Ezekiel:20:7-44
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Then said I unto them ,
Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes ,
and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt :
I am the LORD your God .
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But they rebelled against me ,
and would not hearken unto me :
they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes ,
neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt :
then I said ,
I will pour out my fury upon them ,
to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt .
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But I wrought for my names sake ,
that it should not be polluted before the heathen ,
among whom they were ,
in whose sight I made myself known unto them ,
in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt .
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Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt ,
and brought them into the wilderness .
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And I gave them my statutes ,
and shewed them my judgments ,
which if a man do ,
he shall even live in them .
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Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths ,
to be a sign between me and them ,
that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them .
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But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness :
they walked not in my statutes ,
and they despised my judgments ,
which if a man do ,
he shall even live in them ;
and my sabbaths they greatly polluted :
then I said ,
I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness ,
to consume them .
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But I wrought for my names sake ,
that it should not be polluted before the heathen ,
in whose sight I brought them out .
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Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness ,
that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them ,
flowing with milk and honey ,
which is the glory of all lands ;
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Because they despised my judgments ,
and walked not in my statutes ,
but polluted my sabbaths :
for their heart went after their idols .
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Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them ,
neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness .
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But I said unto their children in the wilderness ,
Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers ,
neither observe their judgments ,
nor defile yourselves with their idols :
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I am the LORD your God ;
walk in my statutes ,
and keep my judgments ,
and do them ;
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And hallow my sabbaths ;
and they shall be a sign between me and you ,
that ye may know that I am the LORD your God .
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Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me :
they walked not in my statutes ,
neither kept my judgments to do them ,
which if a man do ,
he shall even live in them ;
they polluted my sabbaths :
then I said ,
I would pour out my fury upon them ,
to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness .
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Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand ,
and wrought for my names sake ,
that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen ,
in whose sight I brought them forth .
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I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness ,
that I would scatter them among the heathen ,
and disperse them through the countries ;
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Because they had not executed my judgments ,
but had despised my statutes ,
and had polluted my sabbaths ,
and their eyes were after their fathers idols .
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Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good ,
and judgments whereby they should not live ;
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And I polluted them in their own gifts ,
in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb ,
that I might make them desolate ,
to the end that they might know that I am the LORD .
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Therefore ,
son of man ,
speak unto the house of Israel Yisra #
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and say unto them ,
Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me ,
in that they have committed a trespass against me .
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For when I had brought them into the land ,
for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them ,
then they saw every high hill gib #
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and all the thick trees ,
and they offered there their sacrifices ,
and there they presented the provocation of their offering :
there also they made their sweet savour ,
and poured out there their drink offerings .
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Then I said unto them ,
What is the high place whereunto ye go ?
And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day .
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Wherefore say unto the house of Israel Yisra #
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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 Yisra #
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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 Yisra #
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and ye shall know that I am the LORD .
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As for you ,
O house of Israel Yisra #
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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 Yisra #
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saith the Lord GOD ,
there shall all the house of Israel Yisra #
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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 mas #
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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 Yisra #
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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 names sake ,
not according to your wicked ways ,
nor according to your corrupt doings ,
O ye house of Israel Yisra #
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saith the Lord GOD .