The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
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Ezekiel 20:2 in context
Ezekiel 20:1–5
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In the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me.
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The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
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“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Is it to inquire of me that you have come? As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “I will not be inquired of by you.”’
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“Will you judge them, son of man? Will you judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers.
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Tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says: “In the day when I chose Israel, and swore to the offspring of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, ‘I am the LORD your God;’
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