Ezekiel 20:3 - Tree of Life Version

³ “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel. Say to them, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Have you come to inquire of Me? As I live’—it is a declaration of Adonai—‘I will not be inquired of by you.’

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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.

Ezekiel 20:3 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Adonai, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.

Proverbs 21:27

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

Proverbs 28:9

One who turns his ear from hearing Torah —even his prayer is an abomination.

Isaiah 1:12

When you come to appear before Me, who has required this at your hand— trampling My courts?

Isaiah 1:15

When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you. When you multiply prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood!”

Isaiah 58:2

Yet they seek Me day to day and delight to know My ways, as if they were a nation that did right, and had not forsaken their God’s decree. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”

Ezekiel 14:1

Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me.

Ezekiel 20:2

The word of Adonai came to me saying:

Ezekiel 20:31

When offering your gifts, making your sons pass through the fire, you keep polluting yourselves with all your idols, up to this day. So should I be inquired of by you, house of Israel? As I live”—it is a declaration of Adonai—“I will not be inquired of by you.

Ezekiel 33:30

“Now as for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking about you by the walls and in the doorways of the houses. Each one speaks to one another, each saying to his brother: ‘Come now, hear what message is coming forth from Adonai!’

Amos 8:12

So people will wander from sea to sea and roam from north to east, searching for the word of Adonai, but they will not find it.

Micah 3:7

So the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be abashed. Indeed all of them will cover their lips, for there will be no answer from God.

Matthew 3:7

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

Luke 3:7

Therefore John was saying to the crowds that came out to be immersed by him, “You 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 truth.”

1 Samuel 28:6

When Saul inquired of Adonai, Adonai did not answer, neither by dreams nor by Urim or prophets.