Ezekiel 20:4 “Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Confront them wi…”

Ezekiel 20:4

Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Confront them with the abominations of their fathers

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:

World English Bible

“Will you judge them, son of man? Will you judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers.

American Standard Version

Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers;

Geneva Bible 1599

Wilt thou iudge them, sonne of man? wilt thou iudge them? cause them to vnderstand the abominations of their fathers,

Darby Translation

Wilt thou judge them, wilt thou judge, son of man? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers,

Young's Literal Translation

Dost thou judge them? Dost thou judge, son of man? The abominations of their fathers cause them to know,

Bible in Basic English

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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Cross references

“judge them”

Ezekiel 22:2 Ezekiel 23:36 Ezekiel 14:14 Ezekiel 14:20 Ezekiel 23:45 Isaiah 5:3

Ezekiel 22:2 · BSB

“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations

Ezekiel 23:36 · BSB

Then the LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.

Ezekiel 14:14 · BSB

then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 14:20 · BSB

then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.

Ezekiel 23:45 · BSB

But righteous men will sentence them to the punishment of those who commit adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses with blood on their hands.

Isaiah 5:3 · BSB

“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.

“cause”

Matthew 23:29–37 Luke 11:47–51 Luke 13:33–35 Ezekiel 16:2 Ezekiel 16:3 Acts 7:51

Matthew 23:29–37 · BSB

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.

Luke 11:47–51 · BSB

Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.

Luke 13:33–35 · BSB

Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for it is not admissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 16:2 · BSB

“Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her abominations

Ezekiel 16:3 · BSB

and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

Acts 7:51 · BSB

You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

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

In context

3“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Have you come to inquire of Me? As surely as I live, I will not be consulted by you, declares the Lord GOD.

5and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt. With an uplifted hand I said to them, ‘I am the LORD your God.’

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