Ezekiel 20:38-44

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³⁸I will purge^(A) 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.^(B)

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

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Ezekiel 20:40 Or and the gifts of your firstfruits

Psalm 111

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Psalm 111^[a]

¹Praise the Lord.^[b]

I will extol the Lord^(A) with all my heart^(B)
in the council^(C) of the upright and in the assembly.^(D)

²Great are the works^(E) of the Lord;
    they are pondered by all^(F) who delight in them.
³Glorious and majestic are his deeds,
    and his righteousness endures^(G) forever.
⁴He has caused his wonders to be remembered;
    the Lord is gracious and compassionate.^(H)
⁵He provides food^(I) for those who fear him;^(J)
    he remembers his covenant^(K) forever.

⁶He has shown his people the power of his works,^(L)
    giving them the lands of other nations.^(M)
⁷The works of his hands^(N) are faithful and just;
    all his precepts are trustworthy.^(O)
⁸They are established for ever^(P) and ever,
    enacted in faithfulness and uprightness.
⁹He provided redemption^(Q) for his people;
    he ordained his covenant forever—
    holy and awesome^(R) is his name.

¹⁰The fear of the Lord^(S) is the beginning of wisdom;^(T)
all who follow his precepts have good understanding.^(U)
To him belongs eternal praise.^(V)

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Psalm 111:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the lines of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Psalm 111:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah