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31 And when you lift up your gifts, sacrificing your children[a] through the fire, you are defiling yourself through all of your idols until today,[b] and will I let myself[c] be consulted by you, house of Israel?”’ As I live,”[d] declares[e] the Lord Yahweh, “I will not let myself[f] be consulted by you! 32 And what you are planning,[g] surely it will not be—that you are saying, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the clans[h] of the lands, serving wood and stone!’[i]

33 As I live,”[j] declares[k] the Lord Yahweh, “surely[l] with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with rage pouring forth[m] I will reign as king over you!

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 20:31 Literally “at to lift up your gifts at causing to pass over your children”
  2. Ezekiel 20:31 Literally “the day”
  3. Ezekiel 20:31 Hebrew “me”
  4. Ezekiel 20:31 Literally “Live I”
  5. Ezekiel 20:31 Literally “declaration of”
  6. Ezekiel 20:31 Hebrew “me”
  7. Ezekiel 20:32 Literally “what is going up on your spirit”
  8. Ezekiel 20:32 Or “tribes”
  9. Ezekiel 20:32 Literally “to serve wood and stone”
  10. Ezekiel 20:33 Literally “live I”
  11. Ezekiel 20:33 Literally “declaration of”
  12. Ezekiel 20:33 Literally “if not”
  13. Ezekiel 20:33 Literally “rage poured out”