Ezekiel 20:26 “And I pronounced them unclean through their gifts—the sacrifice of eve…”

Ezekiel 20:26

And I pronounced them unclean through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn in the fire—so that I might devastate them, in order that they would know that I am the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.

World English Bible

I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused all that opens the womb to pass through the fire, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.”’

American Standard Version

and I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I polluted them in their owne giftes in that they caused to passe by the fire all that first openeth ye wombe, that I might destroy them, to the ende, that they might know that I am ye Lord.

Darby Translation

and I defiled them by their own gifts, in that they devoted all that opened the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I [am] Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

And I defile them by their own gifts, By causing to pass away every opener of a womb, So that I make them desolate, So that they know that I [am] Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

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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Cross references

“polluted”

Isaiah 63:17 Ezekiel 20:31 Romans 11:7–10

Isaiah 63:17 · BSB

Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.

Ezekiel 20:31 · BSB

When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your sons in the fire, you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. So should I be consulted by you, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Lord…

Romans 11:7–10 · BSB

What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,

“in that”

Leviticus 18:21 2 Kings 17:17 2 Kings 21:6 2 Chronicles 28:3 2 Chronicles 33:6 Jeremiah 32:35

Leviticus 18:21 · BSB

You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

2 Kings 17:17 · BSB

They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

2 Kings 21:6 · BSB

He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

2 Chronicles 28:3 · BSB

Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Ben-hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

2 Chronicles 33:6 · BSB

He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

Jeremiah 32:35 · BSB

They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should com…

“all that”

Exodus 13:12 Luke 2:23

Exodus 13:12 · BSB

you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.

Luke 2:23 · BSB

(as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord” ),

“to the end”

Ezekiel 6:7

Ezekiel 6:7 · BSB

The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.

Also

Jeremiah 19:9

Jeremiah 19:9 · BSB

I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

25I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live.

27Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: In this way also your fathers blasphemed Me by their unfaithfulness against Me.

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