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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Footnotes

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

40 On my holy mountain, on the high mountain in Israel, the whole house of Israel will serve me there—every one of them in the land! This is what the Lord God says. There I will accept them, and there I will ask for their offerings, their finest gifts, and all their holy things. 41 When I bring you out from the nations and gather you from the countries where you are scattered, I will accept you as a pleasing aroma. Through you I will be made holy in the sight of the nations. 42 Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I bring you to Israel’s fertile land, to the land that I swore to give to your ancestors. 43 There you will remember how your ways and all your wicked deeds defiled you, and you will loathe yourselves for all the wicked things that you’ve done. 44 Then, house of Israel, you will know that I am the Lord, when I deal with you for the sake of my name and not according to your wicked ways and ruinous deeds. This is what the Lord God says.

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