39 “As for you, house of Israel,” this is what the Lord God says: “(A)Go, serve, everyone of you his idols; [a]but later you will certainly listen to Me, and My holy name you will no longer (B)defile with your gifts and your idols. 40 For on My holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel,” declares the Lord God, “there the entire house of Israel, (C)all of them, will serve Me in the land; there I will (D)accept them and there I will demand your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your holy things. 41 [b]As a soothing aroma I will accept you when I (E)bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered; and I will show Myself to be (F)holy among you in the sight of the nations.

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  1. Ezekiel 20:39 Or and afterward, if you will not listen to Me, but
  2. Ezekiel 20:41 Lit With

39 “‘As for you, people of Israel, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Go and serve your idols,(A) every one of you! But afterward you will surely listen to me and no longer profane my holy name(B) with your gifts and idols.(C) 40 For on my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel,(D) 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(E) and your choice gifts,[a] along with all your holy sacrifices.(F) 41 I will accept you as fragrant incense(G) when I bring you out from the nations and gather(H) you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will be proved holy(I) through you in the sight of the nations.(J)

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  1. Ezekiel 20:40 Or and the gifts of your firstfruits

39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.

40 For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord God, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.

41 I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.

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