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?
Zechariah 1:3-6
1:3 Therefore say to the people:
The
Lord who rules over all
says, “Turn
to me,” says the
Lord who rules over all, “and I will turn to you,” says the
Lord who rules over all.
1:4 “Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets called out, saying, ‘The
Lord who rules over all says, “Turn now from your evil wickedness,”’ but they would by no means obey me,” says the
Lord.
1:5 “As for your ancestors, where are they? And did the prophets live forever?
1:6 But have my words and statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, not outlived your fathers?
Then they paid attention
and confessed, ‘The
Lord who rules over all has indeed done what he said he would do to us, because of our sinful ways.’”