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BBE Bible in Basic English
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
1 Now it came about in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, that certain of the responsible men of Israel came to get directions from the Lord and were seated before me.
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2 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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3 Son of man, say to the responsible men of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: Have you come to get directions from me? By my life, says the Lord, you will get no directions from me.
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4 Will you be their judge, O son of man, will you be their judge? make clear to them the disgusting ways of their fathers,
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5 And say to them, This is what the Lord has said: In the day when I took Israel for myself, when I made an oath to the seed of the family of Jacob, and I gave them knowledge of myself in the land of Egypt, saying to them with an oath, I am the Lord your God;
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6 In that day I gave my oath to take them out of the land of Egypt into a land which I had been searching out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands:
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7 And I said to them, Let every man among you put away the disgusting things to which his eyes are turned, and do not make yourselves unclean with the images of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.
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8 But they would not be controlled by me, and did not give ear to me; they did not put away the disgusting things to which their eyes were turned, or give up the images of Egypt: then I said I would let loose my passion on them to give full effect to my wrath against them in the land of Egypt.
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9 And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean before the eyes of the nations among whom they were, and before whose eyes I gave them knowledge of myself, by taking them out of the land of Egypt.
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10 So I made them go out of the land of Egypt and took them into the waste land.
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11 And I gave them my rules and made clear to them my orders, which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him.
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12 And further, I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, so that it might be clear that I, who make them holy, am the Lord.
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13 But the children of Israel would not be controlled by me in the waste land: they were not guided by my rules, and they were turned away from my orders, which, if a man does them, will be life to him; and they had no respect for my Sabbaths: then I said that I would let loose my passion on them in the waste land, and put an end to them.
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14 And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean in the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had taken them out.
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15 And further, I gave my oath to them in the waste land, that I would not take them into the land which I had given them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands;
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16 Because they were turned away from my orders, and were not guided by my rules, and had no respect for my Sabbaths: for their hearts went after their images.
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17 But still my eye had pity on them and I kept them from destruction and did not put an end to them completely in the waste land.
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18 And I said to their children in the waste land, Do not be guided by the rules of your fathers or keep their orders or make yourselves unclean with their images:
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19 I am the Lord your God; be guided by my rules and keep my orders and do them:
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20 And keep my Sabbaths holy; and they will be a sign between me and you so that it may be clear to you that I am the Lord your God.
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21 But the children would not be controlled by me; they were not guided by my rules, and they did not keep and do my orders, which, if a man does them, will be life to him; and they had no respect for my Sabbaths: then I said I would let loose my passion on them to give full effect to my wrath against them in the waste land.
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22 And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean in the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had taken them out.
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23 Further, I gave my oath to them in the waste land that I would send them wandering among the nations, driving them out among the countries;
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24 Because they had not done my orders, but had been turned away from my rules, and had not given respect to my Sabbaths, and their eyes were turned to the images of their fathers.
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25 And further, I gave them rules which were not good and orders in which there was no life for them;
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26 I made them unclean in the offerings they gave, causing them to make every first child go through the fire, so that I might put an end to them.
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27 For this cause, son of man, say to the children of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: In this your fathers have further put shame on my name by doing wrong against me.
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28 For when I had taken them into the land which I made an oath to give to them, then they saw every high hill and every branching tree and made their offerings there, moving me to wrath by their offerings; and there the sweet smell of their offerings went up and their drink offerings were drained out.
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29 Then I said to them, What is this high place where you go to no purpose? And it is named Bamah to this day.
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30 For this cause say to the children of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: Are you making yourselves unclean as your fathers did? are you being untrue to me by going after their disgusting works?
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31 And when you give your offerings, causing your sons to go through the fire, you make yourselves unclean with all your images to this day; and will you come to me for directions, O children of Israel? By my life, says the Lord, you will get no direction from me.
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32 And that which comes into your minds will never take place; when you say, We will be like the nations, like the families of the countries, servants of wood and stone;
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33 By my life, says the Lord, truly, with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with burning wrath let loose, I will be King over you:
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34 And I will take you out from the peoples and get you together out of the countries where you are wandering, with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with burning wrath let loose:
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35 And I will take you into the waste land of the peoples, and there I will take up the cause with you face to face.
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36 As I took up the cause with your fathers in the waste land of the land of Egypt, so will I take up the cause with you says the Lord.
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37 And I will make you go under the rod and will make you small in number:
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38 Clearing out from among you all those who are uncontrolled and who are sinning against me; I will take them out of the land where they are living, but they will not come into the land of Israel: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
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39 As for you, O children of Israel, the Lord has said: Let every man completely put away his images and give ear to me: and let my holy name no longer be shamed by your offerings and your images.
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40 For in my holy mountain, in the high mountain of Israel, says the Lord, there all the children of Israel, all of them, will be my servants in the land; there I will take pleasure in them, and there I will be worshipped with your offerings and the first-fruits of the things you give, and with all your holy things.
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41 I will take pleasure in you as in a sweet smell, when I take you out from the peoples and get you together from the countries where you have been sent in flight; and I will make myself holy in you before the eyes of the nations.
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42 And you will be certain that I am the Lord, when I take you into the land of Israel, into the country which I made an oath to give to your fathers.
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43 And there, at the memory of your ways and of all the things you did to make yourselves unclean, you will have bitter hate for yourselves because of all the evil things you have done.
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44 And you will be certain that I am the Lord, when I take you in hand for the honour of my name, and not for your evil ways or your unclean doings, O children of Israel, says the Lord.
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45 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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46 Son of man, let your face be turned to the south, let your words be dropped to the south, and be a prophet against the woodland of the South;
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47 And say to the woodland of the South, Give ear to the words of the Lord: this is what the Lord has said: See, I will have a fire lighted in you, for the destruction of every green tree in you and every dry tree: the flaming flame will not be put out, and all faces from the south to the north will be burned by it.
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48 And all flesh will see that I the Lord have had it lighted: it will not be put out.
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49 Then I said, Ah, Lord! they say of me, Is he not a maker of stories?
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Cross references (47)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 40:1; Ezekiel 24:1; Ezekiel 29:17; Ezekiel 26:1
  2. 3 Psalm 50:15–21; Proverbs 28:9; Matthew 15:8–9; Micah 3:7; Ezekiel 20:31
  3. 4 Ezekiel 22:2; Ezekiel 23:36; Luke 11:47–51; Ezekiel 14:14; Luke 13:33–35
  4. 5 Ezekiel 20:15; Exodus 3:8; Exodus 6:6–7; Deuteronomy 7:6; Ezekiel 47:14
  5. 6 Jeremiah 32:22; Ezekiel 20:15; Exodus 3:8; Psalm 48:2; Daniel 8:9
  6. 7 Leviticus 18:3; Ezekiel 20:8; Leviticus 11:44; Ezekiel 18:31; Deuteronomy 29:16–18
  7. 8 Isaiah 63:10; Ezekiel 5:13; Ezekiel 20:7; Ezekiel 7:8; Ezekiel 20:21
  8. 9 Ezekiel 39:7; Ezekiel 20:22; Exodus 32:12; Ezekiel 20:14; Ezekiel 36:21–22
  9. 10 Exodus 20:2; Exodus 14:17–22; Exodus 13:17–18; Exodus 15:22
  10. 11 Leviticus 18:5; Romans 10:5; Galatians 3:12; Deuteronomy 4:8; Luke 10:28
  11. 12 Ezekiel 20:20; Ezekiel 37:28; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Leviticus 21:23; Exodus 19:5–6
  12. 13 Ezekiel 20:21; Ezekiel 20:8; Ezekiel 20:24; Deuteronomy 9:8; Isaiah 56:6
  13. 14 Ezekiel 20:9; Ezekiel 20:22; Ezekiel 36:22–23; Ephesians 1:12; Ephesians 1:6
  14. 15 Psalm 95:11; Psalm 106:26; Hebrews 3:11; Hebrews 3:18; Ezekiel 20:23
  15. 16 Numbers 15:39; Ezekiel 14:3–4; Ezekiel 20:8; Numbers 25:2; Acts 7:39–43
  16. 17 Ezekiel 11:13; Jeremiah 4:27; Jeremiah 5:18; Nehemiah 9:19; 1 Samuel 24:10
  17. 18 Deuteronomy 4:3–6; Acts 7:51; Psalm 78:6–8; Zechariah 1:2–4; Ezekiel 20:7
  18. 19 Ezekiel 36:27; Deuteronomy 5:32–6:8; Psalm 105:45; Jeremiah 3:22–23; Psalm 81:9–10
  19. 20 Isaiah 58:13; Jeremiah 17:22; Ezekiel 20:12; Exodus 31:13–17; Nehemiah 13:15–22
  20. 21 Ezekiel 20:13; Ezekiel 20:8; Deuteronomy 31:27; Numbers 21:5; Daniel 11:36
  21. 22 Ezekiel 20:9; Ezekiel 20:14; Isaiah 48:9–11; Psalm 78:38; Jeremiah 14:21
  22. 23 Leviticus 26:33; Deuteronomy 28:64–68; Psalm 106:27; Jeremiah 15:4; Deuteronomy 32:26–27
  23. 24 Ezekiel 20:16; Ezekiel 6:9; Ezekiel 20:13; Amos 2:4; Ezekiel 18:6
  24. 25 Psalm 81:12; Ezekiel 20:39; Isaiah 66:4; Ezekiel 20:26; 2 Thessalonians 2:9–11
  25. 26 Ezekiel 6:7; Leviticus 18:21; Isaiah 63:17; Ezekiel 20:31; Ezekiel 16:20–21
  26. 27 Romans 2:24; Ezekiel 3:11; Ezekiel 3:27; Ezekiel 2:7; Ezekiel 3:4
  27. 28 Ezekiel 6:13; Jeremiah 3:6; Isaiah 57:5–7; Nehemiah 9:22–26; Joshua 23:14
  28. 29 Ezekiel 16:24–25; Ezekiel 16:31
  29. 30 Jeremiah 16:12; Judges 2:19; Jeremiah 7:26; Acts 7:51; Numbers 32:14
  30. 31 Psalm 106:37–39; Jeremiah 7:31; Ezekiel 20:26; Ezekiel 14:3–4; Jeremiah 19:5
  31. 32 Ezekiel 11:5; Jeremiah 44:17; Psalm 139:2; Daniel 5:4; Revelation 9:20
  32. 33 Jeremiah 21:5; Ezekiel 8:18; Jeremiah 42:18; Jeremiah 44:6; Daniel 9:11–12
  33. 34 Amos 9:9–10; Ezekiel 20:38; Ezekiel 34:16; Isaiah 27:9–13; Jeremiah 44:6
  34. 35 Hosea 2:14; Ezekiel 17:20; Revelation 12:14; Jeremiah 2:35; Ezekiel 19:13
  35. 36 Numbers 11:1–35; 1 Corinthians 10:5–10; Ezekiel 20:13; Ezekiel 20:21; Psalm 106:15–48
  36. 37 Jeremiah 33:13; Leviticus 27:32; Matthew 25:32–33; Ezekiel 16:59–60; Psalm 89:30–32
  37. 38 Ezekiel 13:9; Amos 9:9–10; Psalm 95:11; Malachi 4:1–3; Malachi 3:3
  38. 39 Ezekiel 20:25–26; Isaiah 1:13–15; Judges 10:14; Ezekiel 43:7; Hosea 4:17
  39. 40 Isaiah 56:7; Isaiah 60:7; Malachi 3:4; Ezekiel 17:23; 1 Peter 2:5
  40. 41 Ezekiel 28:25; Ezekiel 11:17; Ezekiel 38:23; Ezekiel 28:22; Jeremiah 30:3
  41. 42 Ezekiel 34:13; Ezekiel 38:23; Ezekiel 36:23–24; Jeremiah 24:7; Ezekiel 20:38
  42. 43 Hosea 5:15; Ezekiel 6:9; Jeremiah 31:18; Ezekiel 36:31; 2 Corinthians 7:11
  43. 44 Ezekiel 24:24; Ezekiel 20:22; Ezekiel 20:14; Ezekiel 20:9; Psalm 115:1
  44. 46 Ezekiel 21:2; Amos 7:16; Jeremiah 13:19; Jeremiah 22:7; Micah 2:6
  45. 47 Jeremiah 21:14; Isaiah 9:18–19; Luke 23:31; Ezekiel 17:24; Isaiah 24:1–6
  46. 48 Isaiah 26:11; Lamentations 2:16–17; Jeremiah 40:2–3; 2 Chronicles 7:20–22; Jeremiah 7:20
  47. 49 John 16:25; Acts 17:18; Matthew 13:13–14; Ezekiel 17:2

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 20:24 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book IV, Chapter IX)

    … of bondage; as Ezekiel the prophet, when stating the reasons for the giving of such a law, declares: "And their eyes were after the desire of their heart; and I gave them statutes that were not good, and judgments in which they shall not live." Luke also has recorded that Stephen, who was the first elected into the diaconate by …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  2. Quotes verse 20:12 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XXII, Chapter 30)

    … the Sabbath, "Ye shall do no servile work in it." Wherefore also it is said by Ezekiel the prophet, "And I gave them my Sabbaths to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctify them." This knowledge shall be perfected when we shall be perfectly at rest, and shall perfectly …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  3. Quotes verse 20:12 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book IV, Chapter IX)

    … of the covenant between Me and you." This same does Ezekiel the prophet say with regard to the Sabbaths: "Also I gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord, that sanctify them." And in Exodus, God says to Moses: "And ye shall observe My Sabbaths; for it …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)