40 For on My holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel,” declares the Lord God, “there the entire house of Israel, (A)all of them, will serve Me in the land; there I will (B)accept them and there I will demand your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your holy things. 41 [a]As a soothing aroma I will accept you when I (C)bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered; and I will show Myself to be (D)holy among you in the sight of the nations. 42 And (E)you will know that I am the Lord, (F)when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the (G)land which I swore to give to your forefathers. 43 And there you will (H)remember your ways and all your deeds by which you have defiled yourselves; and you will (I)loathe yourselves in your own [b]sight for all the evil things that you have done. 44 Then (J)you will know that I am the Lord, when I have dealt with you (K)in behalf of My name, not according to your evil ways or according to your corrupt deeds, house of Israel,” declares the Lord God.’”

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  1. Ezekiel 20:41 Lit With
  2. Ezekiel 20:43 Lit faces

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