Ezekiel 20:30-32

20:30 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Will you defile yourselves like your fathers ¹  and engage in prostitution with detestable idols? 20:31 When you present your sacrifices ²  – when you make your sons pass through the fire – you defile yourselves with all your idols to this very day. Will I allow you to seek me, ³  O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will not allow you to seek me! ⁴ 

20:32 “‘What you plan ⁵  will never happen. You say, “We will be ⁶  like the nations, like the clans of the lands, who serve gods of wood and stone.” ⁷ 

[20:30]  ¹ tn Heb “in the way of your fathers.”

[20:31]  ² tn Or “gifts.”

[20:31]  ³ tn Or “Will I reveal myself to you?”

[20:31]  ⁴ tn Or “I will not reveal myself to you.”

[20:32]  ³ tn Heb “what comes upon your mind.”

[20:32]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew could also read: “Let us be.”

[20:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “serving wood and stone.”