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Ezekiel 20:32

When you say, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of the lands, serving wood and stone,’ what you have in mind will never come to pass.

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ASV

and that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, in that ye say, We will be as the nations, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.

KJV

And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהָֽעֹלָה֙ve.ha.'o.Lahand the [thing which] comes upH5927 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
ר֣וּחֲכֶ֔םru.cha.Khemspirit yourH7307 →
הָי֖וֹha.Yocertainly <happen>H1961 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
תִֽהְיֶ֑הtih.Yehit will happenH1961 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר׀'a.Sher[that] whichH834 →
אַתֶּ֣ם'a.TemyouH859 →
אֹמְרִ֗ים'o.me.Rim[are] sayingH559 →
נִֽהְיֶ֤הnih.Yehwe will beH1961 →
כַגּוֹיִם֙kha.go.Yimlike the nationsH1471 →
כְּמִשְׁפְּח֣וֹתke.mish.pe.Chotlike [the] clans ofH4940 →
הָאֲרָצ֔וֹתha.'a.ra.Tzotthe landsH776 →
לְשָׁרֵ֖תle.sha.Retto serveH8334 →
עֵ֥ץ'etzwoodH6086 →
וָאָֽבֶן׃va.'A.venand stoneH68 →

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Jeremiah 10:2This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by the signs in the heavens, though the nations themselves are terrified by them.Ezekiel 11:5And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me and told me to declare that this is what the LORD says: “That is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your minds.Deuteronomy 12:30be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”Jeremiah 44:17Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.Deuteronomy 4:28And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.Daniel 5:4As they drank the wine, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.Revelation 9:20Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.Psalms 139:2You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.Deuteronomy 28:64Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.Lamentations 3:37Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?Deuteronomy 28:36The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.Isaiah 37:19They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.Ezekiel 38:10This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.Jeremiah 44:29This will be a sign to you that I will punish you in this place, declares the LORD, so that you may know that My threats of harm against you will surely stand.Deuteronomy 29:17You saw the abominations and idols among them made of wood and stone, of silver and gold.Romans 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.1 Samuel 8:5“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”Hosea 2:7She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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