Discovery BoxEzekiel 20:18 
Context20:18 “‘But I said to their children 1 in the wilderness, “Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, 2 nor defile yourselves with their idols.
Ezekiel 20:30-31
Context20:30 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Will you defile yourselves like your fathers 3 and engage in prostitution with detestable idols? 20:31 When you present your sacrifices 4 – when you make your sons pass through the fire – you defile yourselves with all your idols to this very day. Will I allow you to seek me, 5 O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will not allow you to seek me! 6
Ezekiel 20:43
Context20:43 And there you will remember your conduct 7 and all your deeds by which you defiled yourselves. You will despise yourselves 8 because of all the evil deeds you have done.
1 tn Heb “sons,” reflecting the patriarchal idiom of the culture.
2 tn Or “standard of justice.” See Ezek 7:27.
3 tn Heb “in the way of your fathers.”
4 tn Or “gifts.”
5 tn Or “Will I reveal myself to you?”
6 tn Or “I will not reveal myself to you.”
7 tn Heb “ways.”
8 tn Heb “loathe yourselves in your faces.”
