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.
You're bringing me offerings while you're literally sacrificing your own children and worshipping other gods, you're completely corrupting yourselves with all these idols, and it's still happening today. And then you have the audacity to come asking me for answers? Listen up, Israel, I swear on my own life that I'm not responding to you anymore.
You can't worship other gods and hurt innocent people, then expect God to answer your prayers like nothing happened.
📚 Historical Context
In the time of Ezekiel, the Israelites were in exile in Babylon due to their persistent idolatry and disobedience to God, which had led to their judgment. They were engaging in pagan rituals, such as sacrificing their children by fire to false gods, a practice that deeply defiled them and mirrored the influences of surrounding cultures. God, through the prophet Ezekiel, was confronting this hypocrisy and declaring that He would not answer their pleas because of their unrepentant ways.
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