Ezekiel 20:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Confront them with the abominations of their fathers”
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“Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Confront them with the abominations of their fathers”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:”
King James Version · Public Domain“Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Dost thou judge them? Dost thou judge, son of man? The abominations of their fathers cause them to know,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 20:4 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 5:3“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.
- Jeremiah 7:16As for you, do not pray for these people, do not offer a plea or petition on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you.
- Jeremiah 11:14As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster.
- Jeremiah 14:11Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people.
- Jeremiah 15:1Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.
- Ezekiel 14:14then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 14:20then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.
- Ezekiel 16:2“Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her abominations
- Ezekiel 22:2“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations
- Ezekiel 23:36Then the LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.
- Ezekiel 23:45But righteous men will sentence them to the punishment of those who commit adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses with blood on their hands.
- Matthew 23:29Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
- Luke 11:47Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.
- Luke 13:33Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for it is not admissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.
- Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
- 1 Corinthians 6:2Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?
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