Ezk EzekielHesekiel, chapterluku Book of EzekielHesekielin kirja, chapterluku 20

And it comes to pass, in the seventh year, in the fifth [month], on the tenth of the month, men from [the] elderly of Israel have come in to seek YHWH, and they sit before me; and there is a word of YHWH to me, saying, “Son of man, speak to the elderly of Israel, and you have said to them, Thus said Lord YHWH: Are yöu coming in to seek Me? [As] I live—I am not sought by yöu—a declaration of Lord YHWH. Do you judge them? Do you judge, son of man? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers, and you have said to them, Thus said Lord YHWH: In the day of My fixing on Israel, || I lift up My hand, || To the seed of the house of Jacob, || And am known to them in the land of Egypt, || And I lift up My hand to them, || Saying, I [am] yöur God YHWH. In that day I lifted up My hand to them, || To bring them forth from the land of Egypt, || To a land that I spied out for them, || Flowing with milk and honey, || It [is] a beauty to all the lands, And I say to them, Let each cast away the detestable things of his eyes, || And do not be defiled with the idols of Egypt, || I [am] yöur God YHWH. And they rebel against Me, || And have not been willing to listen to Me, || Each has not cast away the detestable things of their eyes, || And have not forsaken the idols of Egypt, || And I speak—to pour out My fury on them, || To complete My anger against them, || In the midst of the land of Egypt. And I do [it] for My Name’s sake, || Not to defile [it] before the eyes of the nations, || In whose midst they [are in], || Before whose eyes I became known to them, || To bring them out from the land of Egypt. And I bring them out of the land of Egypt, || And I bring them into the wilderness, And I give My statutes to them, || And I caused them to know My judgments, || Which the man who does—lives by them. And I have also given My Sabbaths to them, || To be for a sign between Me and them, || To know that I [am] YHWH who is sanctifying them. And the house of Israel rebels against Me in the wilderness, || They have not walked in My statutes, || And they have despised My judgments, || Which the man who does—lives by them. And they have greatly defiled My Sabbaths, || And I speak—to pour out My fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them. And I do [it] for My Name’s sake, || Not to defile [it] before the eyes of the nations, || Before whose eyes I brought them forth. And also, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, || Not to bring them into the land that I had given, || Flowing with milk and honey, || It [is] a beauty to all the lands, Because they kicked against My judgments, || And they have not walked in My statutes, || And they have defiled My Sabbaths, || For their heart is going after their idols. And My eye has pity on them—against destroying them, || And I have not made an end of them in the wilderness. And I say to their sons in the wilderness: Do not walk in the statutes of yöur fathers, || And do not observe their judgments, || And do not defile yourselves with their idols. I [am] yöur God YHWH, walk in My statutes, || And observe My judgments, and do them, And sanctify My Sabbaths, || And they have been for a sign between Me and yöu, || To know that I [am] yöur God YHWH. And the sons rebel against Me, || They have not walked in My statutes, || And they have not observed My judgments—to do them, || Which the man who does—lives by them. They have defiled My Sabbaths, || And I speak—to pour out My fury on them, || To complete My anger against them in the wilderness. And I have turned back My hand, || And I do [it] for My Name’s sake, || Not to defile [it] before the eyes of the nations, || Before whose eyes I brought them out. I also, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, || To scatter them among nations, || And to spread them through lands. Because they have not done My judgments, || And they have despised My statutes, || And they have defiled My Sabbaths, || And their eyes have been after [the] idols of their fathers. And I also, I have given statutes to them [that are] not good, || And judgments by which they do not live. And I defile them by their own gifts, || By causing every opener of a womb to pass away, || So that I make them desolate, || So that they know that I [am] YHWH. Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and you have said to them, Thus said Lord YHWH: Still in this yöur fathers have reviled Me, || In their committing a trespass against Me. And I bring them into the land, || That I lifted up My hand to give to them, || And they see every high hill, and every thick tree, || And they sacrifice their sacrifices there, || And give the provocation of their offering there, || And make their refreshing fragrance there, || And they pour out their drink-offerings there. And I say to them: What [is] the high place to where yöu are going in?” And its name is called “High Place” to this day. “Therefore, say to the house of Israel, Thus said Lord YHWH: Are yöu defiling yourselves in the way of yöur fathers? And do yöu go whoring after their detestable things? And in the offering of yöur gifts, || In causing yöur sons to pass through fire, || Yöu are defiled by all yöur idols to this day, || And I am sought by yöu, O house of Israel? [As] I live—a declaration of Lord YHWH, I am not sought by yöu. And that which is going up on yöur mind, || It is not at all—in that yöu are saying: We will be as the nations, as the families of the lands, || To serve wood and stone. [As] I live—a declaration of Lord YHWH, || Do I not, with a strong hand, || And with an outstretched arm, || And with poured out fury—rule over yöu? And I have brought yöu forth from the peoples, || And assembled yöu from the lands || In which yöu have been scattered, || With a strong hand and with an outstretched arm, || And with poured out fury. And I have brought yöu into the wilderness of the peoples, || And have been judged with yöu there face to face. As I was judged with yöur fathers, || In the wilderness of the land of Egypt, || So I am judged with yöu, || A declaration of Lord YHWH. And I have caused yöu to pass under the rod, || And brought yöu into the bond of the covenant, And cleared out the rebels from yöu, || And those transgressing against Me, || I bring them out from the land of their sojournings, || And they do not come to the land of Israel, || And yöu have known that I [am] YHWH. And yöu, O house of Israel, thus said Lord YHWH: Each go, serve his idols, || And afterward, if yöu are not listening to Me [anyway], || But yöu do not defile My holy Name anymore by yöur gifts, and by yöur idols. For on My holy mountain, || On the mountain of the height of Israel, || A declaration of Lord YHWH, || All the house of Israel serves Me there, || All of it, in the land—I accept them there, || And I seek yöur raised-offerings there, || And with the first-fruit of yöur gifts, || With all yöur holy things. With refreshing fragrance I accept yöu, || In My bringing yöu out from the peoples, || And I have assembled yöu from the lands || In which yöu have been scattered, || And I have been sanctified in yöu || Before the eyes of the nations. And yöu have known that I [am] YHWH, || In My bringing yöu to the ground of Israel, || To the land that I lifted up My hand || To give it to yöur fathers, And yöu have remembered yöur ways there, || And all yöur doings, || In which yöu have been defiled, || And yöu have been loathsome in yöur own faces, || For all yöur evils that yöu have done. And yöu have known that I [am] YHWH, || In My dealing with yöu for My Name’s sake, || Not according to yöur evil ways, || And according to yöur corrupt doings, O house of Israel, || A declaration of Lord YHWH.” And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying, “Son of man, set your face the way of Teman, and prophesy to the south, and prophesy to the forest of the field—the south; and you have said to the forest of the south, Hear a word of YHWH! Thus said Lord YHWH: Behold, I am kindling a fire in you, || And it has devoured every moist tree in you, and every dry tree, || The glowing flames are not quenched, || And all faces from south to north have been burned by it. And all flesh has seen, that I, YHWH, have kindled it—it is not quenched.” And I say, “Aah! Lord YHWH, || They are saying of me, || Is he not using allegories?”