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Ezekiel 20:31-33
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Ezekiel 20:31-33
New English Translation
31 When you present your sacrifices[a]—when you make your sons pass through the fire—you defile yourselves with all your idols to this very day. Will I allow you to seek me,[b] O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will not allow you to seek me![c]
32 “‘What you plan[d] will never happen. You say, “We will be[e] like the nations, like the clans of the lands, who serve gods of wood and stone.”[f] 33 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, with a powerful hand and an outstretched arm[g] and with an outpouring of rage, I will be king over you.
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- Ezekiel 20:31 tn Or “gifts.”
- Ezekiel 20:31 tn Or “Will I reveal myself to you?”
- Ezekiel 20:31 tn Or “I will not reveal myself to you.”
- Ezekiel 20:32 tn Heb “what comes upon your mind.”
- Ezekiel 20:32 tn The Hebrew could also read: “Let us be.”
- Ezekiel 20:32 tn Heb “serving wood and stone.” sn This verse echoes the content of 1 Sam 8:20.
- Ezekiel 20:33 sn This phrase occurs frequently in Deuteronomy (Deut 4:34; 5:15; 7:19; 11:2; 26:8).
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