Ezekiel 20:3-5

EasyEnglish Bible

³ ‘Son of man, speak to the leaders of Israel. Tell them, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: You say that you want a message from me. I promise you this, as surely as I live: I will not allow you to come to me like that.” 

⁴ Son of man, you must warn them. Are you ready to do that? Make them remember all the disgusting things that their ancestors did.

⁵ Say to them, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: On the day that I chose Israel's people to belong to me, I made a promise to all Jacob's descendants.^[a] In the land of Egypt, I showed them who I am. I promised them, ‘I am the Lord your God.’