Ezekiel 20:31

²⁹ So I asked them: ‘What is this high place to which you go?’ (And to this day it is called Bamah.)

³⁰ Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: Will you defile yourselves the way your fathers did, prostituting yourselves with their abominations?

When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your sons in the fire, you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. So should I be consulted by you, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will not be consulted by you!

³² When you say, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of the lands, serving wood and stone,’ what you have in mind will never come to pass.

³³ As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will rule over you.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your sons in the fire, you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. So should I be consulted by you, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will not be consulted by you!
KJV: For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.
WEB: When you offer your gifts, when you make your sons pass through the fire, do you pollute yourselves with all your idols to this day? Should I be inquired of by you, house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you!
ASV: and when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, do ye pollute yourselves with all your idols unto this day? and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you;
DARBY: And when ye offer your gifts, making your sons to pass through the fire, ye defile yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day; and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? [As] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you.
BLB: For in your lifting up your⁺ gifts, and making your⁺ sons pass through the fire, you⁺ are defiling yourselves with all your⁺ idols, even to this day. And shall I be consulted by you⁺, O house of Israel? [As] I live, a declaration of the Lord YHWH, I will not be consulted by you⁺!

ÅB: når dere bærer fram deres gaver og lar deres barn gå gjennom ilden, gjør dere dere enda den dag idag urene ved alle deres motbydelige avguder - og jeg skulle la meg spørre av dere, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren, Israels Gud, jeg lar meg ikke spørre av dere.
OTB: Når dere tilbyr deres gaver, når dere lar deres barn gå gjennom ilden, fortsetter dere å gjøre dere urene med alle deres avguder til denne dag. Skal jeg bli spurt av dere, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke bli spurt av dere.
B1930: når I bærer frem eders gaver og lar eders barn gå gjennem ilden, gjør I eder ennu den dag idag urene ved alle eders motbydelige avguder - og jeg skulde la mig spørre av eder, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren, Israels Gud, jeg lar mig ikke spørre av eder.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 106:37–39
They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
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Jeremiah 7:31
They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.
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Ezekiel 20:26
And I pronounced them unclean through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn in the fire—so that I might devastate them, in order that they would know that I am the LORD.
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Ezekiel 14:3–4
“Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I consult with them in any way?
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Jeremiah 19:5
They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind.
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Jeremiah 14:12
Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”
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James 4:1–3
What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
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Psalms 66:18
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
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