40 (A)“For on my holy mountain, the mountain height of Israel, declares the Lord God, there (B)all the house of Israel, all of them, shall serve me in the land. (C)There I will accept them, and there I will require your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your sacred offerings. 41 As a pleasing aroma I will accept you, when (D)I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered. And (E)I will manifest my holiness among you in the sight of the nations. 42 (F)And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I bring you into the land of Israel, the country that (G)I swore to give to your fathers. 43 (H)And there you shall remember your ways and all your deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, (I)and you shall loathe yourselves for all the evils that you have committed. 44 And you shall know that I am the Lord, (J)when I deal with you for my name's sake, (K)not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt deeds, O house of Israel, declares the Lord God.”

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40 For on my holy mountain, on Israel’s high mountains,” declares the Lord God, “the whole of Israel’s house—all of it—will serve me there in the land. I’ll accept them there. And there I’ll demand your offerings, the first fruits of your portions of all your sacred things.

41 “When I will have brought you from among the people and have gathered you from the lands where you were scattered, I’ll accept you as a pleasing aroma. I’ll reveal my holiness among you, and the entire world will see it. 42 Then you’ll know that I, the Lord, brought you to the land of Israel, to the land that I promised to give to your ancestors. 43 You’ll remember all your practices and evil actions by which you’ve become defiled. You’ll loathe yourselves[a] because of all the evil things you’ve done. 44 Then you’ll know that I am the Lord, when I will have dealt with you for the benefit of my own reputation and not according to your evil attitudes or corrupt practices, you house of Israel,” declares the Lord God.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 20:43 Lit. your souls in your own sight