Ezequiel 20:32

32 E o que veio ao vosso espírito de maneira alguma sucederá, quando dizeis: Sejamos como as nações, como as tribos dos países, servindo ao madeiro e � pedra.

Ezequiel 20:32 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 20:32

And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all
What they had contrived in their own breasts, and laid a plan of, and would gladly have brought about, should be frustrated, take no effect, and come to nothing: that ye say, we will be as the Heathen;
live without God; not be in subjection to him, or under his government, or be called by his name, or attend to his word, worship, and ordinances; but join ourselves to them; enter into alliance, and intermarry with them; carry on trade and commerce with them, and embrace the same religion; and then we shall prosper as they do, as well as no more incur the reproach of singularity or preciseness in religion: as the families of the countries:
being incorporated into them, dwelling with them, and joining with them in the same exercises of religious worship: to serve wood and stone;
images made of wood and stone. Strange! that a people that had a revelation from God, and such an experience of his power and goodness, should ever form such a scheme, or once think of entering into such measures, so grossly absurd and scandalous.

Ezequiel 20:32 In-Context

30 Portanto dize � casa de Israel: Assim diz o Senhor Deus: Acaso vós vos contaminais a vós mesmos, � maneira de vossos pais? e vos prostituís com as suas abominações?
31 E, ao oferecerdes os vossos dons, quando fazeis passar os vossos filhos pelo fogo, vós vos contaminais com todos os vossos ídolos, até hoje. E eu hei de ser consultado por vós, ó casa de Israel? Vivo eu, diz o Senhor Deus, que não serei consultado de vós.
32 E o que veio ao vosso espírito de maneira alguma sucederá, quando dizeis: Sejamos como as nações, como as tribos dos países, servindo ao madeiro e � pedra.
33 Vivo eu, diz o Senhor Deus, certamente com mão forte, e com braço estendido, e com indignação derramada, hei de reinar sobre vós.
34 E vos tirarei dentre os povos, e vos congregarei dos países nos quais fostes espalhados, com mão forte, e com braço estendido, e com indignação derramada;
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