³³ As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will reign over you with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm^(A) and with outpoured wrath.^{(B) 34} I will bring you from the nations^(C) and gather^(D) you from the countries where you have been scattered—with a mighty hand^(E) and an outstretched arm and with outpoured wrath.^{(F) 35} I will bring you into the wilderness^(G) of the nations and there, face to face, I will execute judgment^(H) upon you. ³⁶ As I judged your ancestors in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will judge you, declares the Sovereign Lord.^{(I) 37} I will take note of you as you pass under my rod,^(J) and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.^{(K) 38} I will purge^(L) you of those who revolt and rebel against me. Although I will bring them out of the land where they are living, yet they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.^(M)

³⁹ “‘As for you, people of Israel, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Go and serve your idols,^(N) every one of you! But afterward you will surely listen to me and no longer profane my holy name^(O) with your gifts and idols.^{(P) 40} For on my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel,^(Q) declares the Sovereign Lord, there in the land all the people of Israel will serve me, and there I will accept them. There I will require your offerings^(R) and your choice gifts,^[a] along with all your holy sacrifices.^{(S) 41} I will accept you as fragrant incense^(T) when I bring you out from the nations and gather^(U) you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will be proved holy^(V) through you in the sight of the nations.^{(W) 42} Then you will know that I am the Lord,^(X) when I bring you into the land of Israel,^(Y) the land I had sworn with uplifted hand to give to your ancestors.^{(Z) 43} There you will remember your conduct^(AA) and all the actions by which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves^(AB) for all the evil you have done.^{(AC) 44} You will know that I am the Lord, when I deal with you for my name’s sake^(AD) and not according to your evil ways and your corrupt practices, you people of Israel, declares the Sovereign Lord.^(AE)’”