Ezekiel 20:39
And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and idols.
Cross References
Acts 7:42
But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the heavenly bodies, as it is written in the book of the prophets: 'Did you offer Me slain beasts and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

Isaiah 1:13
Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me--your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations--I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.

Jeremiah 44:25
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands your words, "We will surely perform our vows that we have made to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her." Go ahead, then, do what you have promised! Keep your vows!

Jeremiah 44:26
Nevertheless, hear the word of the LORD, all you Jews living in Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the LORD, that My name will never again be invoked by anyone of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, "As surely as the Lord GOD lives."

Ezekiel 23:38
They have also done to Me this: On that very same day they defiled My sanctuary and profaned My Sabbaths.

Ezekiel 23:39
On the very day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it. Yes, this they did inside My house.

Ezekiel 43:7
and He said to me, "Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile My holy name--neither they nor their kings--by their prostitution and by the funeral offerings for their kings at their deaths.

Amos 6:10
And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside of the house, "Is anyone else with you?" "None," that person will answer. "Silence," the relative will reply, "for the name of the LORD must not be invoked."

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Go ye

Ezekiel 20:25, 26
I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live. . . .

Judges 10:14
Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them deliver you in your time of distress."

2 Kings 3:13
Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, "What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!" "No, " replied the king of Israel, "for it is the LORD who has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab."

Psalm 81:12
So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

Hosea 4:17
Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!

Amos 4:4, 5
"Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days. . . .

Romans 1:24-28
Therefore God gave them up in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another. . . .

2 Thessalonians 2:11
For this reason, God will send them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie,

2 Thessalonians 2:11
For this reason, God will send them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie,

but

Ezekiel 23:37-39
For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands; they have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols. . . .

Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable--how much more so when brought with ill intent!

Isaiah 1:13-15
Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me--your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations--I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. . . .

Isaiah 66:3
Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog's neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig's blood; whoever offers incense is like one who praises an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.

Jeremiah 7:9-11
Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, . . .

Zephaniah 1:4, 5
"I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal, the names of the idolatrous and pagan priests-- . . .

Matthew 6:24
No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Revelation 3:15, 16
I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other! . . .

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