31 And [a]when you offer your gifts, when you (A)make your sons pass through the fire, you are defiling yourselves with all your idols to this day. So shall I be inquired of by you, house of Israel? As I live,” declares the Lord God, “I certainly will not be inquired of by you. 32 And whatever (B)comes [b]into your mind certainly will not come about, when you say: ‘We will be like the nations, like the families of the lands, (C)serving wood and stone.’

God Will Restore Israel to Her Land

33 “As I live,” declares the Lord God, “with a mighty hand and with an (D)outstretched arm and with wrath poured out, I assuredly shall be (E)king over you.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 20:31 Lit in your lifting up
  2. Ezekiel 20:32 Lit upon your spirit

31 When you offer your gifts—the sacrifice of your children(A) in the fire—you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. Am I to let you inquire of me, you Israelites? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will not let you inquire of me.(B)

32 “‘You say, “We want to be like the nations, like the peoples of the world, who serve wood and stone.” But what you have in mind will never happen. 33 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will reign over you with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm(C) and with outpoured wrath.(D)

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