Ezekiel 20 · Verse 31

Ezekiel 20:31

For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord God, I will not be enquired of by you.
Ezekiel 20:31, King James Version

Ezekiel 20:31 in other translations

BSBWhen you offer your gifts, sacrificing your sons in the fire, you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. So should I be consulted by you, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will not be consulted by you!
WEBWhen you offer your gifts, when you make your sons pass through the fire, do you pollute yourselves with all your idols to this day? Should I be inquired of by you, house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you!
ASVand when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, do ye pollute yourselves with all your idols unto this day? and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you;
YLTAnd in the offering of your gifts, In causing your sons to pass through fire, Ye are defiled by all your idols to this day, And I am sought by you, O house of Israel! I live--an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, I am not sought by you.
DARBYAnd when ye offer your gifts, making your sons to pass through the fire, ye defile yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day; and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you.
BBEAnd when you give your offerings, causing your sons to go through the fire, you make yourselves unclean with all your images to this day; and will you come to me for directions, O children of Israel? By my life, says the Lord, you will get no direction from me.
WebsterFor when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even to this day: and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.

What does Ezekiel 20:31 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
31. through the fire--As "the fire" is omitted in Eze 20:26, Fairbairn represents the generation here referred to (namely, that of Ezekiel's day) as attaining the climax of guilt (see on Eze 20:26), in making their children pass through the fire, which that former generation did not. The reason, however, for the omission of "the fire" in Eze 20:26 is, perhaps, that there it is implied the children only "passed through the fire" for purification, whereas here they are actually burnt to death before the idol; and therefore "the fire" is specified in the latter, not in the former case (compare 2Ki 3:27).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 31 Ye pollute yourselves - This shows the sense in which God says, Eze 20:26, "I polluted them in their own gifts." They chose to pollute themselves, and I permitted them to do so. See on Eze 20:25 (note), Eze 20:26 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 20:27-32

The Jews persisted in rebellion after they settled in the land of Canaan. And these elders seem to have thought of uniting with the heathen. We make nothing by our profession if it be but a profession. There is nothing got by sinful compliances; and the carnal projects of hypocrites will stand them in no stead.

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Ezekiel 20:31 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּבִשְׂאֵ֣תu.vis.'Etand when lift upH5375
מַתְּנֹֽתֵיכֶ֡םma.te.no.tei.Khemgifts yourH4979
בְּֽהַעֲבִיר֩be.ha.'a.Virwhen make passH5674
בְּנֵיכֶ֨םbe.nei.Khemchildren yourH1121
בָּאֵ֜שׁba.'Eshin the fireH784
אַתֶּם֩'a.TemyouH859
נִטְמְאִ֤֨יםnit.me.'Im[are] making yourselves uncleanH2930
לְכָל\־le.kholto allH3605
גִּלּֽוּלֵיכֶם֙gi.lu.lei.Khemidols yourH1544
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
הַיּ֔וֹםhai.Yomthis dayH3117
וַאֲנִ֛יva.'a.Niand IH589
אִדָּרֵ֥שׁ'i.da.Reshwill I let myself be consulted?H1875
לָכֶ֖םla.Khemby you
בֵּ֣יתbeitO house ofH1004
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
חַי\־chai-[by] [the] lifeH2416
אָ֗נִי'A.niof meH589
נְאֻם֙ne.'Um[the] utterance ofH5002
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3069
אִם\־'im-ifH518
אִדָּרֵ֖שׁ'i.da.ReshI will let myself be consultedH1875
לָכֶֽם\׃la.Khemby you

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 20:31

  • Psalms 106:37-39

    Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

  • Jeremiah 7:31

    And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.

  • Ezekiel 20:26

    And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 14:3-4

    Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them? Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the Lord will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;

  • Jeremiah 19:5

    They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:

  • Jeremiah 14:12

    When 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.

  • James 4:1-3

    From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

  • Psalms 66:18

    If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

  • Proverbs 28:9

    He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.

  • Proverbs 1:27-28

    When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

  • Ezekiel 20:3

    Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord God, I will not be enquired of by you.

  • Isaiah 1:15

    And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
ye offer.
26; De 18:10-12; Ps 106:37-39; Jer 7:31; 19:5
and shall.
3; 14:3,4; 1Sa 28:5,6; 2Ki 3:13,14; Job 27:8,10; Ps 66:18
Pr 1:27,28; 28:9; Isa 1:15; Jer 14:12; Zec 7:13; Mt 25:11,12
Jas 4:1-3

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Context

  • Ezekiel 20:30

    Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations?

  • Ezekiel 20:31

    For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord God, I will not be enquired of by you.

  • Ezekiel 20:32

    And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.

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Ezekiel 20:31 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque ofreciendo vuestras ofrendas, haciendo pasar vuestros hijos por el fuego, os habéis contaminado con todos vuestros ídolos hasta hoy: ¿y he de responderos yo, casa de Israel? Vivo yo, dice el Señor Jehová, que no os responderé.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et quand vous offrez vos dons, en faisant passer vos fils par le feu, vous vous rendez impurs par toutes vos idoles jusqu’à aujourd’hui, – et moi, je serais consulté par vous, maison d’Israël? Je suis vivant, dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel, si je suis consulté par vous!
German
Elberfelder 1871
und ihr verunreiniget euch bis auf diesen Tag an allen euren Götzen durch das Darbringen eurer Gaben, indem ihr eure Kinder durch das Feuer gehen lasset! und ich sollte mich von euch befragen lassen, Haus Israel? So wahr ich lebe, spricht der Herr, Jehova, wenn ich mich von euch befragen lasse!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et in oblatione donorum vestrorum, cum traducitis filios vestros per ignem, vos polluimini in omnibus idolis vestris usque hodie: et ego respondebo vobis, domus Israël? Vivo ego, dicit Dominus Deus, quia non respondebo vobis.