Ezekiel 20:16 References

16 because they rejected My ordinances, and as for My statutes, they did not walk in them; they even profaned My sabbaths, for their aheart continually went after their idols.

a Ezekiel 11:21, Ezekiel 14:3-7, Ezekiel 20:8


Ezekiel 11

21 "But as for those whose hearts go after their adetestable things and abominations, I will bbring their conduct down on their heads," declares the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 14

3 "Son of man, these men have aset up their idols in their hearts and have bput right before their faces the stumbling block of their iniquity. Should I be cconsulted by them at all?
4 "Therefore speak to them and tell them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Any man of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, puts right before his face the stumbling block of his iniquity, and then comes to the prophet, I the Lord will be brought to give him an answer in the matter in view of the amultitude of his idols,
5 in order to lay hold of athe hearts of the house of Israel who are bestranged from Me through all their idols."'
6 "Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "aRepent and turn away from your idols and turn your faces away from all your babominations.
7 "For anyone of the house of Israel or of the aimmigrants who stay in Israel who separates himself from Me, sets up his idols in his heart, puts right before his face the stumbling block of his iniquity, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me for himself, bI the Lord will be brought to answer him in My own person.

Ezekiel 20

8 "But they arebelled against Me and were not willing to listen to Me; they did not cast away the detestable things of their eyes, nor did they forsake the bidols of Egypt.