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Ezekiel 20:39

And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and idols.

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ASV

As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Go ye, serve every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me; but my holy name shall ye no more profane with your gifts, and with your idols.

KJV

As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.

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24 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאַתֶּ֨םve.'a.Temand youH859 →
בֵּֽית־beit-O house ofH1004 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
כֹּֽה־koh-thusH3541 →
אָמַ֣ר׀'a.Marhe saysH559 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
יְהֹוִ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3069 →
אִ֤ישׁ'isheveryoneH376 →
גִּלּוּלָיו֙gi.lu.Lavidols hisH1544 →
לְכ֣וּle.KhugoH1980 →
עֲבֹ֔דוּ'a.Vo.duserveH5647 →
וְאַחַ֕רve.'a.Charand afterH310 →
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
אֵינְכֶ֖ם'ein.Khemnot youH369 →
שֹׁמְעִ֣יםsho.me.'Im[will be] listeningH8085 →
אֵלָ֑י'e.Laito meH413 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
שֵׁ֤םshem[the] name ofH8034 →
קָדְשִׁי֙kod.shiholiness myH6944 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
תְחַלְּלוּ־te.cha.le.lu-you will profaneH2490 →
ע֔וֹדodagainH5750 →
בְּמַתְּנֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖םbe.ma.te.no.tei.Khemby gifts yourH4979 →
וּבְגִלּוּלֵיכֶֽם׃u.ve.gi.lu.lei.Khemand by idols yourH1544 →

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Joshua 24:15But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”Acts 7:42But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?Amos 4:4“Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days.Isaiah 48:11For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.Exodus 20:23You are not to make any gods alongside Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold.Isaiah 1:13Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me— your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations. I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.Ezekiel 20:25I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live.Ezekiel 39:7So I will make My holy name known among My people Israel and will no longer allow it to be profaned. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.Jeremiah 44:26Nevertheless, hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah living in Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the LORD, that never again will any man of Judah living in the land of Egypt invoke My name or say, ‘As surely as the Lord GOD lives.’Ezekiel 13:19You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.Deuteronomy 4:28And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.Amos 6:10And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”Isaiah 1:13–15Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me— your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations. I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.Judges 10:14Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”Hosea 4:17Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!Ezekiel 43:7and He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile My holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and by the funeral offerings for their kings at their deaths.Ezekiel 20:25–26I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live.Romans 1:24–28Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.

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