Ezekiel 44:12
Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and were unto the house of Israel a stumbling-block of iniquity; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, saith the Lord Jehovah, that they shall bear their iniquity.
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Deuteronomy 32:40For I lift up my hand to the heavens, and say, I live for ever!
2 Kings 16:10And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria; and he saw the altar that was at Damascus, and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the form of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all its workmanship.
Isaiah 9:16For the guides of this people mislead [them]; and they that are guided by them are swallowed up.
Ezekiel 20:6in that day I lifted up my hand unto them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the ornament of all lands;
Ezekiel 20:23I lifted up my hand also unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
Ezekiel 44:10But the Levites who went away far from me, when Israel went astray, going astray from me after their idols, they shall even bear their iniquity;
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 44:11-17
Idolatrous Priests Degraded. ( b. c. 574.) 10 And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity. 11 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them. 12 Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused… Read the whole commentary →