Ezekiel 20:4

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Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Let them know about the detestable practices of their ancestors.

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  • Ezek 22:2 : 2 Son of man, will you judge? Will you judge the city of bloodshed and confront her with all her abominations?
  • Ezek 23:36 : 36 The LORD said to me: 'Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then confront them with their abominations.'
  • Ezek 23:45 : 45 But righteous men will judge them for committing adultery and shedding blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands.
  • Matt 23:29-37 : 29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous, 30 and you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' 31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your forefathers' sins! 33 You serpents, you brood of vipers! How can you escape being sentenced to hell? 34 Therefore, look, I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, 35 so that upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Truly, I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation. 37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you! How often I have wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
  • Luke 11:47-51 : 47 Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, yet it was your ancestors who killed them. 48 So you are witnesses and approve of the deeds of your ancestors; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs. 49 Because of this, the wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles; some they will kill, and others they will persecute.' 50 So that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation— 51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation.
  • Luke 13:33-35 : 33 Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem. 34 'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. 35 Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’
  • Acts 7:51-52 : 51 You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors did. 52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have betrayed and murdered him—
  • 1 Cor 6:2 : 2 Don't you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you not competent to decide trivial matters?
  • Isa 5:3 : 3 Now then, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.
  • Jer 7:16 : 16 As for you, do not pray for this people, do not raise a cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I will not listen to you.
  • Jer 11:14 : 14 As for you, do not pray for this people or lift up a cry or petition for them, for I will not listen to them when they cry out to me because of their disaster.
  • Jer 14:11-14 : 11 Then the LORD said to me, "Do not pray for the well-being of this people." 12 Even if they fast, I will not listen to their cry; even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will consume them by sword, famine, and plague. 13 But I said, "Ah, Sovereign LORD, the prophets are telling them, 'You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.'" 14 The LORD said to me: "The prophets are prophesying lies in My name. I did not send them, command them, or speak to them. They are seeing false visions, giving worthless divinations and deceitful messages from their own hearts.
  • Jer 15:1 : 1 Then the LORD said to me: 'Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, My heart would not go out to these people. Send them away from My presence and let them go.'
  • Ezek 14:14 : 14 even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness, declares the Sovereign LORD.
  • Ezek 14:20 : 20 even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, they could not save son or daughter. They would save only themselves by their righteousness.
  • Ezek 16:2-3 : 2 Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations, 3 and say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your ancestry and birth were in the land of the Canaanites—your father was an Amorite and your mother was a Hittite.’

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    36 The LORD said to me: 'Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then confront them with their abominations.'

    37 For they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They committed adultery with their idols; they even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to me, passing them through the fire as food for their idols.

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    1 The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

    2 Son of man, will you judge? Will you judge the city of bloodshed and confront her with all her abominations?

  • Ezek 20:30-31
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    30 Therefore, say to the house of Israel: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Will you defile yourselves the way your fathers did and lust after their detestable things?'

    31 When you offer your gifts and make your children pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. Shall I let you inquire of me, house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will not let you inquire of me.

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    2 Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations,

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    26 I defiled them through their own gifts, by making them cause all their firstborn to pass through the fire, in order to devastate them and make them know that I am the LORD.

    27 Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Yet in this, your fathers blasphemed me by acting treacherously against me.'

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    3 Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Are you coming to inquire of me? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will not let you inquire of me.'

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    6 And He said to me, 'Son of man, do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see even greater abominations.'

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    15 And He said to me, 'Have you seen this, son of man? You will see even greater abominations than these.'

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    12 Then He said to me, 'Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each in the chamber of his carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has abandoned the land.’'

    13 And He said to me, 'You will see even greater abominations that they are committing.'

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    17 And He said to me, 'Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence and continually anger Me. Behold, they are even putting the branch to their nose!

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    6 And say to the rebellious house of Israel, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: Enough of all your abominations, O house of Israel!'

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    2 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

    3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts and placed the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. Should I really let myself be consulted by them?

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    21 But as for those whose hearts follow their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares the Lord God.

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    18 This is so they do not teach you to follow all the detestable practices they have done for their gods, causing you to sin against the LORD your God.

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    9 Because of all your abominations, I will do what I have never done before and will never do again.

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    4 Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, son of man!

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    7 And I said to them, 'Each of you, get rid of the detestable things your eyes are set on, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.'

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    16 The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

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    20 You even took the sons and daughters you bore to me and sacrificed them to the idols as food. Was your prostitution not enough?

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