Ezekiel 20:44-46

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁴⁴ And you shall know that I am the Lord when I deal with you for my name’s sake, not according to your evil ways or corrupt deeds, O house of Israel, says the Lord God.^(A)

A Prophecy against the Negeb

^45 [a]The word of the Lord came to me: ⁴⁶ Mortal, set your face toward the south, preach against the south, and prophesy against the forest land in the Negeb;^(B)