Ezekiel 20:3

English Standard Version 2016

“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God, Is it to inquire of me that you come? As I live, declares the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you.

Cross References

Micah 3:7

the seers shall be disgraced, and the diviners put to shame; they shall all cover their lips, for there is no answer from God.

Proverbs 28:9

If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

John 4:24

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Luke 3:7

He said therefore to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Matthew 3:7

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Ezekiel 20:31

When you present your gifts and offer up your children in fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. And shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, declares the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you.

Isaiah 1:15

When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.

Isaiah 1:12

“When you come to appear before me, who has required of you this trampling of my courts?

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.

1 Samuel 28:6

And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord did not answer him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets.

Ezekiel 20:2

And the word of the Lord came to me:

Ezekiel 33:30

“As for you, son of man, your people who talk together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, say to one another, each to his brother, ‘Come, and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord.’

Amos 8:12

They shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the Lord, but they shall not find it.

Isaiah 58:2

Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the judgment of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.

Ezekiel 14:1

Then certain of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me.