Ezekiel 20:26
What does Ezekiel 20:26 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 20:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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 the Lord.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949I made them unclean in the offerings they gave, causing them to make every first child go through the fire, so that I might put an end to them.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And I defile them by their own gifts, By causing to pass away every opener of a womb, So that I make them desolate, So that they know that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And I polluted them in their own gifts, when they offered all that opened the womb, for their offences: and they shall know that I am the Lord.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and I defiled them by their own gifts, in that they devoted all that opened the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I [am] Jehovah.
Context
v.25Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances wherein they should not live;
v.26This passage
v.27Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In this moreover have your fathers blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 16:20
Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Were thy whoredoms a small matter,
- 2 Chronicles 28:3
Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel.
- Ezekiel 6:7
And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
- Jeremiah 32:35
And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
- Romans 11:7
What then? That which Israel seeketh for, that he obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened:
- Exodus 13:12
that thou shalt set apart unto Jehovah all that openeth the womb, and every firstling which thou hast that cometh of a beast; the males shall be Jehovah’s.
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