Ezekiel 20:4

Are you going to condemn them—will you do that, son of man? Remind them about the disgusting things their forefathers did,

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Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:

In Context

3“Son of man, tell these elders of Israel that this is what the Lord God says: Have you come to ask my advice? As I live, I'm not going to answer you, declares the Lord God.

5and then tell them that this is what the Lord God says: At the time I chose Israel, I held up my hand and made a solemn promise to Jacob's descendants and revealed myself to them when they were in Egypt. I held up my hand and told them, ‘I am the Lord your God.’

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Cross References

Jeremiah 7:16You, Jeremiah, are not to pray for these people. Don't cry out to me in prayer for them, don't plead with me on their behalf, because I won't listen to you.

Jeremiah 14:11The Lord told me, Don't pray for the welfare of this people.

Ezekiel 14:14Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job, these three men, were present their good lives would only save themselves, declares the Lord God.

Ezekiel 16:2“Son of man, challenge Jerusalem over her disgusting practices.

Ezekiel 23:36Then the Lord said to me: “Son of man, are you going to condemn Oholah and Oholibah? Expose the disgusting things they've done!

Matthew 23:29What a disaster is coming on you religious teachers and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs as memorials to the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the good,

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 →

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