Ezekiel 44:12
Because they ministered to them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity, therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, saith the Lord Jehovah, that they shall bear their iniquity.
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Isaiah 9:16For the leaders of this people lead them astray, And they that are led by them go to destruction.
Ezekiel 20:6At that time I lifted up my hand to them, that I would bring them forth out of the land of Egypt, into a land which I had looked out for them, flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.
Ezekiel 20:23I also lifted up my hand against them in the desert, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries,
Ezekiel 44:10But even the Levites, who departed from me when Israel went astray, who went astray from me after their idols, shall 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 →