The Lord Will Restore Israel

33 (A)“As I live, declares the Lord God, (B)surely with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and (C)with wrath poured out I will be king over you. 34 (D)I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you are scattered, with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out. 35 (E)And I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, (F)and there I will enter into judgment with you (G)face to face. 36 (H)As I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, declares the Lord God. 37 I will make you (I)pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant. 38 (J)I will purge out the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against me. (K)I will bring them out of the land where they sojourn, (L)but they shall not enter the land of Israel. (M)Then you will know that I am the Lord.

39 “As for you, O house of Israel, thus says the Lord God: (N)Go serve every one of you his idols, now and hereafter, if you will not listen to me; (O)but my holy name you shall no more profane with your gifts and your idols.

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33 As I live—the declaration of the Lord God—I will reign over you with a strong hand, an outstretched arm,(A) and outpoured wrath. 34 I will bring you from the peoples and gather you from the countries where you were scattered,(B) with a strong hand, an outstretched arm,(C) and outpoured wrath. 35 I will lead you into the wilderness of the peoples(D) and enter into judgment with you there face to face. 36 Just as I entered into judgment with your ancestors in the wilderness of the land of Egypt,(E) so I will enter into judgment with you. This is the declaration of the Lord God. 37 I will make you pass under the rod(F) and will bring you into the bond of the covenant. 38 I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against me.(G) I will bring them out of the land where they live as foreign residents, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

39 “‘As for you, house of Israel, this is what the Lord God says: Go and serve your idols, each of you. But afterward you will surely listen to me, and you will no longer defile my holy name with your gifts and idols.(H)

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