Ezekiel 20:3
Son of man, speak to the ancients of Israel, and say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Are you come to inquire of me? As I live, I will not answer you, saith the Lord God.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Cross References
1 Samuel 28:6And he consulted the Lord, and he answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by priests, nor by prophets.
Proverbs 15:8The victims of the wicked are abominable to the Lord: the vows of the just are acceptable.
Proverbs 28:9He that turneth away his ears from hearing the law, his prayer shall be as abomination.
Isaiah 1:15And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.
Ezekiel 14:1And some of the ancients of Israel came to me, and sat before me.
Ezekiel 14:7For every man of the house of Israel, and every stranger among the proselytes in Israel, if he separate himself from me, and place his idols in his heart, and set the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and come to the prophet to inquire of me by him: I the Lord will answer him by 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 →