Ezekiel 20:18-20
20:18 “‘But I said to their children in the wilderness, “Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
20:19 I am the Lord your God; follow my statutes, observe my regulations, and carry them out.
20:20 Treat my Sabbaths as holy and they will be a reminder of our relationship, and then you will know that I am the Lord your God.”
Ezekiel 20:24
20:24 I did this
because they did not observe my regulations, they rejected my statutes, they desecrated my Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on
their fathers’ idols.
Ezekiel 20:30
20:30 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Will you defile yourselves like your fathers and engage in prostitution with detestable idols?