Ezekiel 20:3

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Son of man, speak to the ancients of Israel, and say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Are you come to inquire of me? As I live, I will not answer you, saith the Lord God.

Cross References

Micah 3:7

And they shall be confounded that see visions, and the diviners shall be confounded: and they shall all cover their faces, because there is no answer of God.

Proverbs 28:9

He that turneth away his ears from hearing the law, his prayer shall be as abomination.

John 4:24

God is a spirit; and they that adore him, must adore him in spirit and in truth.

Luke 3:7

He said therefore to the multitudes that went forth to be baptized by him: Ye offspring of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come?

Matthew 3:7

And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them: Ye brood of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come?

Ezekiel 20:31

And you defile yourselves with all your idols unto this day, in the offering of your gifts, when you make your children pass through the fire. And shall I answer you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord God, I will not answer you.

Isaiah 1:15

And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.

Isaiah 1:12

When you came to appear before me, who required these things at your hands, that you should walk in my courts?

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifices of the wicked are abominable, because they are offered of wickedness.

Proverbs 15:8

The victims of the wicked are abominable to the Lord: the vows of the just are acceptable.

1 Samuel 28:6

And he consulted the Lord, and he answered him not; neither by dreams, nor by priests, nor by prophets.

Ezekiel 20:2

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Ezekiel 33:30

And thou son of man: the children of thy people, that talk of thee by the walls, and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another each men to his neighbour, saying: Come, and let us hear what is the word that cometh forth from the Lord.

Amos 8:12

And they shall move from sea to sea, and from the north to the east: they shall go about seeking the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.

Isaiah 58:2

For they seek me from day to day and desire to know my ways, as a nation that hath done justice and hath not forsaken the judgment of their God. They ask of me the judgments of justice: they are willing to approach to God.

Ezekiel 14:1

And some of the ancients of Israel came to me and sat before me.