Ezekiel:20:30-44
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Wherefore say unto the house of Israel ,
Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers ?
and commit ye whoredom after their abominations ?
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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 .
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And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all ,
that ye say ,
We will be as the heathen ,
as the families of the countries ,
to serve wood and stone .
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As I live ,
saith the Lord GOD ,
surely with a mighty hand ,
and with a stretched out arm ,
and with fury poured out ,
will I rule over you :
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And I will bring you out from the people ,
and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered ,
with a mighty hand ,
and with a stretched out arm ,
and with fury poured out .
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And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people ,
and there will I plead with you face to face .
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Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt ,
so will I plead with you ,
saith the Lord GOD .
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And I will cause you to pass under the rod ,
and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant :
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And I will purge out from among you the rebels ,
and them that transgress against me :
I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn ,
and they shall not enter into the land of Israel :
and ye shall know that I am the LORD .
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As for you ,
O house of Israel ,
thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Go ye ,
serve ye every one his idols ,
and hereafter also ,
if ye will not hearken unto me :
but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts ,
and with your idols .
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For in mine holy mountain ,
in the mountain of the height of Israel ,
saith the Lord GOD ,
there shall all the house of Israel ,
all of them in the land ,
serve me :
there will I accept them ,
and there will I require your offerings ,
and the firstfruits of your oblations ,
with all your holy things .
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I will accept you with your sweet savour ,
when I bring you out from the people ,
and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered ;
and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen .
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And ye shall know that I am the LORD ,
when I shall bring you into the land of Israel ,
into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers .
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And there shall ye remember your ways ,
and all your doings ,
wherein ye have been defiled ;
and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed .
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And ye shall know that I am the LORD ,
when I have wrought with you for my name '
s sake ,
not according to your wicked ways ,
nor according to your corrupt doings ,
O ye house of Israel ,
saith the Lord GOD .