Ezekiel 20:3
Son of man, speak to the elders of the house of Israel, and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord; Are you⌃ come to enquire of me? As I live, I will not be enquired of by you, says the Lord.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
2And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Cross References
1 Samuel 28:6And Saul enquired of the Lord; and the Lord answered him not by dreams, nor by manifestations, nor by prophets.
Proverbs 15:8The sacrifices of the ungodly are an abomination to the Lord; but the prayers of them that walk honestly are acceptable with him.
Proverbs 28:9He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even he has + 28:9 Or, abhorred his prayer. made his prayer abominable.
Isaiah 1:15When you⌃ stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and though you⌃ make many supplications, I will not listen to you; for your hands are full of blood.
Ezekiel 14:1And there came to me men of the people of Israel, of the elders, and sat before me.
Ezekiel 14:7For any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, who shall separate himself from me, and conceive his imaginations in his heart, and set before his face the punishment of his iniquity, and come to the prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the Lord will answer him, according to the things wherein he is entangled.
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 →