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32 “‘What you plan[a] will never happen. You say, “We will be[b] like the nations, like the clans of the lands, who serve gods of wood and stone.”[c] 33 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, with a powerful hand and an outstretched arm[d] and with an outpouring of rage, I will be king over you. 34 I will bring you out from the nations and will gather you from the lands where you are scattered, with a powerful hand and an outstretched arm and with an outpouring of rage!

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 20:32 tn Heb “what comes upon your mind.”
  2. Ezekiel 20:32 tn The Hebrew could also read: “Let us be.”
  3. Ezekiel 20:32 tn Heb “serving wood and stone.” sn This verse echoes the content of 1 Sam 8:20.
  4. Ezekiel 20:33 sn This phrase occurs frequently in Deuteronomy (Deut 4:34; 5:15; 7:19; 11:2; 26:8).