THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Ezekiel Chapter 1 to 20)

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Ezekiel 20:12 (NLT) - 12 And I gave them my Sabbath days of rest as a sign between them and me. It was to remind them that I am the Lord, who had set them apart to be holy.
 
Ezekiel 20:13 (NLT)

13 “But the people of Israel rebelled against me, and they refused to obey my decrees there in the wilderness. They wouldn’t obey my regulations even though obedience would have given them life. They also violated my Sabbath days. So I threatened to pour out my fury on them, and I made plans to utterly consume them in the wilderness.
 
Ezekiel 20:15 (NLT) - 15 But I took a solemn oath against them in the wilderness. I swore I would not bring them into the land I had given them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful place on earth.
 
Ezekiel 20:16 (NLT) - 16 For they had rejected my regulations, refused to follow my decrees, and violated my Sabbath days. Their hearts were given to their idols.
 
Ezèkiel 20:21 (NLT)
"But their children, too, rebelled against me.
They refused to keep my decrees and follow my regulations, even though obedience would have given them life. And they also violated my Sabbath days. So again I threatened to pour out my fury on them in the wilderness.
 
Ezekiel 20:22 (NLT)
Nevertheless, I withdrew my judgement against them to protect the honor of my name before the nations that had seen my power in bringing them out of Egypt.
 
Ezekiel 20:24 (NLT) - 24 because they did not obey my regulations. They scorned my decrees by violating my Sabbath days and longing for the idols of their ancestors.
 
Ezekiel 20:26 (NLT) - 26 I let them pollute themselves[c] with the very gifts I had given them, and I allowed them to give their firstborn children as offerings to their gods—so I might devastate them and remind them that I alone am the Lord
 
Ezekiel 20:27 (NLT) - 27 “Therefore, son of man, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign Lord: Your ancestors continued to blaspheme and betray me,
 
Ezekiel 20:28 (NLT) - 28 for when I brought them into the land I had promised them, they offered sacrifices on every high hill and under every green tree they saw! They roused my fury as they offered up sacrifices to their gods. They brought their perfumes and incense and poured out their liquid offerings to them.
 
Ezekiel 20:29 (NLT) - 29 I said to them, ‘What is this high place where you are going?’ (This kind of pagan shrine has been called Bamah—‘high place’—ever since.)
 
Ezekiel 20:30 (NLT) - 30 “Therefore, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign Lord: Do you plan to pollute yourselves just as your ancestors did? Do you intend to keep prostituting yourselves by worshiping vile images?
 
Ezekiel 20:31 (NLT) - 31 For when you offer gifts to them and give your little children to be burned as sacrifices, you continue to pollute yourselves with idols to this day. Should I allow you to ask for a message from me, O people of Israel? As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, I will tell you nothing.
 
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