Ezekiel 20
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1And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth [month], the tenth [day] of the month, [that] certain of the elders of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] came to enquire of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and sat before me.
2Then came the word of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) unto me, saying,
3Son of man, speak unto the elders of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and say unto them, Thus says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER); Are you2f come to enquire of me? [As] I live, says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER), I will not be enquired of by you.
4Will youi judge them, Son of man, will youi judge [them]? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:
5And say unto them, Thus says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER); In the day when I chose Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and lifted up my hand unto the seed of the house of Ya’akov [Heal of God], and made myself known unto them in the land of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place], when I lifted up my hand unto them, saying, I [am] the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) your God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered];
6In the day [that] I lifted up my hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place] into a land that I had discovered (spied out; examined) for them, flowing with milk and honey, which [is] the glory of all lands:
7Then said I unto them, Cast you2f away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place]: I [am] the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) your God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered].
8But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place]: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place].
9But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they [were], in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place].
10For what reason I caused them to go forth out of the land of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place], and brought them into the wilderness.
11And I gave them my statutes, and showed them my judgments, which [if] a man do, he shall even live in them.
12Moreover also I gave them my Shabbat, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I [am] the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) that sanctify (make holy; set apart for God’s use) them.
13But the house of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which [if] a man do, he shall even live in them; and my Shabbat they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
14But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
15Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given [them], flowing with milk and honey, which [is] the glory of all lands;
16Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my Shabbat: for their heart went after their idols.
17Nevertheless my eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
18But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk you2f not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
19I [am] the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) your God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
20And hallow (to approve, commend, accept) my Shabbat; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you2f may know that I [am] the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) your God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered].
21Yet the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which [if] a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my Shabbat: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
22Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.
23I lifted up my hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
24Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my Shabbat, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.
25Wherefore I permitted them, or gave them over to, [false] statutes that are not good, and judgments whereby they should not live.;
26And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through [the fire] all that opens the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I [am] the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).
27Therefore, Son of man, speak unto the house of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and say unto them, Thus says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER); Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.
28 [For] when I had brought them into the land, [for] the which I lifted up my hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their soothing aroma, and poured out there their drink offerings.
29Then I said unto them, What [is] the high place whereunto you2f go? And the name thereof is called Bamah [high place] unto this day.
30For what reason say unto the house of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], Thus says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER); Are you2f polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit you2f whoredom after their abominations?
31For when you2f offer your gifts, when you2f make your sons to pass through the fire, you2f pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]? [As] I live, says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER), I will not be enquired of by you.
32And that which comes into your mind shall not be at all, that you2f say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.
33 [As] I live, says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER), surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:
34And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein you2f are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.
35And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
36Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place], so will I plead with you, says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER).
37And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
38And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]: and you2f shall know that I [am] the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).
39As for you, O house of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], thus says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER); Go you2f, serve you2f everyone his idols, and hereafter [also], if you2f will not hearken unto me: but pollute you2f my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.
40For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER), there shall all the house of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.
41I will accept you with your soothing aroma, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein you2f have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.
42And you2f shall know that I [am] the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), when I shall bring you into the land of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], into the country [for] the which I lifted up my hand to give it to your fathers.
43And there shall you2f remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein you2f have been defiled; and you2f shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that you2f have committed.
44And you2f shall know that I [am] the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), when I have wrought with you for my name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O you2f house of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER).
45Moreover the word of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) came unto me, saying,
46Son of man, set youi face toward the south, and drop [youi word] toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
47And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate); Thus says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER); Behold, I will kindle a fire in youi, and it shall devour every green tree in youi, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned in it.
48And all flesh shall see that I the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.
49Then said I, Ah Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER)! they say of me, Does he not speak parables?
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