Ezekiel 20:39

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Summary

As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.

Go ye

But

General references

Exodus 20:23

Bible References

Go ye

And I also gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances whereby they should not live;

Go and cry to the gods whom you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your distress."

And Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? go to the prophets of thy father and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said to him, Not so, for Jehovah has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.

So I gave them up unto their own hearts' stubbornness: they walked after their own counsels.

Ephraim is joined to idols: leave him alone.

Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices in the morning, your tithes every three days,

Wherefore God gave them up also in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies between themselves:

And for this reason God sends to them a working of error, that they should believe what is false,

But

For they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands; and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also passed over unto them their children, whom they bore unto me, to be devoured.

The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more when they bring it with a wicked purpose!

Bring no more vain oblations! Incense is an abomination unto me, new moon and sabbath, the calling of convocations wickedness and the solemn meeting I cannot bear.

He that slaughtereth an ox, smiteth a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, breaketh a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, it is as swine's blood; he that presenteth a memorial of incense, is as he that blesseth an idol. As they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations,

What? steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not ...

And I will stretch forth my hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, the name of the Chemarim with the priests;

No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot; I would thou wert cold or hot.

General references

Ye shall not make beside me gods of silver, and ye shall not make to you gods of gold.