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Ezequiel 20:39

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39 »”En cuanto a ustedes, pueblo de Israel, así dice el SEÑOR omnipotente: Si no quieren obedecerme, ¡vayan y adoren a sus ídolos! Pero no sigan profanando mi santonombre con sus ofrendas y sus ídolos apestosos.

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.

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Ezequiel 20:39 In-Context

37 Así como el pastor selecciona sus ovejas, también yo los haré pasar a ustedes bajo mi vara y los seleccionaré para que formen parte de la alianza.
38 Apartaré a los rebeldes, a los que se rebelan contra mí, y los sacaré del país donde ahora viven como extranjeros, pero no entrarán en la tierra de Israel. Entonces ustedes reconocerán que yo soy el SEÑOR.
39 »”En cuanto a ustedes, pueblo de Israel, así dice el SEÑOR omnipotente: Si no quieren obedecerme, ¡vayan y adoren a sus ídolos! Pero no sigan profanando mi santonombre con sus ofrendas y sus ídolos apestosos.
40 Porque en mi monte santo, el monte elevado de Israel, me adorará todo el pueblo de Israel; todos los que habitan en el país. Yo, el SEÑOR, lo afirmo. Allí los recibiré, y exigiré sus ofrendas y sus primicias, junto con todo lo que quieran dedicarme.
41 Cuando yo los saque a ustedes y los reúna de todas las naciones y pueblos donde estarán esparcidos, en presencia de las naciones los recibiré como incienso agradable y les manifestaré mi santidad.

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