Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version because they rejected my laws and did not follow my decrees and desecrated my Sabbaths. For their hearts were devoted to their idols. New Living Translation For they had rejected my regulations, refused to follow my decrees, and violated my Sabbath days. Their hearts were given to their idols. English Standard Version because they rejected my rules and did not walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols. Berean Standard Bible because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols. King James Bible Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. New King James Version because they despised My judgments and did not walk in My statutes, but profaned My Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols. New American Standard Bible because they rejected My ordinances, and as for My statutes, they did not walk in them; they also profaned My Sabbaths, because their heart continually followed their idols. NASB 1995 because they rejected My ordinances, and as for My statutes, they did not walk in them; they even profaned My sabbaths, for their heart continually went after their idols. NASB 1977 because they rejected My ordinances, and as for My statutes, they did not walk in them; they even profaned My sabbaths, for their heart continually went after their idols. Legacy Standard Bible because they rejected My judgments, and as for My statutes, they did not walk in them; they even profaned My sabbaths, for their heart continually walked after their idols. Amplified Bible because they rejected My ordinances, and as for My statutes, they did not walk in them; they even profaned My Sabbaths, for their heart continually went after their [worthless] idols. Christian Standard Bible because they rejected my ordinances, profaned my Sabbaths, and did not follow my statutes. For their hearts went after their idols. Holman Christian Standard Bible because they rejected My ordinances, profaned My Sabbaths, and did not follow My statutes. For their hearts went after their idols. American Standard Version because they rejected mine ordinances, and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because they rejected my judgments and they have severely defiled my Sabbaths, and their heart goes after their idols Brenton Septuagint Translation because they rejected mine ordinances, and walked not in my commandments, but profaned my sabbaths, and went after the imaginations of their hearts. Contemporary English Version I said this because they had not only ignored my laws and teachings, but had disgraced my Sabbath and worshiped idols. Douay-Rheims Bible Because they cast off my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, and violated my sabbaths: for their heart went after idols. English Revised Version because they rejected my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. GOD'S WORD® Translation They rejected my rules, and they didn't live by my laws. They dishonored the days to worship me, because their hearts chased disgusting idols. Good News Translation I made the vow because they had rejected my commands, broken my laws, and profaned the Sabbath--they preferred to worship their idols. International Standard Version because they kept on rejecting my ordinances. They didn't live life consistent with my statutes, they profaned my Sabbaths, and their hearts followed their idols. JPS Tanakh 1917 because they rejected Mine ordinances, and walked not in My statutes, and profaned My sabbaths--for their heart went after their idols. Literal Standard Version Because they kicked against My judgments, | And they have not walked in My statutes, | And they have defiled My Sabbaths, | For their heart is going after their idols. Majority Standard Bible because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols. New American Bible Their hearts followed after their idols so closely that they did not live by my statutes, but rejected my ordinances and desecrated my sabbaths. NET Bible I did this because they rejected my regulations, did not follow my statutes, and desecrated my Sabbaths; for their hearts followed their idols. New Revised Standard Version because they rejected my ordinances and did not observe my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols. New Heart English Bible because they rejected my ordinances, and didn't walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. Webster's Bible Translation Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. World English Bible because they rejected my ordinances, and didn’t walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols. Young's Literal Translation Because against My judgments they did kick, And in My statutes they have not walked, And My sabbaths they have polluted, For after their idols their heart is going. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Israel's Rebellion in Egypt…15Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands— 16because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols. 17Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or bring them to an end in the wilderness.… Cross References Ezekiel 11:21 But as for those whose hearts pursue detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD." Ezekiel 14:3 "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? Ezekiel 20:8 But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt. Ezekiel 20:38 And I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land in which they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD. Treasury of Scripture Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. they Ezekiel 20:13,14 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them… Ezekiel 20:8 But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. Ezekiel 14:3,4 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them? … Ezekiel 23:8 Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her. Jump to Previous Continually Decrees Desecrated Despised Devoted Follow Guided Heart Hearts Idols Judgments Kick Laws Orders Ordinances Polluted Profaned Rejected Respect Rules Sabbaths Statutes Turned Walk WalkedJump to Next Continually Decrees Desecrated Despised Devoted Follow Guided Heart Hearts Idols Judgments Kick Laws Orders Ordinances Polluted Profaned Rejected Respect Rules Sabbaths Statutes Turned Walk WalkedEzekiel 20 1. God refuses to be consulted by the elders of Israel4. He shows the story of their rebellions in Egypt 19. in the desert 27. and in the land 33. He promises to gather them by the Gospel 45. Under the name of a forest he shows the destruction of Jerusalem Verse 16. - Their heart went after their idols. The words may point generally to the fact that the idolatrous tendencies of the people, though suppressed, were not really eradicated. The history of Baal-peor (Numbers 25:3-9) shows how ready they were to pass into act, and Amos 5:25, 26 implies a tradition of other like acts during the whole period of the wanderings in the wilderness. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew becauseיַ֜עַן (ya·‘an) Adverb Strong's 3282: Heed, purpose, to indicate the reason, cause they kept rejecting מָאָ֗סוּ (mā·’ā·sū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3988: To spurn, to disappear My ordinances, בְּמִשְׁפָּטַ֣י (bə·miš·pā·ṭay) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style profaning חִלֵּ֑לוּ (ḥil·lê·lū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play My Sabbaths, שַׁבְּתוֹתַ֖י (šab·bə·ṯō·w·ṯay) Noun - common plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 7676: Intermission, the Sabbath and refusing לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no to walk הָלְכ֣וּ (hā·lə·ḵū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk in My statutes. חֻקּוֹתַי֙ (ḥuq·qō·w·ṯay) Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 2708: Something prescribed, an enactment, statute For כִּ֛י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction their hearts לִבָּ֥ם (lib·bām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre continually went הֹלֵֽךְ׃ (hō·lêḵ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk after אַחֲרֵ֥י (’a·ḥă·rê) Preposition Strong's 310: The hind or following part their idols. גִלּוּלֵיהֶ֖ם (ḡil·lū·lê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1544: A log, an idol Links Ezekiel 20:16 NIVEzekiel 20:16 NLT Ezekiel 20:16 ESV Ezekiel 20:16 NASB Ezekiel 20:16 KJV Ezekiel 20:16 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 20:16 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 20:16 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 20:16 French Bible Ezekiel 20:16 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 20:16 Because they rejected my ordinances and didn't (Ezek. 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