Ezekiel 20:30 “Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says…”

Ezekiel 20:30

Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: Will you defile yourselves the way your fathers did, prostituting yourselves with their abominations?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations?

World English Bible

“Therefore tell the house of Israel, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Do you pollute yourselves in the way of your fathers? Do you play the prostitute after their abominations?

American Standard Version

Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Do ye pollute yourselves after the manner of your fathers? and play ye the harlot after their abominations?

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore, say vnto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God, Are ye not polluted after the maner of your fathers? and commit ye not whoredome after their abominations?

Darby Translation

Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Do ye defile yourselves after the manner of your fathers? and do ye commit fornication after their abominations?

Young's Literal Translation

Therefore, say unto the house of Israel: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: In the way of your fathers are ye defiled? And after their detestable things go a-whoring?

Bible in Basic English

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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Cross references

“Are ye”

Jeremiah 16:12 Judges 2:19 Jeremiah 7:26 Numbers 32:14 Jeremiah 9:14 Matthew 23:32

Jeremiah 16:12 · BSB

And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me.

Judges 2:19 · BSB

But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.

Jeremiah 7:26 · BSB

Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.

Numbers 32:14 · BSB

Now behold, you, a brood of sinners, have risen up in place of your fathers to further stoke the burning anger of the LORD against Israel.

Jeremiah 9:14 · BSB

Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”

Matthew 23:32 · BSB

Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.

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

In context

29So I asked them: ‘What is this high place to which you go?’ (And to this day it is called Bamah. )

31When 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 GOD, I will not be consulted by you!

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