rsv Ezekiel:20:1-29 SEEK
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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 the LORD ,
and sat before me .
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And the word of the LORD came to me :
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Son of man ,
speak to the elders of Israel ,
and say to them ,
Thus says the Lord GOD ,
Is it to inquire of me that you come ?
As I live ,
says the Lord 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 the Lord 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 the LORD 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 the LORD 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 the LORD 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 the LORD 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 the LORD 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 the LORD .
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Therefore ,
son of man ,
speak to the house of Israel and say to them ,
Thus says the Lord 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 odors ,
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 .)