kjv Ezekiel:20:1-29 SEEK
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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 enquire of the LORD ,
and sat before me .
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Then came the word of the LORD unto me ,
saying ,
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Son of man ,
speak unto the elders of Israel ,
and say unto them ,
Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Are ye come to enquire of me ?
As I live ,
saith the Lord GOD ,
I will not be enquired of by you .
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Wilt thou judge them ,
son of man ,
wilt thou judge them ?
cause them to know the abominations of their fathers :
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And say unto them ,
Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
In the day when I chose Israel ,
and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob ,
and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt ,
when I lifted up mine hand unto them ,
saying ,
I am the LORD your God ;
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In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto 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 :
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Then said I unto them ,
Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes ,
and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt :
I am the LORD your God .
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But they rebelled against me ,
and would not hearken unto 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 upon them ,
to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt .
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But I wrought 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 unto them ,
in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt .
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Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt ,
and brought them into the wilderness .
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And I gave them my statutes ,
and shewed them my judgments ,
which if a man do ,
he shall even live in them .
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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 .
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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 upon them in the wilderness ,
to consume them .
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But I wrought for my name '
s sake ,
that it should not be polluted before the heathen ,
in whose sight I brought them out .
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Yet also I lifted up my hand unto 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 ;
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Because they despised my judgments ,
and walked not in my statutes ,
but polluted my sabbaths :
for their heart went after their idols .
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Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them ,
neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness .
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But I said unto their children in the wilderness ,
Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers ,
neither observe their judgments ,
nor defile yourselves with their idols :
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I am the LORD your God ;
walk in my statutes ,
and keep my judgments ,
and do them ;
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And hallow my sabbaths ;
and they shall be a sign between me and you ,
that ye may know that I am the LORD your God .
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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 upon them ,
to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness .
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Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand ,
and wrought for my name '
s sake ,
that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen ,
in whose sight I brought them forth .
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I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness ,
that I would scatter them among the heathen ,
and disperse them through the countries ;
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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 .
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Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good ,
and judgments whereby they should not live ;
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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 .
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Therefore ,
son of man ,
speak unto the house of Israel ,
and say unto them ,
Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me ,
in that they have committed a trespass against me .
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For when I had brought them into the land ,
for the which I lifted up mine 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 savour ,
and poured out there their drink offerings .
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Then I said unto them ,
What is the high place whereunto ye go ?
And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day .