Ezekiel 11:12
New International Version
And you will know that I am the LORD, for you have not followed my decrees or kept my laws but have conformed to the standards of the nations around you.”

New Living Translation
and you will know that I am the LORD. For you have refused to obey my decrees and regulations; instead, you have copied the standards of the nations around you.”

English Standard Version
and you shall know that I am the LORD. For you have not walked in my statutes, nor obeyed my rules, but have acted according to the rules of the nations that are around you.”

Berean Standard Bible
Then you will know that I am the LORD. For you have neither followed My statutes nor practiced My ordinances, but you have conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.”

King James Bible
And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.

New King James Version
And you shall know that I am the LORD; for you have not walked in My statutes nor executed My judgments, but have done according to the customs of the Gentiles which are all around you.” ’ ”

New American Standard Bible
So you will know that I am the LORD; for you have not walked in My statutes, nor have you executed My ordinances, but you have acted in accordance with the ordinances of the nations around you.”’”

NASB 1995
“Thus you will know that I am the LORD; for you have not walked in My statutes nor have you executed My ordinances, but have acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you."’”

NASB 1977
“Thus you will know that I am the LORD; for you have not walked in My statutes nor have you executed My ordinances, but have acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you.”’”

Legacy Standard Bible
Thus you will know that I am Yahweh; for you have not walked in My statutes, nor have you executed My judgments, but have executed according to the judgments of the nations around you.”’”

Amplified Bible
And you will know [without any doubt] that I am the LORD; for you have not walked in My statutes nor have you executed My ordinances, but you have acted in accordance with the ordinances of the nations around you.”’”

Christian Standard Bible
so you will know that I am the LORD, whose statutes you have not followed and whose ordinances you have not practiced. Instead, you have acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you.’ ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
so you will know that I am Yahweh, whose statutes you have not followed and whose ordinances you have not practiced. Instead, you have acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you.”

American Standard Version
and ye shall know that I am Jehovah: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither have ye executed mine ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you.

Contemporary English Version
You will realize that while you were following the laws of nearby nations, you were disobeying my laws and teachings. And I am the LORD!

English Revised Version
and ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither have ye executed my judgments, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then you will know that I am the LORD. You haven't lived by my laws, and you haven't obeyed my rules. You have followed the standards set by the nations around you."

Good News Translation
You will know that I am the LORD and that while you were keeping the laws of the neighboring nations, you were breaking my laws and disobeying my commands."

International Standard Version
Then you'll learn that I am the LORD, because you didn't live by my statues or obey my ordinances. Instead, you obeyed the ordinances of the nations around you."'"

Majority Standard Bible
Then you will know that I am the LORD. For you have neither followed My statutes nor practiced My ordinances, but you have conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.?

NET Bible
Then you will know that I am the LORD, whose statutes you have not followed and whose regulations you have not carried out. Instead you have behaved according to the regulations of the nations around you!'"

New Heart English Bible
and you shall know that I am the LORD: for you have not walked in my statutes, neither have you executed my ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are around you.'"

Webster's Bible Translation
And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are around you.

World English Bible
You will know that I am Yahweh, for you have not walked in my statutes. You have not executed my ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are around you.”’”
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And you have known that I [am] YHWH, "" For you have not walked in My statutes, "" And you have not done My judgments, "" And according to the judgments of the nations "" Who are around you, you have done!”

Young's Literal Translation
And ye have known that I am Jehovah, For in My statutes ye have not walked, And My Judgments ye have not done, And according to the judgments of the nations Who are round about you -- ye have done!'

Smith's Literal Translation
And ye shall know That I am Jehovah: for in my laws ye went not, and my judgments ye did not; and according to the judgments of the nations round about you ye did.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And you shall know that I am the Lord: because you have not walked in my commandments, and have not done my judgments, but you have done according to the judgments of the nations that; are round about you.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And you shall know that I am the Lord. For you have not walked in my precepts, and you have not accomplished my judgments. Instead, you have acted in accord with the judgments of the Gentiles, who are all around you.”

New American Bible
so you shall know that I am the LORD, whose statutes you did not follow, whose ordinances you did not keep. Instead, you acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you.

New Revised Standard Version
Then you shall know that I am the LORD, whose statutes you have not followed, and whose ordinances you have not kept, but you have acted according to the ordinances of the nations that are around you.”
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And you shall know that I am the LORD; for you have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have followed after the ordinances of the Gentiles that are round about you.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And you shall know that I AM LORD JEHOVAH, for you did not walk in my commandments and you have not done my judgments, and you have done according to the judgments of the Gentiles that are around you’”
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
and ye shall know that I am the LORD; for ye have not walked in My statutes, neither have ye executed Mine ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you.'

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Context
Evil in High Places
11The city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat within it. I will judge you even to the borders of Israel. 12Then you will know that I am the LORD. For you have neither followed My statutes nor practiced My ordinances, but you have conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.”

Cross References
Jeremiah 11:8
Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.”

Deuteronomy 28:15
If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

2 Kings 17:13-14
Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.” / But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.

Jeremiah 7:23-24
but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. / Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.

Leviticus 26:14-15
If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments, / and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant,

Isaiah 30:9
These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.

Jeremiah 44:10
To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that I set before you and your fathers.

Hosea 9:17
My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

Amos 2:4
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.

Zechariah 7:11-12
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. / They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.

Romans 2:12
All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.

Matthew 7:26-27
But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”

Luke 6:46-49
Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but do not do what I say? / I will show you what he is like who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them: / He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. ...

John 12:48
There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

Romans 1:21
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.


Treasury of Scripture

And you shall know that I am the LORD: for you have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.

for we have not walked.

Ezekiel 11:21
But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 20:16,21,24
Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols…

Leviticus 26:40
If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;

but

Ezekiel 8:10,14,16
So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about…

Ezekiel 16:44-47
Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter…

Leviticus 18:3,24-28
After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances…

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Ezekiel 11
1. The presumption of the princes
4. Their sin and judgment
13. Ezekiel complaining, God shows him his purpose in saving a remnant
22. The glory of God leaves the city
24. Ezekiel is returned to the captivity














Then you will know that I am the LORD.
This phrase emphasizes the recognition of God's sovereignty and authority. Throughout the book of Ezekiel, this declaration is repeated to affirm God's identity and power. It serves as a reminder of the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where acknowledgment of God as LORD is central. This recognition often comes through judgment or deliverance, underscoring God's control over history and His people's destiny.

For you have neither followed My statutes nor practiced My ordinances,
This highlights Israel's disobedience and failure to adhere to God's laws, which were given to guide them in righteousness and holiness. The statutes and ordinances refer to the comprehensive legal and moral code found in the Torah, particularly in books like Leviticus and Deuteronomy. Israel's neglect of these laws signifies a breach of the covenant, leading to divine judgment. This disobedience is a recurring theme in the prophetic literature, where prophets call the people back to faithfulness.

but you have conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.”
Here, the focus is on Israel's assimilation into the pagan practices of surrounding nations, which God explicitly warned against. This conformity represents a spiritual adultery, as Israel was meant to be distinct and set apart. The influence of neighboring cultures often led to idolatry and moral corruption, which prophets like Ezekiel condemned. This phrase also foreshadows the New Testament call for believers to be in the world but not of it, maintaining distinctiveness in faith and practice.

Persons / Places / Events
1. Ezekiel
A prophet during the Babylonian exile, tasked with delivering God's messages to the Israelites.

2. Israelites
The people of God who are in exile due to their disobedience and idolatry.

3. Babylon
The place of exile for the Israelites, representing a foreign land and culture that influenced them negatively.

4. Jerusalem
The city that symbolizes the spiritual center of Israel, which is under judgment for its sins.

5. Nations around
Refers to the pagan nations whose customs and practices the Israelites adopted, leading them away from God's laws.
Teaching Points
Understanding God's Sovereignty
Recognize that God is the LORD, and His authority is supreme. Our lives should reflect His statutes and ordinances.

The Danger of Conformity
Be aware of the subtle ways in which the world can influence us to stray from God's commands. We must remain vigilant and rooted in Scripture.

The Call to Holiness
As God's people, we are called to be set apart, living according to His standards rather than the world's.

Consequences of Disobedience
Understand that turning away from God's laws leads to spiritual and sometimes physical exile, as seen in the history of Israel.

Repentance and Restoration
There is always an opportunity to return to God, repent, and be restored to a right relationship with Him.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then you will know
וִֽידַעְתֶּם֙ (wî·ḏa‘·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 3045: To know

that
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I
אֲנִ֣י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

am the LORD.
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

For
אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

you have neither
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

followed
הֲלַכְתֶּ֔ם (hă·laḵ·tem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

My statutes
בְּחֻקַּי֙ (bə·ḥuq·qay)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 2706: Something prescribed or owed, a statute

nor
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

practiced
עֲשִׂיתֶ֑ם (‘ă·śî·ṯem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 6213: To do, make

my ordinances,
וּמִשְׁפָּטַ֖י (ū·miš·pā·ṭay)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

but you have conformed
עֲשִׂיתֶֽם׃ (‘ă·śî·ṯem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 6213: To do, make

to the ordinances
וּֽכְמִשְׁפְּטֵ֧י (ū·ḵə·miš·pə·ṭê)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

of the nations
הַגּוֹיִ֛ם (hag·gō·w·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

around you.”
סְבִיבוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם (sə·ḇî·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem)
Adverb | second person masculine plural
Strong's 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around


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