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 there on my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Sovereign Lord, all the house of Israel will serve me, all of them[a] in the land. I will accept them there, and there I will seek your contributions and your choice gifts, with all your holy things. 41 When I bring you out from the nations and gather you from the lands where you are scattered, I will accept you along with your soothing aroma. I will display my holiness among you in the sight of the nations. 42 Then you will know that I am the Lord when I bring you to the land of Israel, to the land I swore[b] to give to your fathers. 43 And there you will remember your conduct[c] and all your deeds by which you defiled yourselves. You will despise yourselves[d] because of all the evil deeds you have done. 44 Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I deal with you for the sake of my reputation and not according to your wicked conduct and corrupt deeds, O house of Israel, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 20:40 tn Heb “all of it.”
  2. Ezekiel 20:42 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”
  3. Ezekiel 20:43 tn Heb “ways.”
  4. Ezekiel 20:43 tn Heb “loathe yourselves in your faces.”