Yehezkiel 20:31

20:31 When you present your sacrifices ¹  – when you make your sons pass through the fire – you defile yourselves with all your idols to this very day. Will I allow you to seek me, ²  O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will not allow you to seek me! ³ 

Yehezkiel 20:39

20:39 “‘As for you, O house of Israel, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Each of you go and serve your idols, ⁴  if you will not listen to me. ⁵  But my holy name will not be profaned ⁶  again by your sacrifices ⁷  and your idols.

[20:31]  ¹ tn Or “gifts.”

[20:31]  ² tn Or “Will I reveal myself to you?”

[20:31]  ³ tn Or “I will not reveal myself to you.”

[20:39]  ⁴ sn Compare the irony here to Amos 4:4 and Jer 44:25.

[20:39]  ⁵ tn Heb “and after, if you will not listen to me.” The translation leaves out “and after” for smoothness. The text is difficult. M. Greenberg (Ezekiel [AB], 1:374) suggests that it may mean “but afterwards, if you will not listen to me…” with an unspoken threat.

[20:39]  ⁶ sn A similar concept may be found in Lev 18:21; 20:3.

[20:39]  ⁷ tn Or “gifts.”