1And it happened that, in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, men from the elders of Israel arrived, so that they might inquire of the Lord, and they sat before me.

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Ezekiel 8:1, Ezekiel 8:1, Ezekiel 1:2, Ezekiel 26:1, Ezekiel 31:1

2And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

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3“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Have you arrived in order to inquire of me? As I live, I will not answer you, says the Lord God.

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Psalms 50:15, Psalms 50:21, Micah 3:7, Proverbs 28:9, Matthew 15:8

4If you judge them, if you judge, O son of man, reveal to them the abominations of their fathers.

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Ezekiel 22:2, Ezekiel 22:2, Ezekiel 23:36, Ezekiel 23:36, Jeremiah 14:11

5And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: In the day when I chose Israel, and I lifted up my hand on behalf of the stock of the house of Jacob, and I appeared to them in the land of Egypt, and I lifted up my hand on their behalf, saying, ‘I am the Lord your God,’

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Ezekiel 47:14, Exodus 4:31, Ezekiel 20:15, Genesis 14:22, Exodus 6:6

6in that day, I lifted up my hand for their sake, so that I would lead them away from the land of Egypt, into a land which I had provided for them, flowing with milk and honey, which was singular among all lands.

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Ezekiel 20:15, Ezekiel 20:15, Jeremiah 32:22, Psalms 48:2, Exodus 3:8

7And I said to them: ‘Let each one cast away the offenses of his eyes, and do not choose to defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.’

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Leviticus 18:3, Leviticus 18:3, Deuteronomy 29:16, Deuteronomy 29:18, Leviticus 11:44

8But they provoked me, and they were not willing to listen to me. Each one of them did not cast away the abominations of his eyes, nor did they leave behind the idols of Egypt. And so, I said that I would pour out my indignation upon them, and fulfill my wrath against them, in the midst of the land of Egypt.

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Isaiah 63:10, Ezekiel 7:8, Ezekiel 20:21, Ezekiel 5:13, Ezekiel 20:7

9But I acted for the sake of my name, so that it would not be violated in the sight of the Gentiles, in the midst of whom they were, and among whom I appeared to them, so that I might lead them away from the land of Egypt.

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Ezekiel 39:7, Ezekiel 39:7, Ezekiel 20:22, Ezekiel 20:22, Ezekiel 36:21

10Therefore, I cast them out of the land of Egypt, and I led them away into the desert.

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Exodus 20:2, Exodus 14:17, Exodus 14:22, Exodus 13:17, Exodus 13:18

11And I gave them my precepts, and I revealed to them my judgments, which, if a man does them, he shall live by them.

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Leviticus 18:5, Deuteronomy 4:8, Romans 10:5, Leviticus 18:5, Deuteronomy 4:8

12Moreover, I also gave to them my Sabbaths, so that these would be a sign between me and them, and so that they would know that I am the Lord, who sanctifies them.

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Ezekiel 20:20, Ezekiel 20:20, Ezekiel 37:28, Ezekiel 37:28, Leviticus 21:23

13But the house of Israel provoked me in the desert. They did not walk in my precepts, and they cast aside my judgments, which, if a man does them, he shall live by them. And they grievously violated my Sabbaths. Therefore, I said that I would pour out my fury upon them in the desert, and that I would consume them.

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Ezekiel 20:21, Ezekiel 20:21, Ezekiel 20:8, Ezekiel 20:8, Isaiah 56:6

14But I acted for the sake of my name, lest it be violated before the Gentiles, from whom I cast them out, in their sight.

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Ezekiel 20:9, Ezekiel 20:9, Ezekiel 36:22, Ezekiel 36:23, Ezekiel 20:22

15And so I lifted up my hand over them in the desert, so as not to lead them into the land that I had given to them, flowing with milk and honey, the foremost of all lands.

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Psalms 95:11, Psalms 95:11, Psalms 106:26, Psalms 106:26, Hebrews 3:18

16For they cast aside my judgments, and they did not walk in my precepts, and they violated my Sabbaths. For their heart went after idols.

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Numbers 15:39, Numbers 15:39, Ezekiel 14:3, Ezekiel 14:4, Ezekiel 20:8

17Yet my eye was lenient concerning them, so that I did not utterly destroy them, nor did I consume them in the desert.

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Ezekiel 11:13, Ezekiel 11:13, Jeremiah 5:18, Jeremiah 4:27, Jeremiah 5:18

18Then I said to their sons in the wilderness: ‘Do not choose to advance by the precepts of your fathers, nor should you observe their judgments. And do not be defiled by their idols.

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Ezekiel 20:7, Deuteronomy 4:3, Deuteronomy 4:6, 1 Peter 1:18, Zechariah 1:2

19I am the Lord your God. Walk in my precepts, and observe my judgments, and accomplish them.

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Ezekiel 36:27, Deuteronomy 5:32, Deuteronomy 6:8, Ezekiel 36:27, Deuteronomy 5:32

20And sanctify my Sabbaths, so that these may be a sign between me and you, and so that you may know that I am the Lord your God.’

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Jeremiah 17:22, Isaiah 58:13, Jeremiah 17:22, Isaiah 58:13, Ezekiel 44:24

21But their sons provoked me. They did not walk in my precepts. And they did not observe my judgments, so as to do them; for if a man does them, he shall live by them. And they violated my Sabbaths. And so, I threatened that I would pour out my fury upon them, and that I would fulfill my wrath among them in the desert.

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Ezekiel 20:13, Ezekiel 20:13, Ezekiel 20:8, Numbers 21:5, Ezekiel 20:8

22But I turned aside my hand, and I acted for the sake of my name, so that it would not be violated before the Gentiles, from whom I cast them out, before their eyes.

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Ezekiel 20:14, Ezekiel 20:9, Ezekiel 20:14, Ezekiel 20:9, Psalms 78:38

23Again, I lifted up my hand against them, in the wilderness, so that I would disperse them among the nations, and scatter them among the lands.

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Leviticus 26:33, Leviticus 26:33, Deuteronomy 28:64, Deuteronomy 28:68, Deuteronomy 28:64

24For they had not accomplished my judgments, and they had rejected my precepts, and they had violated my Sabbaths. And their eyes had been after the idols of their fathers.

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Ezekiel 20:16, Ezekiel 6:9, Ezekiel 20:16, Ezekiel 6:9, Ezekiel 20:13

25Therefore, I also gave them precepts that were not good, and judgments by which they shall not live.

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Psalms 81:12, Psalms 81:12, Ezekiel 20:39, Isaiah 66:4, Ezekiel 20:39

26And I defiled them by their own gifts, when they offered everything that opened the womb, because of their offenses. And they shall know that I am the Lord.

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Ezekiel 6:7, Leviticus 18:21, Ezekiel 6:7, Leviticus 18:21, 2 Kings 17:17

27For this reason, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God. Yet also in this did your fathers blaspheme me, after they had spurned and despised me,

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Romans 2:24, Romans 2:24, Ezekiel 3:11, Ezekiel 3:4, Ezekiel 3:27

28though I had led them into the land, about which I lifted up my hand, so that I might give it to them: They saw every lofty hill and every leafy tree, and there they immolated their victims, and there they presented the provocation of their oblations, and there they stationed their sweet fragrances, and poured out their libations.

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Ezekiel 6:13, Ezekiel 6:13, Joshua 23:14, Jeremiah 3:6, Isaiah 57:5

29And I said to them, ‘What is exalted about the place to which you go?’ And yet its name is called ‘Exalted,’ even to this day.

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Ezekiel 16:24, Ezekiel 16:25, Ezekiel 16:31, Ezekiel 16:24, Ezekiel 16:25

30Because of this, say to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord God: Certainly, you are defiled by the way of your fathers, and you have fornicated after their stumbling blocks.

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Jeremiah 16:12, Jeremiah 16:12, Judges 2:19, Jeremiah 7:26, Judges 2:19

31And you are being defiled by all of your idols, even to this day, by the oblation of your gifts, when you lead your sons through the fire. And should I respond to you, O house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord God, I will not answer you.

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Jeremiah 7:31, Ezekiel 20:26, Psalms 106:37, Psalms 106:39, Jeremiah 7:31

32And the plan of your mind will not occur, saying: ‘We will be like the Gentiles, and like the families of the earth, so that we worship what is wood and stone.’

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Ezekiel 11:5, Ezekiel 11:5, Jeremiah 44:17, Jeremiah 44:17, Deuteronomy 4:28

33As I live, says the Lord God, I will reign over you with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured forth.

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Jeremiah 21:5, Jeremiah 21:5, Jeremiah 42:18, Ezekiel 8:18, Jeremiah 44:6

34And I will lead you away from the peoples. And I will gather you from the lands into which you were dispersed. I will reign over you with a powerful hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out.

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Ezekiel 20:38, Amos 9:9, Amos 9:10, Ezekiel 20:38, Amos 9:9

35And I will lead you into the desert of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you, face to face.

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Hosea 2:14, Hosea 2:14, Jeremiah 2:35, Ezekiel 20:36, Ezekiel 17:20

36Just as I contended in judgment against your fathers in the desert of the land of Egypt, so also will I enter into judgment with you, says the Lord God.

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1 Corinthians 10:5, 1 Corinthians 10:10, Numbers 11:1, Numbers 11:35, 1 Corinthians 10:5

37And I will subject you to my scepter, and I will lead you into the bonds of the covenant.

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Leviticus 27:32, Jeremiah 33:13, Leviticus 27:32, Jeremiah 33:13, Matthew 25:32

38And I will select, from among you, the transgressors and the impious. And I will lead them away from the land of their sojourn, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord.

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Amos 9:9, Amos 9:10, Ezekiel 13:9, Psalms 95:11, Amos 9:9

39And as for you, house of Israel: thus says the Lord God: Walk, each one of you, after your idols and serve them. But if in this also you will not listen to me, and you continue to defile my holy name with your gifts and with your idols,

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Ezekiel 43:7, Isaiah 1:13, Isaiah 1:15, Hosea 4:17, Ezekiel 20:25

40on my holy mountain, on the exalted mountain of Israel, says the Lord God, there all the house of Israel shall serve me; all of them, I say, in the land in which they shall please me, and there I will require your first-fruits, and the foremost of your tithes, with all your sanctifications.

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Isaiah 56:7, Isaiah 56:7, Isaiah 60:7, Malachi 3:4, Isaiah 60:7

41I will receive from you a fragrance of sweetness, when I will have led you away from the peoples, and gathered you from the lands into which you were dispersed. And I will be sanctified in you before the eyes of the nations.

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Ezekiel 28:25, Ezekiel 28:25, Ezekiel 11:17, Ezekiel 11:17, Ezekiel 38:23

42And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have led you into the land of Israel, into the land about which I lifted up my hand, so that I would give it to your fathers.

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Ezekiel 38:23, Ezekiel 34:13, Ezekiel 38:23, Ezekiel 34:13, Ezekiel 36:23

43And there you shall remember your ways and all your wickedness, by which you have been defiled. And you will be displeased with yourselves in your own sight, over all your evil deeds which you did.

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Hosea 5:15, Ezekiel 6:9, Hosea 5:15, Ezekiel 6:9, Jeremiah 31:18

44And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have acted well toward you for the sake of my name, and not according to your evil ways, nor according to your very great wickedness, O house of Israel, says the Lord God.”

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Ezekiel 24:24, Ezekiel 24:24, Psalms 115:1, Ezekiel 20:14, Ezekiel 20:22

45And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

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46“Son of man, set your face against the way of the south, and pour in drops toward Africa, and prophesy against the forest of the field of the meridian.

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Amos 7:16, Ezekiel 21:2, Amos 7:16, Ezekiel 21:2, Jeremiah 13:19

47And you shall say to the meridian forest: Listen to the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and I will burn up within you every green tree and every dry tree. The flame of the kindling will not be extinguished. And every face will be burned up within it, from the south, even to the north.

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Jeremiah 21:14, Jeremiah 21:14, Isaiah 9:18, Isaiah 9:19, Luke 23:31

48And all flesh will see that I, the Lord, have kindled it, and that it will not be extinguished.”

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Jeremiah 7:20, 2 Chronicles 7:20, 2 Chronicles 7:22, Deuteronomy 29:24, Deuteronomy 29:28

49And I said: “Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! They are saying about me: ‘Does this man not speak except through parables?’ ”

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John 16:25, John 16:25, Ezekiel 17:2, Acts 17:18, Matthew 13:13