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Ezekiel 20

Ezek. 20:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Wilt thou ηjudge
shaphat (Hebrew #8199)
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: + avenge, X that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), X needs, plead, reason, rule.
Pronounce: shaw-fat'
Origin: a primitive root
them, son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
, wilt thou judge
shaphat (Hebrew #8199)
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: + avenge, X that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), X needs, plead, reason, rule.
Pronounce: shaw-fat'
Origin: a primitive root
them? cause them to know
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
l the abominations
tow`ebah (Hebrew #8441)
feminine active participle of 8581; properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
KJV usage: abominable (custom, thing), abomination.
Pronounce: to-ay-baw'
Origin: or tonebah {to-ay-baw'}
of their fathers
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
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or, plead for.
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Ezek. 16:2• 2Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, (Ezek. 16:2)

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Ministry on This Verse

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judge them.
or, plead for them.
Ezek. 14:14,20• 14though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord Jehovah.
 20though Noah, Daniel and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness. (Ezek. 14:14,20)
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Ezek. 22:2• 2Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt show her all her abominations. (Ezek. 22:2)
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Ezek. 23:36,45• 36And Jehovah said unto me, Son of man, wilt thou judge Oholah and Oholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations.
 45And righteous men, they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, and with the judgment of women that shed blood; for they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. (Ezek. 23:36,45)
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Isa. 5:3• 3And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard. (Isa. 5:3)
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Jer. 7:16• 16Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me for I will not hear thee. (Jer. 7:16)
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Jer. 11:14• 14Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble. (Jer. 11:14)
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Jer. 14:11‑14• 11And Jehovah said unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.
 12When they fast, I will not hear their cry: and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
 13Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
 14Then Jehovah said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart. (Jer. 14:11‑14)
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Jer. 15:1• 1And Jehovah said unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight and let them go forth. (Jer. 15:1)
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1 Cor. 6:2• 2What! know ye not that the saints shall judge the world? (1 Cor. 6:2)
cause.
Ezek. 16:2‑3• 2Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
 3and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto Jerusalem: Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of the Canaanite: thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite. (Ezek. 16:2‑3)
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Matt. 23:29‑37• 29Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the just,
 30and ye say, If we had been in the days of our fathers we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
 31So that ye bear witness of yourselves that ye are sons of those who slew the prophets:
 32and ye, fill ye up the measure of your fathers.
 33Serpents, offspring of vipers, how should ye escape the judgment of hell?
 34Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and [some] of them ye will kill and crucify, and [some] of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute from city to city;
 35so that all righteous blood shed upon the earth should come upon you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
 36Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
 37Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [the city] that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! (Matt. 23:29‑37)
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Luke 11:47‑51• 47Woe unto you, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.
 48Ye bear witness then and consent to the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build [their sepulchres].
 49For this reason also the wisdom of God hath said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of these they shall kill and drive out by persecution,
 50that the blood of all the prophets, which hath been poured out from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
 51from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the temple; yea, I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation. (Luke 11:47‑51)
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Luke 13:33‑35• 33but I must needs walk Today, and tomorrow, and the [day] following, for it must not be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
 34Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the [city] that killeth the prophets, and stoneth those that are sent unto her; how often would I have gathered thy children together as a hen her brood under her wings, and ye would not.
 35Behold, your house is left unto you; and I say unto you, that ye shall not see me until it come that ye say, Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of [the] Lord. (Luke 13:33‑35)
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Acts 7:51‑52• 51Stiffnecked and uncircumcised in hearts and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers so ye.
 52Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they slew those that announced beforehand of the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye became betrayers and murderers, (Acts 7:51‑52)
• God thus goes to the fountain-head of the mischief, and the people must judge the evil not merely in its effects but in its spring. (“Notes on Ezekiel 20:1-44” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Wilt thou judge them, wilt thou judge, son of man? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers,

W. Kelly Translation

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Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers,