1And in the seuenth yeere, in the fift moneth, the tenth day of the moneth, came certaine of the elders of Israel to enquire of the Lord, and sate before me.

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

2Then came the worde of the Lord vnto me, saying,

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3Sonne of man, speake vnto the Elders of Israel, and say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord God, Are ye come to enquire of me? as I liue, sayth the Lord God, when I am asked, I wil not answer you.

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

4Wilt thou iudge them, sonne of man? wilt thou iudge them? cause them to vnderstand 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 say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord God, In the day when I chose Israel, and lift vp mine hand vnto the seede of the house of Iaakob, and made my selfe knowen vnto them in the land of Egypt, when I lift vp mine hand vnto them, and sayd, 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 the day that I lift vp mine hand vnto them to bring them forth of the land of Egypt, into a land that I had prouided for them, flowing with milke and hony which is pleasant among all lands,

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

7Then sayd I vnto them, Let euery man cast away the abominations of his eyes, and defile not your selues with the idols of Egypt: for 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 rebelled against me, and would not heare me: for none cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idoles of Egypt: then I thought to powre out mine indignation vpon them, and to accomplish my wrath against them in the mids 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 had respect to my Name, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whome they were, and in whose sight I made my selfe knowen vnto them in bringing them forth of the land of Egypt.

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

10Nowe I caried them out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wildernes.

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

11And I gaue them my statutes, and declared my iudgements vnto them, which if a man doe, he shall liue in them.

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

12Moreouer I gaue them also my Sabbaths to be a signe betweene me and them, that they might knowe that I am the Lord, that sanctifie 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 rebelled against me in the wildernes: they walked not in my statutes, and they cast away my iudgements, which if a man doe, he shall liue in them, and my Sabbaths haue they greatly polluted: then I thought to powre out mine indignation vpon them in the wildernes to consume them,

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

14But I had respect to my Name, that it shoulde not bee polluted before the heathen in whose sight I brought them out.

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

15Yet neuerthelesse, I lift vp mine hande vnto them in the wildernes that I would not bring them into the lande, which I had giuen them, flowing with milke and hony, which was pleasant aboue all landes,

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

16Because they cast away my iudgments, and walked not in my statutes, but haue polluted my Sabbaths: for their heart went after their idoles.

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

17Neuerthelesse, mine eye spared them, that I would not destroye them, neither would I consume them in the wildernes.

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

18But I said vnto their children in the wildernes, Walke ye not in the ordinances of your fathers, neither obserue their maners, nor defile your selues with their idoles.

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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: walke in my statutes, and keepe my iudgements and doe them,

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

20And sanctifie my Sabbaths, and they shall bee a signe betweene mee and you, that ye may knowe 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

21Notwithstanding the children rebelled against mee: they walked not in my statutes, nor kept my iudgements to doe them, which if a man doe, hee shall liue in them, but they polluted my Sabbaths: then I thought to powre out mine indignation vpon them, and to accomplish my wrath against them in the wildernes.

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

22Neuerthelesse I withdrew mine hand and had respect to my Name that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them foorth.

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

23Yet I lift vp mine hande vnto them in the wildernes, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countreys,

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

24Because they had not executed my iudgements, but had cast away my statutes and had polluted my Sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers idoles.

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

25Wherefore I gaue them also statutes that were not good, and iudgements, wherein they should not liue.

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

26And I polluted them in their owne giftes in that they caused to passe by the fire all that first openeth ye wombe, that I might destroy them, to the ende, that they might know that I am ye Lord.

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

27Therefore, sonne of man, speake vnto the house of Israel, and say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord God, Yet in this your fathers haue blasphemed me, though they had before grieuously transgressed against me.

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

28For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted vp mine hand to giue it to them, then they saw euery hie hill, and all the thicke trees, and they offred there their sacrifices, and there they presented their offering of prouocation: there also they made their sweete sauour, and powred out there their drinke offerings.

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

29Then I saide vnto them, What is the hie place whereunto ye goe? And the name thereof was called Bamah vnto this day.

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

30Wherefore, say vnto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God, Are ye not polluted after the maner of your fathers? and commit ye not whoredome after their abominations?

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

31For when you offer your giftes, and make your sonnes to passe through the fire, you pollute your selues with all your idoles vnto this day: shall I answere you when I am asked, O house of Israel? As I liue, saith the Lord God, I wil not answere you when I am asked.

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

32Neither shall that be done that commeth into your minde: for ye say, We wil be as the heathen, and as the families of the countreys, and serue wood, and stone.

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

33As I liue, saith the Lord God, I will surely rule you with a mightie hand, and with a stretched out arme, and in my wrath powred out,

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

34And will bring you from the people, and will gather you out of the countreys, wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arme, and in my wrath powred out,

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

35And I will bring you into the wildernes of the people, and there wil I pleade with you face to face.

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

36Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wildernes of the lande of Egypt, so will I pleade with you, saith 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 wil cause you to passe vnder the rod, and wil bring you into the bond of the couenant.

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

38And I wil chuse out from among you the rebels, and them that transgresse against mee: I will bring them out of the land where they dwel, and they shall not enter into the lande of Israel, and you shall knowe that I am the Lord.

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

39As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God, Goe you, and serue euery one his idole, seeing that ye will not obey me, and pollute mine holy Name no more with your giftes and with your idoles.

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

40For in mine holy mountaine, euen in the hie mountaine of Israel, saith the Lord God, there shall all the house of Israel, and all in the lande, serue me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offrings and the first fruites of your oblations, with all your holy things.

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

41I will accept your sweete sauour, when I bring you from the people, and gather you out of the countreys, wherein ye haue bene scattered, that I may be sanctified in you before ye heathen.

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

42And ye shall knowe, that I am the Lord, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the land, for the which I lifted vp mine hande to giue 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 shall ye remember your wayes, and all your workes, wherein ye haue bene defiled, and ye shall iudge your selues worthy to be cut off, for all your euils, that ye haue committed.

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

44And ye shall knowe, that I am the Lord, when I haue respect vnto you for my Names sake, and not after your wicked wayes, nor according to your corrupt workes, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord God.

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

45Moreouer, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

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46Sonne of man, set thy face toward the way of Teman, and drop thy word toward the South, and prophecie towarde the forest of the fielde of the South,

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

47And say to the forest of the South, Heare the worde of the Lord: thus saith the Lord God, Beholde, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall deuoure all the greene wood in thee, and all the drie wood: the continuall flame shall not bee quenched, and euery face from the South to the North shall be burnt therein.

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

48And all flesh shall see, that I the Lord haue kindled it, and it shall not bee quenched. Then saide I, Ah Lord God, they say of me, Doeth not he speake parables?

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

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