Ezekiel chapter 20:16 Daily Holy Bible Reading

Ezekiel Chapter 20

THE PROPHETS

EZEKIEL

YECHEZKEL

“The Heart Of Flesh”
“The Vision Of The Dry Bones”
“Hashem Is There”

These and more… you will learn in this book.

Yes, on its accounts it is another book of tragedy. But Ezekiel is the prophet of hope and triumph.

After G-d abandoned His people (The Jews), He will pluck Israel from the nations. To bring them back to its home.

Chapter 20

Ezekiel Chapter 20 may seem like a Broken Record on Obedience against Disobedience to G-d’s Ways But Because it has Never Change and will Never Change

The Worship Of Jesus

What is too difficult to understand from what G-d constant reprimands? That “He alone is G-d, and there is no other.”

In plain verses read HERE

“Idol Worship”

“Disobedience”

“Retribution”

“Son of Ma, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them: Thus said the Lord Hashem/Elohim: It is to inquire of Me that you come? As I live, [I swear] that I will not relate to your inquiries — the word of the Lord Hashem/Elohim.’”
20:3
Say to them: Thus said the Lord Hashem/Elohim: On the day I chose Israel; I raised My hand [in oath] for the seed of the House of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, I raised My hand for them, saying. ‘I am Hashem, your God.’
:5
And I said to them, ‘Every man, cast away the detestable [idols] of his eyes; do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am Hashem, your God.’
:7
But they rebelled against Me and did not want to listen to Me; no man of them cast away the detestable [idols] of their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. …
:8
I gave them My decrees and My laws I made known to them, through which, if a man fulfills them, he will live through them.
:11
I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between Me and them, to know that I am Hashem Who sanctifies them.
:12
But the House of Israel rebelled against Me in the Wilderness: They did not follow My decrees and they spurned My laws, … and they desecrated My Sabbaths exceedingly. …
:13
But I acted for the sake of My Name, that it should not be desecrated in the eyes of the nations before whose eyes I had take them out.
:14
[All this] because they spurned My laws and did not follow My decrees and they desecrated My Sabbaths, because their heart kept going after their idols.
:16
But My eye pitied them, rather than destroying them, so I did not put an end to them in the Wilderness.
:17
I said to their children in the Wilderness, ‘Do not follow the practices of your fathers and do not observe their laws, and do not defile yourselves with their idols.
:18
I am Hashem your God: follow My decrees and observe My laws and fulfill them.
:19
Sanctify My Sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between Me and you, for you to know that I am Hashem, your God.’
:20
But the children rebelled against Me: They did not follow My decrees and did not observe My laws, to fulfill them, through which, if a man fulfills them, he will live through them; and they desecrated My Sabbaths; …
:21
I also raised up My hand [in oath] against them in the Wilderness to scatter them among the nations and to disperse them among the lands,
:23
because they did not fulfill My laws, they spurned My decrees, desecrated My Sabbaths, and their eyes went after the idols of their fathers.
:24
I profaned them because of their gifts — of passing every firstborn [before Molech] — so that I might destroy them, so that they should know that I am Hashem.”
:26
… and they saw every high hill and every thick-branched tree — they slaughtered their sacrifices there and they offered their offerings of provocation there; …
:28
Then I said to them, ‘What is this high place to which only you come? Yet it is called a high place until this day.”
:29
… — you defile yourselves unto all your idols to this day, should I relate to your inquiries, O House of Israel? As I live — [I swear that] I will not relate to your inquiries!
:31
As for what enters your minds — it shall not be! As for what you say, ‘We will be like the nations, like the families of the lands, to worship wood and stone.’
:32
I will separate from among you those who rebel and those who transgress against Me; I will take them out of the land of their sojourning, but they will not come to the soil of Israel; then you will know that I am Hashem.
:38
And you, O House of Israel, thus said the Lord Hashem/Elohim: Let every man go serve his idols. Since you do not listen to Me, and do not profane My holy Name any longer with your gifts and with your idols.
:39
But on My holy mountain, on the mountain of the height of Israel — the word of the Lord Hashem/Elohim — there the entire House of Israel, all of it will serve Me in the land; there I will accept them favorably, and there I will seek your tributes and the finest of your offerings, with all your consecrated things.
:40
Then you will know that I am Hashem, when I act with you for My Name’s sake, and not in accord with your evil ways and your corrupt deeds, O House of Israel — the word of the Lord Hashem/Elohim.”
:44

1 And now it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth [month], on the tenth of the month, that certain men of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord and sat before me.
2 Then came the word of the Lord to me, saying:
3 “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them: So says the Lord God, Have you come to inquire of Me? As true as I live, I will not be inquired of by you! says the Lord God.
4 Will you contend with them? Will you contend, O son of man? Let them know the abominations of their fathers.
5 And you shall say to them: So says the Lord God, On the day I chose Israel, then I lifted up My hand to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up My hand to them, saying: I am the Lord your God.
6 On that day I lifted up My hand to them to bring them out of the land of Egypt, to a land that I had sought out for them, flowing with milk and honey; it is the glory of all the lands.
7 And I said to them: Every man cast away the despicable idols from before his eyes, and pollute not yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.
8 But they rebelled against Me and would not consent to hearken to Me; they did not cast away, every man, the despicable idols from before their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt; and I said to pour out My wrath over them, to give My anger full rein over them, in the midst of the land of Egypt.
9 But I wrought for the sake of My Name so that it should not be desecrated before the eyes of the nations in whose midst they were, before whose eyes I made Myself known to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
10 And I brought them out of the land of Egypt, and I brought them into the wilderness.
11 And I gave them My statutes, and My ordinances I made known to them, which, if a man perform, he shall live through them.
12 Moreover, I gave them My Sabbaths to be for a sign between Me and them, to know that I, the Lord, make them holy.
13 But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they walked not in My statutes, and they despised My ordinances, which, if a man keep, he will live through them, and My Sabbaths they desecrated exceedingly. Then I said to pour out My wrath upon them in the wilderness, to make an end to them.
14 And I wrought for the sake of My Name, so it should not be desecrated before the eyes of the nations before whose eyes I had brought them out.
15 But I also lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey; it is the glory of all lands.
16 Because they despised My ordinances, and in My statutes they did not walk, and My Sabbaths they desecrated- for their heart went constantly after their idols.
17 Nevertheless, My eye looked pityingly upon them, not to destroy them, and I did not make an end to them in the wilderness.
18 But I said to their children in the wilderness: ‘In the statutes of your fathers do not walk and do not observe their ordinances, and do not defile yourselves with their idols.
19 I am the Lord your God: walk in My statutes, and keep My ordinances and fulfill them.
20 And keep My Sabbaths holy so that they be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God.’
21 But the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, and they did not observe My ordinances to perform them, which if a man perform, he shall live through them; My Sabbaths they desecrated, and I said to pour out My wrath upon them, to spend My anger upon them in the wilderness.
22 I drew back My hand and acted for the sake of My Name, that it should not be desecrated before the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I took them out.
23 I also lifted My hand to them in the wilderness to scatter them among the nations and disperse them in the lands.
24 Because they did not perform My ordinances, and they rejected My statutes and desecrated My Sabbaths, and their eyes were after the idols of their fathers.
25 I, too, gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances through which they should not live.
26 And I defiled them with their gifts, when causing to pass all who open the womb, in order that I lay them desolate, in order that they know that I am the Lord.
27 Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and say to them: So said the Lord God, [With] this too, your fathers blasphemed Me when they dealt treacherously with Me.
28 And I brought them to the land, that which I lifted My hand to give to them, and they saw every high hill and every many-branched tree, and they slaughtered there their sacrifices, and they presented the provocation of their offering, and there they placed their pleasing savors, and there they poured their libations.
29 And I said to them: ‘What is this high place that you are the ones coming there?’ So its name was called Bamah until this day.
30 Therefore, say to the house of Israel: So said the Lord God: Are you defiling yourselves in the way of your forefathers, and are you going astray after their abominations?
31 And when you take your gifts, when you cause your children to pass through the fire, you defile yourselves to all your idols until this day, shall I then be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you.
32 But what enters your mind shall not come about, what you say, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the families of the lands, to serve wood and stone.’
33 As I live, says the Lord God, surely with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with poured out fury, will I reign over you.
34 And I shall take you out of the peoples, and I shall gather you from the lands in which you were scattered, with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with poured out fury.
35 And I shall bring you to the wilderness of the peoples, and I shall contend with you there face to face.
36 As I contended with your forefathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I contend with you, says the Lord God.
37 And I shall cause you to pass under the rod, and I shall bring you into the transmission of the covenant.
38 And I shall separate from you those who rebel and those who transgress against Me; from the land of their sojournings I shall take them, but to the land of Israel they shall not come, and you will know that I am the Lord.
39 And you, the house of Israel, so said the Lord God: Each man, go worship his idols since you do not hearken to Me, and no longer desecrate My holy Name with your gifts and with your idols.
40 But on My holy mount, on the mountain of the height of Israel, says the Lord God. There all the house of Israel-yea, all of them-will serve Me in the land; there I will accept them, and there I will require your heave offerings and the first of your food with all your hallowed things.
41 With a pleasing savor I shall accept you when I take you out of the nations, and I shall gather you from the lands in which you were scattered, and I shall be hallowed through you before the eyes of the nations.
42 And you will know that I am the Lord when I bring you to the land of Israel, to the land that I lifted My hand to give to your forefathers.
43 And there you will remember your ways and your deeds, with which you have been defiled, and you will quarrel with yourselves because of all your evils that you have done.
44 And you will know that I am the Lord when I do with you for My Name’s sake, not according to your evil ways or according to your corrupt deeds, O house of Israel,” says the Lord God.

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The Book of Joshua, in the Hebrew-Jewish Bible, narrates the entry of the Children of Israel into the Promised Land of Canaan and their conquest and partition of the land under the leadership of Joshua, as Moses’ successor. It details the Israelites’ miraculous crossing of the Jordan River, the fall of Jericho, the battles of Ai and Gibeon, and the division of the land among the twelve tribes. Joshua resonates with Moses, in which he exhorts the Israelites to remain faithful to G-d and His commandments.
Judges chronicles the history of the Israelites during the period between the conquest of the Land of Israel and the establishment of the monarchy. It contains accounts of the heroic deeds of various judges who led and rescued the Israelites from their enemies. The book also provides valuable insights into the spiritual and moral challenges faced by the Israelites during that time. The cycle of sin is clearly seen in the book of Judges (Shoftim in Hebrew).
The Books of I and II Samuel, also known as the Books of Samuel, recount the life and times of the prophet Samuel, the establishment of the Israelite monarchy, and the reigns of the first two kings of Israel, Saul and David. They provide insights into the political, religious, and social aspects of ancient Israel during that period. Samuel (Shmuel in Hebrew) anointed both Saul and David as kings of Israel with the approval of G-d and at His command.
The Books of I and II Samuel, also known as the Books of Samuel, recount the life and times of the prophet Samuel, the establishment of the Israelite monarchy, and the reigns of the first two kings of Israel, Saul and David. They provide insights into the political, religious, and social aspects of ancient Israel during that period. Samuel (Shmuel in Hebrew) anointed both Saul and David as kings of Israel with the approval of G-d and at His command.
The Books of I and II Kings, also known as the Books of Kings, recount the history of the Israelite monarchy from the reign of Solomon to the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem and the Babylonian exile. They provide insights into the political, religious, and social aspects of ancient Israel during that period. From one righteous king to another evil king one after another, miracle after miracle favoring the righteous kings, and against the evil kings.
The Books of I and II Kings, also known as the Books of Kings, recount the history of the Israelite monarchy from the reign of Solomon to the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem and the Babylonian exile. They provide insights into the political, religious, and social aspects of ancient Israel during that period. From one righteous king to another evil king one after another, miracle after miracle favoring the righteous kings, and against the evil kings.
A known prophetic book in the Hebrew-Jewish Bible is the book of Isaiah (Yeshayahu in Hebrew). It contains the written prophecies during the 8th century BCE throughout his life. The book addresses various themes, including the judgment of G-d upon Israel (the suffering servant) and other nations, the coming of the Messiah, and the establishment of G-d’s kingdom on earth. Isaiah is known for his poetic and eloquent language, and his prophecies have had a profound influence on Jewish  and Christian thought throughout history.
The prophecies of the prophet Jeremiah, who lived during the 7th century BCE. The book addresses various themes, including the judgment of G-d upon Israel and other nations, the coming destruction of Jerusalem and the Babylonian exile, and the restoration of Israel. Jeremiah (Yirmiyahu in Hebrew) is known as “The suffering or lamenting prophet,” for his emotional and passionate prophecies, and his book accounts the tragic details as it happens right before his eyes in his lifetime.

The Book of Ezekiel (Yechezkel in Hebrew) contains the prophecies of the prophet Ezekiel, who lived during the Babylonian exile in the 6th century BCE. The book addresses various themes, including the judgment of G-d upon Israel and other nations, the destruction of Jerusalem and the Babylonian exile, and the restoration of Israel. Ezekiel is known for his vivid and symbolic prophecies, and his book reveals the key to salvation. That is repentance and righteousness.

The Book of Hosea (Hoshea in the Hebrew-Jewish Bible), shares the prophecies of the prophet Hosea, who lived in the 8th century BCE during the reign of the kings of Israel. The book addresses themes such as the unfaithfulness of the Israelites, G-d’s judgment and mercy, and the promise of redemption. G-d’s “estranged wife,” is how Israel was identified in this book. Nonetheless, Israel remains G-d’s chosen people despite their sins and shortcomings.
The Book of Joel (Yoel in Hebrew) is another prophetic book containing the prophecies of the prophet Joel, who lived during a time of locust infestation and drought. The empires of Babylonia, Persian, Greeks and Romans are God’s judgment on Israel for their sins; likened to the locusts swarms in succession. Moreover, the coming Day of the Lord, and the restoration of Israel is mentioned as well.
A prophetic book containing the prophecies of the prophet Amos, who lived in the 8th century BCE during the reign of the kings of Israel. The book addresses social justice, the condemnation of injustice, and the coming judgment of G-d on Israel and other nations for their sins. Amos’s prophecies are known for their powerful and direct language.
The Book of Obadiah (Ovadiah in the Hebrew-Jewish Bible), Obadiah, who lived during the 6th century BCE, primarily addresses the destruction of Edom and the judgment of G-d upon them for their hostility towards Israel. Obadiah’s prophecies are known for its powerful condemnation of Edom’s arrogance and cruelty.
The Book of Jonah (Yonah in the Hebrew-Jewish Bible) is a narrative prophetic book that tells the story of the prophet Jonah, who is reluctant to fulfill G-d’s command to prophesy against the city of Nineveh. Instead, Jonah flees to Tarshish, but a great storm arises and the sailors throw Jonah overboard to appease the storm. Jonah is swallowed by a large fish, where he prays to G-d. After three days and three nights, the fish vomits Jonah onto dry land. Jonah then goes to Nineveh and delivers God’s message of repentance, leading to the city’s repentance and God’s mercy. The book highlights matters of God’s sovereignty, mercy, and the importance of obedience.
The Book of Micah (Michah in the Hebrew-Jewish Bible). Micah, who lived during the 8th century BCE during the reigns of the kings of Judah and Israel. Micah’s prophecies address social justice, the condemnation of injustice, the coming judgment of G-d on Israel and other nations for their sins, and the promise of a future restoration and redemption. Micah’s prophecies are known for its powerful outlook and emotional intensity.
The Book of Nahum (Nachum in the Hebrew-Jewish Bible).
Prophet Nahum, who lived during the 7th century BCE. The book primarily addresses the judgment of G-d upon the city of Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Empire, for its arrogance, cruelty, and violence. Nahum’s prophecies are known for their vivid descriptions of Nineveh’s destruction and their emphasis on G-d’s justice and sovereignty.
The Book of Habakkuk (Chavakuk in the Hebrew-Jewish Bible). Habakkuk, who lived during the 7th century BCE. The book addresses themes such as the suffering of the righteous, the coming judgment of G-d on the wicked, and the assurance of G-d’s ultimate victory. Habakkuk’s prophecies are known for their powerful and poetic language, and his book has been a source of inspiration and comfort to many throughout history.
The Book of Zephaniah (Tzefaniah in the Hebrew-Jewish Bible), a prophetic book containing the prophecies of the prophet Zephaniah, who lived during the 7th century BCE. The coming judgment of G-d on Judah and Jerusalem for their sins, the destruction of the wicked, and the promise of restoration for the righteous are accounts written in Zephaniah. The book of Zephaniah has been a source of comfort and encouragement for generations of believers.
The Book of Haggai (Chaggai in the Hebrew-Jewish Bible), Haggai, who lived during the 6th century BCE during the time of the rebuilding of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. Haggai’s prophecies focused on encouraging the Jewish people to complete the rebuilding of the Temple, and he emphasized the importance of faith, obedience, and the blessings that would come from serving G-d wholeheartedly.
The Book of Zechariah is a prophetic book containing the prophecies of the prophet Zechariah, who lived during the 6th century BCE. The rebuilding of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, the coming of the Messiah, and the ultimate redemption of G-d’s people are important details described in the book. The book of Zechariah mentions the truth about the Jewish people as the people favored by G-d.
Malachi, who lived during the 5th century BCE. The book addresses the corruption of the priesthood, the neglect of religious practices, and the coming judgment of G-d upon those who have strayed from His ways. Emphasis on the importance of faithfulness to G-d and His covenant are topics where the book of Malachi is remembered frequently.
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