Skip to content
mannafest.faith
Read

Ezekiel 20:16

because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

because they rejected mine ordinances, and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

KJV

Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

⋯

Commentary

2 voices

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
יַ֜עַןYa.'anbecauseH3282 →
בְּמִשְׁפָּטַ֣יbe.mish.pa.Tai<in> judgments myH4941 →
מָאָ֗סוּma.'A.suthey had rejectedH3988 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
חֻקּוֹתַי֙chu.ko.Taistatutes myH2708 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
הָלְכ֣וּha.le.Khuthey had walkedH1980 →
בָהֶ֔םva.Hemin them
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
שַׁבְּתוֹתַ֖יsha.be.to.Taisabbaths myH7676 →
חִלֵּ֑לוּchi.Le.luthey had profanedH2490 →
כִּ֛יkiforH3588 →
אַחֲרֵ֥י'a.cha.ReiafterH310 →
גִלּוּלֵיהֶ֖םgi.lu.lei.Hemidols theirH1544 →
לִבָּ֥םli.Bamheart theirH3820 →
הֹלֵֽךְ׃ho.Lekh[was] walkingH1980 →

The walk

Related verses

18 strongest cross-references

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Proverbs 13:13He who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.Ezekiel 14:3“Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I consult with them in any way?Amos 2:4This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.Ezekiel 20:24For they did not practice My ordinances, but they rejected My statutes and profaned My Sabbaths, fixing their eyes on the idols of their fathers.Numbers 15:39These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.Ezekiel 14:3–4“Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I consult with them in any way?Ezekiel 20:8But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.Amos 5:25Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?Ezekiel 20:13–14Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.Exodus 32:1–8Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”Amos 5:25–26Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?Ezekiel 23:8She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.Numbers 25:2who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods.Acts 7:39–43But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.Ezekiel 20:13Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.Jeremiah 17:23Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline.Jeremiah 7:24Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.Exodus 31:14Keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it must surely be put to death. Whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from among his people.

Featured studies on this passage

Walks through Ezekiel 20

Unequally Yoked, MannaFest

Open the study →

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Ezekiel: the study guide →Read chapter 20 →The featured study →
Continue: Ezekiel 20 →