Ezekiel 20:27-32

English Standard Version Anglicised

²⁷ “Therefore, ^(A)son of man, speak to the house of Israel and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: In this also your fathers blasphemed me, by ^(B)dealing treacherously with me. ²⁸ For when I had brought them into the land that ^(C)I swore to give them, then wherever they saw ^(D)any high hill or any leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices and there they presented ^(E)the provocation of their offering; there they sent up their pleasing aromas, and there they poured out their drink offerings. ²⁹ (I said to them, ^(F)What is the high place to which you go? So its name is called Bamah^[a] to this day.)

³⁰ “Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: ^(G)Will you defile yourselves after the manner of your fathers and go ^(H)whoring after their detestable things? ³¹ When you present your gifts and ^(I)offer up your children in fire,^[b] you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. And ^(J)shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? ^(K)As I live, declares the Lord God, I will not be enquired of by you.

^32 (L)“What is in your mind shall never happen—the thought, ^(M)‘Let us be like the nations, like the tribes of the countries, ^(N)and worship wood and stone.’