Ezekiel 20:24 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 20:24

22 Nevertheless I withdrew My hand and acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out.

23 Also I raised My hand in an oath to those in the wilderness, that ^aI would scatter them among the Gentiles and disperse them throughout the countries,

24 ^abecause they had not executed My judgments, but had despised My statutes, profaned My Sabbaths, and ^btheir eyes were fixed on their fathers’ idols.

25 “Therefore ^aI also gave them up to statutes that were not good, and judgments by which they could not live;

26 and I pronounced them unclean because of their ritual gifts, in that they caused all¹ their firstborn to pass ^athrough the fire, that I might make them desolate and that they ^bmight know that I am the Lord.” ’

27 “Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “In this too your fathers have ^ablasphemed Me, by being unfaithful to Me.

28 When I brought them into the land concerning which I had raised My hand in an oath to give them, and ^athey saw all the high hills and all the thick trees, there they offered their sacrifices and provoked Me with their offerings. There they also sent up their ^bsweet aroma and poured out their drink offerings.

Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 20:24

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American Standard Version
because they had not executed mine ordinances, but had rejected my statutes, and had profaned my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.

Amplified® Bible
Because they had not executed My ordinances but had despised {and} rejected My statutes and had profaned My Sabbaths, and their eyes were set on their fathers' idols.

Contemporary English Version
because they had disobeyed my laws and ignored my teachings; they had disgraced my Sabbath and worshiped the idols their ancestors had made.

Darby English Version
because they performed not mine ordinances, and rejected my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.

Good News Bible
I did this because they had rejected my commands, broken my laws, profaned the Sabbath, and worshiped the same idols their ancestors had served.

King James Version
Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.

New American Standard Bible
because they had not observed My ordinances, but had rejected My statutes and had profaned My sabbaths, and their eyes were on the idols of their fathers.

New International Version
because they had not obeyed my laws but had rejected my decrees and desecrated my Sabbaths, and their eyes lusted after their fathers' idols.

New King James Version
because they had not executed My judgments, but had despised My statutes, profaned My Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on their fathers' idols.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
because they had not observed My ordinances, but had rejected My statutes and had profaned My sabbaths, and their eyes fixed on the idols of their fathers.

Revised Standard Version
because they had not executed my ordinances, but had rejected my statutes and profaned my sabbaths, and their eyes were set on their fathers' idols.

Young's Literal Translation
Because My judgments they have not done, And My statutes they have despised, And My sabbaths they have polluted, And after idols of their fathers have their eyes been.

New English Translation
I did this¹ because they did not observe my regulations, they rejected my statutes, they desecrated my Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on² their fathers’ idols.

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