Ezekiel 20:3-5

Contemporary English Version

³ Ezekiel, son of man, these leaders have come to find out what I want them to do. As surely as I live, I will not give them an answer of any kind.

⁴ Are you willing to warn them, Ezekiel? Then remind them of the disgusting sins of their ancestors.

^5 (A) Tell them that long ago I, the Lord God, chose Israel to be my own. I appeared to their ancestors in Egypt and made a solemn promise that I would be their God and the God of their descendants.