37 “Thus says the Lord God: This also (A)I will let the house of Israel ask me to do for them: (B)to increase their people like (C)a flock.

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37 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Once again I will yield to Israel’s plea(A) and do this for them: I will make their people as numerous as sheep,(B)

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21 and since we have (A)a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts (B)sprinkled clean (C)from an evil conscience and our bodies (D)washed with pure water.

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21 and since we have a great priest(A) over the house of God,(B) 22 let us draw near to God(C) with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings,(D) having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience(E) and having our bodies washed with pure water.(F)

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(A)“Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their hearts, and set (B)the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. (C)Should I indeed let myself be consulted by them?

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“Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts(A) and put wicked stumbling blocks(B) before their faces. Should I let them inquire of me at all?(C)

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14 And this is (A)the confidence that we have toward him, that (B)if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.

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14 This is the confidence(A) we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.(B)

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(A)Though I scattered them among the nations,
    yet in far countries (B)they shall remember me,
    and with their children they shall live and return.

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Though I scatter them among the peoples,
    yet in distant lands they will remember me.(A)
They and their children will survive,
    and they will return.

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(A)“I will strengthen the house of Judah,
    and (B)I will save the house of Joseph.
(C)I will bring them back (D)because I have compassion on them,
    and they shall be as though I had not rejected them,
    for (E)I am the Lord their God and I will answer them.

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“I will strengthen(A) Judah
    and save the tribes of Joseph.
I will restore them
    because I have compassion(B) on them.(C)
They will be as though
    I had not rejected them,
for I am the Lord their God
    and I will answer(D) them.

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(A)“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God, Is it to inquire of me that you come? (B)As I live, declares the Lord God, (C)I will not be inquired of by you.

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“Son of man, speak to the elders(A) of Israel and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Have you come to inquire(B) of me? As surely as I live, I will not let you inquire of me, declares the Sovereign Lord.(C)

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You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask (A)wrongly, to spend it on your passions.

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You desire but do not have, so you kill.(A) You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive,(B) because you ask with wrong motives,(C) that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

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16 (A)Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

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16 Let us then approach(A) God’s throne of grace with confidence,(B) so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

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(A)do not be anxious about anything, (B)but in everything by prayer and supplication (C)with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

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Do not be anxious about anything,(A) but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.(B)

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31 When you present your gifts and (A)offer up your children in fire,[a] you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. And (B)shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? (C)As I live, declares the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 20:31 Hebrew and make your children pass through the fire

31 When you offer your gifts—the sacrifice of your children(A) in the fire—you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. Am I to let you inquire of me, you Israelites? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will not let you inquire of me.(B)

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(A)“In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, (B)the people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, (C)weeping as they come, and they (D)shall seek the Lord their God. (E)They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, (F)saying, ‘Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an (G)everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.’

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“In those days, at that time,”
    declares the Lord,
“the people of Israel and the people of Judah together(A)
    will go in tears(B) to seek(C) the Lord their God.
They will ask the way(D) to Zion
    and turn their faces toward it.
They will come(E) and bind themselves to the Lord
    in an everlasting covenant(F)
    that will not be forgotten.

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(A)“Seek the Lord while he may be found;
    call upon him while he is near;
let the wicked forsake his way,
    and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
    and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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Seek(A) the Lord while he may be found;(B)
    call(C) on him while he is near.
Let the wicked forsake(D) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.(E)
Let them turn(F) to the Lord, and he will have mercy(G) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.(H)

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