Ezekiel 20:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ezekiel 20:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ezekiel 20:18 is a verse from the book of Ezekiel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their jud..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ezekiel 20:18 — KJV
“But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:”
— Ezekiel 20:18 (KJV)
Ezekiel 20:18 in Context — About the Book of Ezekiel
Ezekiel saw heaven opened from a refugee camp in Babylon — wheels of fire, a valley of dry bones rattling to life, and a river flowing from God's temple that heals everything it touches. His message: God's glory departs from sin but returns with resurrection power and a brand-new heart.
Cross-References for Ezekiel 20:18
“Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 20:18: children, wilderness, walk
“They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers. humbled: Heb. contrite”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 20:18: walk, statutes, fathers
“Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 20:18: statutes, neither, judgments
“These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 20:18: statutes, fathers, observe
“Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 20:18: children, neither, observe
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