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40 “For on my holy mountain,[a] on the mountain of the height of Israel,” declares[b] the Lord Yahweh, “there all of the house of Israel will serve me, all of them,[c] in the land. I will take pleasure in them, and there I will accept your contributions and the best of your portions with all of your holy objects. 41 I will accept you as a fragrant incense offering[d] when I bring you out from the peoples and I gather you from the lands to which you were scattered, and I will show myself holy among you before the eyes of the nations. 42 And you will know that I am Yahweh when I bring you to the land of Israel, to the land that I swore[e] to give to your ancestors. 43 And you will remember there your ways, and all of your deeds by which you were made unclean,[f] and you will feel a loathing for yourself[g] for all of your evils that you have done. 44 And you will know that I am Yahweh when I deal with you[h] for the sake of my name and not according to your evil ways[i] or according to[j] your corrupted deeds, house of Israel,” declares[k] the Lord Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 20:40 Literally “the mountain of my holiness”
  2. Ezekiel 20:40 Literally “declaration of”
  3. Ezekiel 20:40 Hebrew “it/him”
  4. Ezekiel 20:41 Literally “a fragrance of an incense offering”
  5. Ezekiel 20:42 Literally “I raised my hand”
  6. Ezekiel 20:43 Literally “which you were made unclean by them”
  7. Ezekiel 20:43 Literally “for your face”
  8. Ezekiel 20:44 Literally “at/in doing my with you”
  9. Ezekiel 20:44 Literally “not like your ways the evil”
  10. Ezekiel 20:44 Literally “like”
  11. Ezekiel 20:44 Literally “declaration of”

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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