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Text -- Ezekiel 20:1-16 (NET)
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Israel’s Rebellion
20:1 In the seventh year , in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month , some of the elders of Israel came to seek the Lord , and they sat down in front of me.
20:2 The word of the Lord came to me:
20:3 “Son of man , speak to the elders of Israel , and tell them: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says : Are you coming to seek me? As surely as I live , I will not allow you to seek me, declares the sovereign Lord .’
20:4 “Are you willing to pronounce judgment ? Are you willing to pronounce judgment , son of man ? Then confront them with the abominable practices of their fathers ,
20:5 and say to them: “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says : On the day I chose Israel I swore to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt . I swore to them, “I am the Lord your God .”
20:6 On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt to a land which I had picked out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey , the most beautiful of all lands .
20:7 I said to them, “Each of you must get rid of the detestable idols you keep before you , and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt ; I am the Lord your God .”
20:8 But they rebelled against me, and refused to listen to me; no one got rid of their detestable idols , nor did they abandon the idols of Egypt . Then I decided to pour out my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt .
20:9 I acted for the sake of my reputation , so that I would not be profaned before the nations among whom they lived, before whom I revealed myself by bringing them out of the land of Egypt .
20:10 “‘So I brought them out of the land of Egypt and led them to the wilderness .
20:11 I gave them my statutes and revealed my regulations to them. The one who carries them out will live by them!
20:12 I also gave them my Sabbaths as a reminder of our relationship, so that they would know that I , the Lord , sanctify them.
20:13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness ; they did not follow my statutes and they rejected my regulations (the one who obeys them will live by them), and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths . So I decided to pour out my rage on them in the wilderness and destroy them.
20:14 I acted for the sake of my reputation , so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out .
20:15 I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them to the land I had given them– a land flowing with milk and honey , the most beautiful of all lands .
20:16 I did this because they rejected my regulations , did not follow my statutes , and desecrated my Sabbaths ; for their hearts followed their idols .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Idolatry |
LEVITICUS, 2 |
GOD, 2 |
Sabbath |
God |
Wicked |
Milk |
Honey |
Government |
Egypt |
Impenitence |
ABOMINATION |
DETESTABLE, THINGS |
ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION |
CALF, GOLDEN |
Sin |
SYNAGOGUE |
SIGN |
ISRAEL, HISTORY OF, 1 |
ESPY |
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NET Notes -> Eze 20:1; Eze 20:1; Eze 20:1; Eze 20:3; Eze 20:4; Eze 20:5; Eze 20:5; Eze 20:5; Eze 20:6; Eze 20:6; Eze 20:6; Eze 20:7; Eze 20:8; Eze 20:8; Eze 20:9; Eze 20:9; Eze 20:9; Eze 20:11; Eze 20:11; Eze 20:11; Eze 20:11; Eze 20:12; Eze 20:12; Eze 20:12; Eze 20:13; Eze 20:13; Eze 20:15; Eze 20:16; Eze 20:16
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NET Notes: Eze 20:4 Heb “will you judge.” Here the imperfect form of the verb is probably used with a desiderative nuance. Addressed to the prophet, “ju...
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NET Notes: Eze 20:6 The phrase “a land flowing with milk and honey,” a figure of speech describing the land’s abundant fertility, occurs in v. 15 as wel...
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NET Notes: Eze 20:7 Heb “each one, the detestable things of his eyes, throw away.” The Pentateuch does not refer to the Israelites worshiping idols in Egypt, ...
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NET Notes: Eze 20:9 Heb “to whom I made myself known before their eyes to bring them out from the land of Egypt.” The translation understands the infinitive c...
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NET Notes: Eze 20:12 Or “set them apart.” The last phrase of verse 12 appears to be a citation of Exod 31:13.
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