37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

38 And I will [a]choose out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them out of the land where they dwell, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God, [b]Go you, and serve everyone his idol, seeing that ye will not obey me, and pollute mine holy Name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 20:38 Signifying, that he will not burn the corn with the chaff, but choose out the wicked to punish them when he will spare his.
  2. Ezekiel 20:39 This is spoken to the hypocrites.

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