Ezekiel 20:3
“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Is it to enquire of me that you have come? As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “I will not be enquired of by you.”’
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
In Context
2The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
Cross References
1 Samuel 28:6When Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD didn’t answer him by dreams, by Urim, or by prophets.
Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Proverbs 28:9He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
Ezekiel 14:1Then some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me.
Ezekiel 14:7“‘“For everyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live in Israel, who separates himself from me and takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet to enquire for himself of me, 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 →