Ezequiel 20:31

31 Hasta el día de hoy, ustedes se contaminan al hacer sus ofrendas y al sacrificar a sus hijos, pasándolos por fuego en honor a los ídolos. ¿Y ahora ustedes, israelitas, vienen a consultarme? Juro por mí mismo que no dejaré que me consulten. Yo, el SEÑOR omnipotente, lo afirmo.

Ezequiel 20:31 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 20:31

For when ye offer your gifts
And sacrifices to idols. The Septuagint and Arabic versions render it, the firstfruits of your gifts;
it may design their firstborn; see ( Ezekiel 20:26 ) as the following clause seems to explain it: when ye make your sons to pass through the fire;
or between two fires to Moloch, as their fathers had done before them; ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day;
by worshipping idols, or dunghill gods, as the word signifies, as often observed; they defiled themselves with those filthy things, which they continued to do to that very day, and so became more and more polluted; and were as their fathers had been, and therefore must expect to be used in like manner: and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel?
can you think that I will suffer you to come and inquire of me or to make your requests to me? or can you hope to have an answer from me; at least a favourable one, such as you could wish for? as I live, saith the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you;
so confirming again with an oath what he had before declared, ( Ezekiel 20:3 ) , wherefore they might assure themselves that they would not be acceptable to him, neither their persons nor petitions, or be regarded by him.

Ezequiel 20:31 In-Context

29 Y les pregunté: ‘¿Qué significa ese santuario pagano que tanto frecuentan?’ Y hasta el día de hoy ese lugar de culto idolátrico se conoce como ‘santuario pagano’”.

30 »Por tanto, adviértele al pueblo de Israel que así dice el SEÑOR omnipotente: “¿Se contaminarán ustedes a la manera de sus antepasados, y se prostituirán con sus ídolos detestables?

31 Hasta el día de hoy, ustedes se contaminan al hacer sus ofrendas y al sacrificar a sus hijos, pasándolos por fuego en honor a los ídolos. ¿Y ahora ustedes, israelitas, vienen a consultarme? Juro por mí mismo que no dejaré que me consulten. Yo, el SEÑOR omnipotente, lo afirmo.

32 Jamás sucederá lo que ustedes tienen en mente: ‘Queremos ser como las otras naciones, como los pueblos del mundo, que adoran al palo y a la piedra’.

33 Yo, el SEÑOR omnipotente, juro por mí mismo que reinaré sobre ustedes con gran despliegue de fuerza y de poder, y con furia incontenible.