32 And whatever (A)comes [a]into your mind certainly will not come about, when you say: ‘We will be like the nations, like the families of the lands, (B)serving wood and stone.’

God Will Restore Israel to Her Land

33 “As I live,” declares the Lord God, “with a mighty hand and with an (C)outstretched arm and with wrath poured out, I assuredly shall be (D)king over you. 34 I will (E)bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered, with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with (F)wrath poured out; 35 and I will bring you into the (G)wilderness of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face. 36 Just as I (H)entered into judgment with your fathers in the (I)wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you,” declares the Lord God.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 20:32 Lit upon your spirit

32 “‘You say, “We want to be like the nations, like the peoples of the world, who serve wood and stone.” But what you have in mind will never happen. 33 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will reign over you with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm(A) and with outpoured wrath.(B) 34 I will bring you from the nations(C) and gather(D) you from the countries where you have been scattered—with a mighty hand(E) and an outstretched arm and with outpoured wrath.(F) 35 I will bring you into the wilderness(G) of the nations and there, face to face, I will execute judgment(H) upon you. 36 As I judged your ancestors in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will judge you, declares the Sovereign Lord.(I)

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