Ezekiel 20:33-39

Expanded Bible

³³ As surely as I live, says the Lord God, ·I will use my great power and strength and anger to [^Lwith a mighty hand and an outstretched arm I will; Deut. 4:34; 5:15] ·rule [be king] over you. ³⁴ I will bring you out from the foreign nations. With ·my great power and strength [^La mighty hand and an outstretched arm] and anger I will gather you from the lands where you are scattered. ³⁵ I will bring you into the ·desert [wilderness] of the ·peoples [nations]. There I will judge you face to face. ³⁶ I will judge you the same way I judged your ·ancestors [fathers] in the ·desert [wilderness] of the land of Egypt, says the Lord God. ³⁷ I will ·count you like sheep [^Lmake you pass under the rod/shepherd’s staff; Lev. 27:32] and will bring you into ·line with [^Lthe bond of] my ·agreement [covenant; treaty]. ³⁸ I will ·get rid of [purge out] those who ·refuse to obey me [revolt] and ·who turn [rebel] against me. I will bring them out of the land where they are now living, but they will never enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

³⁹ “‘This is what the Lord God says: ·People [^LHouse] of Israel, go serve your idols for now. ·But later you will [or …if you will not] listen to me; you will not continue to ·dishonor [profane; ^Critually] my holy name with your gifts and ·gods [idols].