Ezekiel 20:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³ ‘Son of man, speak with the elders of Israel and tell them, “This is what the Lord God says: Are you coming to enquire of me? As I live, I will not let you enquire of me.  This is the declaration of the Lord God.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Have you come to inquire of Me? As I live, says the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you!

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Is it to inquire of me that ye are come? As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you.

Common English Bible

³ Human one, speak to Israel’s elders and say to them, The LORD God proclaims: Have you come to petition me? As surely as I live, I reject your petitions. This is what the LORD God says!

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ "Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Have you arrived in order to inquire of me? As I live, I will not answer you, says the Lord God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ 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.

Ezekiel 20:3 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the  Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable  – how much more so when he brings it with ulterior motives!

Proverbs 28:9

Anyone who turns his ear away from hearing the law – even his prayer is detestable.

Isaiah 1:12

When you come to appear before me, who requires this from you – this trampling of my courts?

Isaiah 1:15

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look at you; even if you offer countless prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

Isaiah 58:2

They seek me day after day and delight to know my ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not abandon the justice of their God. They ask me for righteous judgements; they delight in the nearness of God.’

Ezekiel 14:1

Some of the elders of Israel came  to me and sat down in front of me.

Ezekiel 20:2

Then the word of the Lord came to me:

Ezekiel 20:31

When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your children in the fire,  , you still continue to defile yourselves with all your idols today. So should I let you enquire of me, house of Israel? As I live #– #this is the declaration of the Lord God  #– #I will not let you enquire of me!

Ezekiel 33:30

‘As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One person speaks to another, each saying to his brother, “Come and hear what the message is that comes from the Lord! ”

Amos 8:12

People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east seeking the word of the  Lord, but they will not find it.

Micah 3:7

Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners disappointed. They will all cover their mouths  , because there will be no answer from God.

Matthew 3:7

When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees  coming to his baptism, he said to them, ‘Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Luke 3:7

He then said to the crowds who came out to be baptised by him, ‘Brood of vipers!  Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

John 4:24

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

1 Samuel 28:6

He enquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him in dreams or by the Urim or by the prophets.