Ezekiel 20:18

Easy To Read Version

I spoke to their children. I told them, “Don’t be like your parents. Don’t make yourself filthy with their filthy idols. Don’t follow their laws. Don’t obey their commands.

Cross References

Psalm 106:39

So God’s people became dirty with the sins of those other people.\par God’s people were unfaithful to their God\par and did the things those other people did.\par

Jeremiah 11:10

Those people are doing the same sins that their ancestors did. Their ancestors {\cf2\super [93]} refused to listen to my message. They followed and worshiped other gods. The family of Israel and the family of Judah have broken the Agreement {\cf2\super [94]} I made with their ancestors.”

Jeremiah 2:7

\{The Lord says,\}\par “I brought you into a good land,\par a land filled with many good things.\par I did this so you could eat the fruit and crops\par that grow there.\par But you only made my land ‘dirty.’\par I gave that land to you,\par but you made it a bad place.\par

Jeremiah 3:9

Judah did not care that she was acting like a prostitute. So she made her country ‘dirty.’ She did the sin of adultery by worshiping idols made out of stone and wood.

Jeremiah 32:23

The people of Israel came into this land and took it for their own. But those people didn’t obey you. They didn’t follow your teachings. They didn’t do the things you commanded. So you made all these terrible things happen to the people of Israel.

Ezekiel 18:14

“Now, that evil son might also have a son. But this son might see the bad things his father did, and he might refuse to live like his father. That good son treats people fairly.

Ezekiel 18:19

“You might ask, ‘Why won’t the son be punished for his father’s sins?’ The reason is that the son was fair and did good things! He very carefully obeyed my laws! So he will live.

Ezekiel 2:3

He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to speak to the family of Israel. Those people turned against me many times. And their ancestors turned against me. They have sinned against me many times—and they are still sinning against me today.

Ezekiel 20:7

“I told the family of Israel to throw away their horrible idols. I told them not to become filthy with those filthy statues from Egypt. I am the Lord your God.”

Amos 2:4

The Lord says this: “I will definitely punish Judah for the many crimes they did. {\cf2\super [35]} Why? Because they refused to obey the Lord’s commands. They didn’t keep his commands. Their ancestors {\cf2\super [36]} believed \{lies\}. And those same lies caused the people of Judah to quit following God.

Numbers 14:31

You were afraid and complained that your enemies in that new land would take your children away from you. But I tell you that I will bring those children into the land. They will enjoy the things that you refused to accept.

Acts 7:51

\{Then Stephen said,\} “You stubborn Jewish leaders! You have not given your hearts to God! You won’t listen to him! You are always against what the Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [147]} is trying to tell you. Your ancestors did this, and you are just like them!

1 Peter 1:18

You know that \{in the past\} you were living in a worthless way. You got that way of living from the people who lived before you. But you were saved from that way of living. You were bought, but not with things that ruin like gold or silver.