Ezekiel 44:12
Because they ministered before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I swore with an uplifted hand concerning them that they would bear the consequences of their iniquity, declares the Lord God.
Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord God, and they shall bear their iniquity.
Note caused…: Heb. were for a stumblingblock of iniquity unto, etc
Because they ministered to them before their idols, and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have lifted up my hand against them,” says the Lord God, “and they will bear their iniquity.
Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and became a stumblingblock of iniquity unto the house of Israel; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, saith the Lord Jehovah, and they shall bear their iniquity.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- they ministered
- 1 Samuel 2:29, 30; 2 Kings 16:10–16; Isaiah 9:16; Hosea 4:6; Hosea 5:1; Malachi 2:8, 9
- caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity
- Heb. werefor a stumbling-block of iniquity unto, etc.
- Ezekiel 14:3, 4
- therefore
- Ezekiel 20:6, 15, 23, 28; Deuteronomy 32:40–42; Psalm 106:26; Amos 8:7; Revelation 10:5, 6
- and they shall
- Ezekiel 44:10, 13