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 oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
• Ezek 43:7And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.
• Hos 4:17Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
• Ezek 20:25–26Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;
• Judg 10:14Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
• Isa 66:3He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
• 2 Kgs 3:13And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
• Rev 3:15–16I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
• Jer 7:9–11Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
• Amos 4:4–5Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:
• Ezek 23:37–39That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them.
• 2 Th 2:11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
• Jer 44:25–26Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.
• Rom 1:24–28Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
• Matt 6:24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
• Ps 81:12So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
• Zeph 1:4–5I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;
• Prov 21:27The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?

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