Ezequiel 20:39

39 'En cuanto a vosotros, casa de Israel'así dice el Señor DIOS"vaya cada uno a servir a sus ídolos; pero más tarde ciertamente me escucharéis y no profanaréis más mi santo nombre con vuestras ofrendas y con vuestros ídolos.

Ezequiel 20:39 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 20:39

As for you, O house of Israel
The then present house of Israel, and the elders of it, who were upon the spot with the prophet: go ye, serve ye everyone his idols;
or dunghill gods; since they liked not to serve the true God: this is not giving them leave to serve idols, or approving their idolatrous practices; but is said "ironically", as Kimchi and Ben Melech observe, who compare it with ( Ecclesiastes 11:9 ) : and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me;
not only serve them now, but for the future; seeing ye choose not to hearken to my voice, to obey my laws, and to worship me, and me only; for it suggests, that it was better to attend to the service of the one, or of the other, and not halt between two opinions; but either, if the God of Israel was the true God, then serve him, and him only; but if Baal, or any other Heathen deity, was so, then serve them, and keep serving them: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts and with your
idols;
to worship him along with them, and them along with him; to pretend they worshipped him in them, and offered their gifts and sacrifices to him through them; and so made use of his name as a cover to their idolatrous practices: this was a polluting his name, and was abominable to him.

Ezequiel 20:39 In-Context

37 'Y os haré pasar bajo la vara y os haré entrar en el vínculo del pacto;
38 y separaré de vosotros a los rebeldes, a los que han transgredido contra mí; y los sacaré de la tierra donde peregrinan, pero no entrarán en la tierra de Israel. Y sabréis que yo soy el SEÑOR.
39 'En cuanto a vosotros, casa de Israel'así dice el Señor DIOS"vaya cada uno a servir a sus ídolos; pero más tarde ciertamente me escucharéis y no profanaréis más mi santo nombre con vuestras ofrendas y con vuestros ídolos.
40 'Porque en mi santo monte, en el alto monte de Israel'declara el Señor DIOS"allí me servirá toda la casa de Israel, toda ella, en esta tierra; allí los aceptaré y allí reclamaré vuestras ofrendas y las primicias de vuestros dones con todas vuestras cosas sagradas.
41 'Como aroma agradable os aceptaré, cuando os haya sacado de entre los pueblos y os haya recogido de las tierras donde estáis dispersos; y mostraré mi santidad entre vosotros a la vista de las naciones.
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