16Because against My judgments they did kick, And in My statutes they have not walked, And My sabbaths they have polluted, For after their idols their heart is going.


In Context

13 And — rebel against me do the house of Israel in the wilderness, In My statutes they have not walked, And My judgments they have despised, Which the man who doth — liveth by them. And My sabbaths they have greatly polluted, And I say to pour out My fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them.

14 And I do it for My name's sake, Not to pollute it before the eyes of the nations, Before whose eyes I brought them forth.

15 And also, I, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, Not to bring them in to the land that I had given, Flowing with milk and honey, A beauty it is to all the lands,

16 Because against My judgments they did kick, And in My statutes they have not walked, And My sabbaths they have polluted, For after their idols their heart is going.

17 And Mine eye hath pity on them — against destroying them, And I have not made of them an end in the wilderness.

18 And I say to their sons in the wilderness: In the statutes of your fathers ye walk not, And their judgments ye do not observe, And with their idols ye are not defiled.

Ezekiel 20:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:16Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:16because they rejected my laws and did not follow my decrees and desecrated my Sabbaths. For their hearts were devoted to their idols.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:16Because they cast off my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, and violated my sabbaths: for their heart went after idols.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:16because they rejected mine ordinances, and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16because they rejected mine ordinances and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:16because they rejected my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16because they rejected my ordinances, and didn't walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:16Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.