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Ezekiel 20:39 Cross-References
Explore 18 cross-references for Ezekiel 20:39 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ezekiel chapter 20 verse 39 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.”
Ezekiel 20:39 (KJV)
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Commentary on Ezekiel 20:39
As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols. This shocking verse employs biting irony and divine sarcasm to expose Israel's spiritual hypocrisy. The phrase "Go ye, serve ye every one his idols" is not permission but prophetic irony—if you insist on idolatry, at least be consistent rather than hypocritical. The Hebrew lekhu ivdu (לְכוּ עִבְדוּ, "go serve") uses imperative forms that sound permissive but function as rhetoric...
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Cross-References for Ezekiel 20:39
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“Son of man”
“and ordinances in which they should not live;”
“Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.”
“Sabbaths”
“Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.”
“God sends them a working of error”
“the God of Israel”
“when he brings it with a wicked mind!”
“and blood is in their hands; and with their idols have they committed adultery; and they have also caused their sons”