Ezekiel 44:12

Because they ministered to them before their idols, and it became to the house of Israel a punishment of iniquity; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, says the Lord God.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity.

In Context

11yet they shall minister in my sanctuary, being porters at the gates of the house, and serving the house: they shall kill the victims and the whole burnt offerings for the people, and they shall stand before the people to minister to them.

13And they shall not draw near to me to minister to me in the priests' office, nor to approach the holy things of the children of Israel, nor to approach my holy of holies: but they shall bear their reproach for the error wherein they erred.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:40For I will lift up my hand to heaven, and swear by my right hand, and I will say, I live for ever.

2 Kings 16:10And king Achaz went to Damascus to meet Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians at Damascus; and he saw + 16:10 Or, the altar. an altar at Damascus. And king Achaz sent to Urias the priest the pattern of the altar, and its proportions, and all its workmanship.

Isaiah 9:16And they that pronounce this people blessed shall mislead them; and they mislead them that they may devour them.

Ezekiel 20:6in that day I helped them with my hand, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into the land which I prepared for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, it is abundant beyond every land.

Ezekiel 20:23I lifted up my hand against them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the Gentiles, and disperse them in the countries;

Ezekiel 44:10But as for the Levites who departed far from me when Israel went astray from me after their imaginations, 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 →

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