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. Compare verse1 commentary
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; Compare verse1 commentary
16 Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. Compare verse
17 Nevertheless my eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness. Compare verse
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: Compare verse1 commentary
19 I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; Compare verse1 commentary
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. Compare verse1 commentary
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. Compare verse1 commentary
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. Compare verse1 commentary
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; Compare verse1 commentary
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. Compare verse1 commentary
25 Why I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live; Compare verse9 commentaries
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. Compare verse1 commentary
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. Compare verse2 commentaries
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. Compare verse2 commentaries
29 Then I said to them, What is the high place whereunto you go? And the name whereof is called Bamah to this day. Compare verse2 commentaries
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? Compare verse3 commentaries
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. Compare verse3 commentaries
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. Compare verse4 commentaries
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: Compare verse3 commentaries
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. Compare verse4 commentaries
35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. Compare verse3 commentaries
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. Compare verse4 commentaries
37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: Compare verse3 commentaries
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. Compare verse3 commentaries
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. Compare verse4 commentaries
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. Compare verse5 commentaries
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. Compare verse5 commentaries
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. Compare verse4 commentaries
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. Compare verse5 commentaries
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. Compare verse5 commentaries
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; Compare verse4 commentaries
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. Compare verse4 commentaries
48 And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched. Compare verse4 commentaries