Ezekiel 20:25
What does Ezekiel 20:25 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 20:25 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances wherein they should not live;
KJV
King James Version · 1611Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances wherein they should not live;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And further, I gave them rules which were not good and orders in which there was no life for them;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And I also, I have given to them statutes not good, And judgments by which they do not live.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Therefore I also gave them statutes that were not good, and judgments, in which they shall not live.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And I also gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances whereby they should not live;
Context
v.24because they had not executed mine ordinances, but had rejected my statutes, and had profaned my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.
v.25This passage
v.26and I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am Jehovah.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 4:27
And Jehovah will scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah shall lead you away.
- Ezekiel 20:39
As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Go ye, serve every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me; but my holy name shall ye no more profane with your gifts, and with your idols.
- Romans 1:21
because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:9
even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
- Deuteronomy 28:36
Jehovah will bring thee, and thy king whom thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation that thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
- Ezekiel 14:9
And if the prophet be deceived and speak a word, I, Jehovah, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
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