Ezekiel 20:1-8

New American Standard Bible 1995

God’s Dealings with Israel Rehearsed

20 Now in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, ^[a]certain of the ^(A)elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord, and sat before me. ² And the word of the Lord came to me saying, ³ “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord ^[b]God, “Do you come to inquire of Me? As I live,” declares the Lord God, “^(B)I will not be inquired of by you.”’ ⁴ Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? ^(C)Make them know the abominations of their fathers; ⁵ and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “On the day when I ^(D)chose Israel and ^[c]swore to the ^[d]descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I ^[e]swore to them, saying, ^(E)I am the Lord your God, ⁶ on that day I swore to them, ^(F)to bring them out from the land of Egypt into a land that I had ^[f]selected for them, ^(G)flowing with milk and honey, which is ^(H)the glory of all lands. ⁷ I said to them, ‘^(I)Cast away, each of you, the detestable things of his eyes, and ^(J)do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; ^(K)I am the Lord your God.’ ⁸ But they ^(L)rebelled against Me and were not willing to listen to Me; ^[g]they did not cast away the detestable things of their eyes, nor did they forsake the ^(M)idols of Egypt.

Then I ^[h]resolved to ^(N)pour out My wrath on them, to accomplish My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.