Ezekiel 44:12
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.
Context
This verse from Ezekiel Chapter 44 connects to 10 cross-references. The eastern gate remains shut because the Lord has entered through it. Prince regulations include: no foreigners uncircumcised in heart may enter the sanctuary. Levites who served idols will serve in lesser capacities; only the Zadokite priests who kept faithful …
Other Translations
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.
Because that they serve them before their idols, and have been to the house of Israel for a stumbling-block of iniquity, therefore I have lifted up my hand against them--an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah--and they have borne their iniquity.
Because they did this work for them before their images, and became a cause of sin to the children of Israel; for this cause my hand has been lifted up against them, says the Lord, and their punishment will be on them.
Cross References
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For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should …
Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy …
Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: …
For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come …
And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me …
For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it …