20:1 In
the
seventh
year,
in
the
fifth
month,
on
the
tenth
day
of
the
month,
certain
of
the
elders
of
Israel
came
to
inquire
of
the
LORD,
and
sat
before
me.
20:2 And
the
word
of
the
LORD
came
to
me:
20:3 "Son
of
man,
speak
to
the
elders
of
Israel,
and
say
to
them,
Thus
says
the
Lord
GOD,
Is
it
to
inquire
of
me
that
you
come
As
I
live,
declares
the
Lord
GOD,
I
will
not
be
inquired
of
by
you.
20:4 Will
you
judge
them,
son
of
man,
will
you
judge
them
Let
them
know
the
abominations
of
their
fathers,
20:5 and
say
to
them,
Thus
says
the
Lord
GOD:
On
the
day
when
I
chose
Israel,
I
swore
to
the
offspring
of
the
house
of
Jacob,
making
myself
known
to
them
in
the
land
of
Egypt;
I
swore
to
them,
saying,
I
am
the
LORD
your
God.
20:6 On
that
day
I
swore
to
them
that
I
would
bring
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
into
a
land
that
I
had
searched
out
for
them,
a
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey,
the
most
glorious
of
all
lands.
20:7 And
I
said
to
them,
Cast
away
the
detestable
things
your
eyes
feast
on,
every
one
of
you,
and
do
not
defile
yourselves
with
the
idols
of
Egypt;
I
am
the
LORD
your
God.
20:8 But
they
rebelled
against
me
and
were
not
willing
to
listen
to
me.
None
of
them
cast
away
the
detestable
things
their
eyes
feasted
on,
nor
did
they
forsake
the
idols
of
Egypt.
"Then
I
said
I
would
pour
out
my
wrath
upon
them
and
spend
my
anger
against
them
in
the
midst
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
20:9 But
I
acted
for
the
sake
of
my
name,
that
it
should
not
be
profaned
in
the
sight
of
the
nations
among
whom
they
lived,
in
whose
sight
I
made
myself
known
to
them
in
bringing
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
20:10 So
I
led
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
and
brought
them
into
the
wilderness.
20:11 I
gave
them
my
statutes
and
made
known
to
them
my
rules,
by
which,
if
a
person
does
them,
he
shall
live.
20:12 Moreover,
I
gave
them
my
Sabbaths,
as
a
sign
between
me
and
them,
that
they
might
know
that
I
am
the
LORD
who
sanctifies
them.
20:13 But
the
house
of
Israel
rebelled
against
me
in
the
wilderness.
They
did
not
walk
in
my
statutes
but
rejected
my
rules,
by
which,
if
a
person
does
them,
he
shall
live;
and
my
Sabbaths
they
greatly
profaned.
"Then
I
said
I
would
pour
out
my
wrath
upon
them
in
the
wilderness,
to
make
a
full
end
of
them.
20:14 But
I
acted
for
the
sake
of
my
name,
that
it
should
not
be
profaned
in
the
sight
of
the
nations,
in
whose
sight
I
had
brought
them
out.
20:15 Moreover,
I
swore
to
them
in
the
wilderness
that
I
would
not
bring
them
into
the
land
that
I
had
given
them,
a
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey,
the
most
glorious
of
all
lands,
20:16 because
they
rejected
my
rules
and
did
not
walk
in
my
statutes,
and
profaned
my
Sabbaths;
for
their
heart
went
after
their
idols.
20:17 Nevertheless,
my
eye
spared
them,
and
I
did
not
destroy
them
or
make
a
full
end
of
them
in
the
wilderness.
20:18 "And
I
said
to
their
children
in
the
wilderness,
Do
not
walk
in
the
statutes
of
your
fathers,
nor
keep
their
rules,
nor
defile
yourselves
with
their
idols.
20:19 I
am
the
LORD
your
God;
walk
in
my
statutes,
and
be
careful
to
obey
my
rules,
20:20 and
keep
my
Sabbaths
holy
that
they
may
be
a
sign
between
me
and
you,
that
you
may
know
that
I
am
the
LORD
your
God.
20:21 But
the
children
rebelled
against
me.
They
did
not
walk
in
my
statutes
and
were
not
careful
to
obey
my
rules,
by
which,
if
a
person
does
them,
he
shall
live;
they
profaned
my
Sabbaths.
"Then
I
said
I
would
pour
out
my
wrath
upon
them
and
spend
my
anger
against
them
in
the
wilderness.
20:22 But
I
withheld
my
hand
and
acted
for
the
sake
of
my
name,
that
it
should
not
be
profaned
in
the
sight
of
the
nations,
in
whose
sight
I
had
brought
them
out.
20:23 Moreover,
I
swore
to
them
in
the
wilderness
that
I
would
scatter
them
among
the
nations
and
disperse
them
through
the
countries,
20:24 because
they
had
not
obeyed
my
rules,
but
had
rejected
my
statutes
and
profaned
my
Sabbaths,
and
their
eyes
were
set
on
their
fathers'
idols.
20:25 Moreover,
I
gave
them
statutes
that
were
not
good
and
rules
by
which
they
could
not
have
life,
20:26 and
I
defiled
them
through
their
very
gifts
in
their
offering
up
all
their
firstborn,
that
I
might
devastate
them.
I
did
it
that
they
might
know
that
I
am
the
LORD.
20:27 "Therefore,
son
of
man,
speak
to
the
house
of
Israel
and
say
to
them,
Thus
says
the
Lord
GOD:
In
this
also
your
fathers
blasphemed
me,
by
dealing
treacherously
with
me.
20:28 For
when
I
had
brought
them
into
the
land
that
I
swore
to
give
them,
then
wherever
they
saw
any
high
hill
or
any
leafy
tree,
there
they
offered
their
sacrifices
and
there
they
presented
the
provocation
of
their
offering;
there
they
sent
up
their
pleasing
aromas,
and
there
they
poured
out
their
drink
offerings.
20:29 (I
said
to
them,
What
is
the
high
place
to
which
you
go
So
its
name
is
called
Bamah
to
this
day.)
20:30 "Therefore
say
to
the
house
of
Israel,
Thus
says
the
Lord
GOD:
Will
you
defile
yourselves
after
the
manner
of
your
fathers
and
go
whoring
after
their
detestable
things
20:31 When
you
present
your
gifts
and
offer
up
your
children
in
fire,
you
defile
yourselves
with
all
your
idols
to
this
day.
And
shall
I
be
inquired
of
by
you,
O
house
of
Israel
As
I
live,
declares
the
Lord
GOD,
I
will
not
be
inquired
of
by
you.
20:32 "What
is
in
your
mind
shall
never
happen--the
thought,
'Let
us
be
like
the
nations,
like
the
tribes
of
the
countries,
and
worship
wood
and
stone.'
20:33 "As
I
live,
declares
the
Lord
GOD,
surely
with
a
mighty
hand
and
an
outstretched
arm
and
with
wrath
poured
out
I
will
be
king
over
you.
20:34 I
will
bring
you
out
from
the
peoples
and
gather
you
out
of
the
countries
where
you
are
scattered,
with
a
mighty
hand
and
an
outstretched
arm,
and
with
wrath
poured
out.
20:35 And
I
will
bring
you
into
the
wilderness
of
the
peoples,
and
there
I
will
enter
into
judgment
with
you
face
to
face.
20:36 As
I
entered
into
judgment
with
your
fathers
in
the
wilderness
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
so
I
will
enter
into
judgment
with
you,
declares
the
Lord
GOD.
20:37 I
will
make
you
pass
under
the
rod,
and
I
will
bring
you
into
the
bond
of
the
covenant.
20:38 I
will
purge
out
the
rebels
from
among
you,
and
those
who
transgress
against
me.
I
will
bring
them
out
of
the
land
where
they
sojourn,
but
they
shall
not
enter
the
land
of
Israel.
Then
you
will
know
that
I
am
the
LORD.
20:39 "As
for
you,
O
house
of
Israel,
thus
says
the
Lord
GOD:
Go
serve
every
one
of
you
his
idols,
now
and
hereafter,
if
you
will
not
listen
to
me;
but
my
holy
name
you
shall
no
more
profane
with
your
gifts
and
your
idols.
20:40 "For
on
my
holy
mountain,
the
mountain
height
of
Israel,
declares
the
Lord
GOD,
there
all
the
house
of
Israel,
all
of
them,
shall
serve
me
in
the
land.
There
I
will
accept
them,
and
there
I
will
require
your
contributions
and
the
choicest
of
your
gifts,
with
all
your
sacred
offerings.
20:41 As
a
pleasing
aroma
I
will
accept
you,
when
I
bring
you
out
from
the
peoples
and
gather
you
out
of
the
countries
where
you
have
been
scattered.
And
I
will
manifest
my
holiness
among
you
in
the
sight
of
the
nations.
20:42 And
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
LORD,
when
I
bring
you
into
the
land
of
Israel,
the
country
that
I
swore
to
give
to
your
fathers.
20:43 And
there
you
shall
remember
your
ways
and
all
your
deeds
with
which
you
have
defiled
yourselves,
and
you
shall
loathe
yourselves
for
all
the
evils
that
you
have
committed.
20:44 And
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
LORD,
when
I
deal
with
you
for
my
name's
sake,
not
according
to
your
evil
ways,
nor
according
to
your
corrupt
deeds,
O
house
of
Israel,
declares
the
Lord
GOD."
20:45 And
the
word
of
the
LORD
came
to
me:
20:46 "Son
of
man,
set
your
face
toward
the
southland;
preach
against
the
south,
and
prophesy
against
the
forest
land
in
the
Negeb.
20:47 Say
to
the
forest
of
the
Negeb,
Hear
the
word
of
the
LORD:
Thus
says
the
Lord
GOD,
Behold,
I
will
kindle
a
fire
in
you,
and
it
shall
devour
every
green
tree
in
you
and
every
dry
tree.
The
blazing
flame
shall
not
be
quenched,
and
all
faces
from
south
to
north
shall
be
scorched
by
it.
20:48 All
flesh
shall
see
that
I
the
LORD
have
kindled
it;
it
shall
not
be
quenched."
20:49 Then
I
said,
"Ah,
Lord
GOD!
They
are
saying
of
me,
'Is
he
not
a
maker
of
parables'"