Ezekiel 20:3
“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Have you arrived in order to inquire of me? As I live, I will not answer you, says the Lord God.
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In Context
2And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
4If you judge them, if you judge, O son of man, reveal to them the abominations of their fathers.
Cross References
1 Samuel 28:6And he consulted the Lord. But he did not respond to him, neither by dreams, nor by priests, nor by prophets.
Proverbs 15:8The sacrifices of the impious are abominable to the Lord. The vows of the just are appeasing.
Proverbs 28:9Whoever turns away his ears from listening to the law: his prayer will be detestable.
Isaiah 1:15And so, when you extend your hands, I will avert my eyes from you. And when you multiply your prayers, I will not heed you. For your hands are full of blood.
Ezekiel 14:1And men among the elders of Israel came to me, and they sat down before me.
Ezekiel 14:7For the man, the man of the house of Israel, and the new arrival among the converts who may be in Israel, if he is alienated from me, and he sets his idols in his heart, and he stations the scandal of his iniquity before his face, and he approaches the prophet, so that he may inquire of me through him: I, the Lord, will respond to him through myself.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 20:2-5
The Prophet Consulted by the Elders. ( b. c. 592.) 1 And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the Lord , and sat before me. 2 Then came the word of the Lord unto me, saying, 3 Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God ; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord God , I will not be enquired of by you. 4 Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge… Read the whole commentary →