17 Therefore (A)go out from their midst,
    and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch no unclean thing;
    then I will welcome you,
18 (B)and I will be a father to you,
    and you shall be sons and daughters to me,
says the Lord Almighty.”

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17 Therefore, come out from among unbelievers,
    and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord.
Don’t touch their filthy things,
    and I will welcome you.[a]
18 And I will be your Father,
    and you will be my sons and daughters,
    says the Lord Almighty.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 6:17 Isa 52:11; Ezek 20:34 (Greek version).
  2. 6:18 2 Sam 7:14.

17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

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17 So, come out from among [unbelievers], and separate (sever) yourselves from them, says the Lord, and touch not [any] unclean thing; then I will receive you kindly and treat you with favor,(A)

18 And I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.(B)

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