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Ezekiel 20:39

Context
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“‘As for you, O house of Israel, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Each of you go and serve your idols, 1  if you will not listen to me. 2  But my holy name will not be profaned 3  again by your sacrifices 4  and your idols.

XREF

Jud 10:14; 2Ki 3:13; Ps 81:12; Pr 21:27; Isa 1:13-15; Isa 66:3; Jer 7:9-11; Eze 20:25,26; Eze 23:37-39; Ho 4:17; Am 4:4,5; Zep 1:4,5; Mt 6:24; Ro 1:24-28; 2Th 2:11; Re 3:15,16

NET © Notes

sn Compare the irony here to Amos 4:4 and Jer 44:25.

tn Heb “and after, if you will not listen to me.” The translation leaves out “and after” for smoothness. The text is difficult. M. Greenberg (Ezekiel [AB], 1:374) suggests that it may mean “but afterwards, if you will not listen to me…” with an unspoken threat.

sn A similar concept may be found in Lev 18:21; 20:3.

tn Or “gifts.”



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