Ezekiel 20:39

God ironically tells the idolaters to go serve their idols if they will not listen, but warns they shall no longer profane His holy name. He will not tolerate divided, hypocritical worship.

Cross-references · 18

• Isa 1:13–15Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; new moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can’t bear with evil assemblies.
• Ezek 43:7He said to me, Son of man, this is the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell among the children of Israel forever. The house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their prostitution, and by the dead bodies of their kings in their high places;
• Hos 4:17Ephraim is joined to idols. Leave him alone!
• Ezek 20:25–26Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances in which they should not live;
• Judg 10:14Go and cry to the gods which you have chosen. Let them save you in the time of your distress!”
• Isa 66:3He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog’s neck; he who offers an offering, as he who offers pig’s blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations:
• 2 Kgs 3:13Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother.” The king of Israel said to him, “No, for Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
• Rev 3:15–16“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot.
• Jer 7:9–11Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known,
• Amos 4:4–5“Go to Bethel, and sin; to Gilgal, and sin more. Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days,
• Ezek 23:37–39For they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have also caused their sons, whom they bore to me, to pass through the fire to them to be devoured.
• 2 Th 2:11Because of this, God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie;
• Jer 44:25–26Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, “We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to her.” “‘Establish then your vows, and perform your vows.’
• Rom 1:24–28Therefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves,
• Matt 6:24“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.
• Ps 81:12So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.
• Zeph 1:4–5I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place: the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,
• Prov 21:27The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!

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