Ezequiel 20:39

39 »”En cuanto a ti, pueblo de Israel, esto dice el Señor
Soberano: adelante, rinde culto a tus ídolos, pero tarde o temprano me obedecerás y dejarás de deshonrar mi santo nombre al rendir culto a 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 Te examinaré cuidadosamente y te obligaré a cumplir las condiciones del pacto.

38 Te limpiaré de todos los que se rebelen y se subleven contra mí. A ellos los sacaré de los países adonde fueron desterrados, pero nunca entrarán en la tierra de Israel. Entonces sabrás que yo soy el Señor
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39 »”En cuanto a ti, pueblo de Israel, esto dice el Señor
Soberano: adelante, rinde culto a tus ídolos, pero tarde o temprano me obedecerás y dejarás de deshonrar mi santo nombre al rendir culto a ídolos.

40 Pues algún día, dice el Señor
Soberano, los israelitas me adorarán en mi monte santo, el gran monte de Israel, y yo los aceptaré. Allí les exigiré que me presenten todas sus ofrendas y los mejores regalos y sacrificios.

41 Cuando los traiga de regreso a casa desde el destierro, ustedes serán para mí como un sacrificio agradable. Desplegaré mi santidad por medio de ustedes a la vista de todas las naciones.