Ezekiel 20:24
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ezekiel 20:24 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ezekiel 20:24 is a verse from the book of Ezekiel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes w..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ezekiel 20:24 — KJV
“Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.”
— Ezekiel 20:24 (KJV)
Ezekiel 20:24 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 20:24
“Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 20:24: because, judgments, despised
“The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 20:24: because, judgments, despised
“But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 20:24: judgments, despised, statutes
“Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 20:24: because, judgments, statutes
“Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 20:24: because, despised, after
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