37 “I will make you (A)pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant; 38 and I will (B)purge from you the rebels and those who revolt against Me; I will bring them out of the land where they reside, but they will (C)not enter the [a]land of Israel. So you will know that I am the Lord.

39 “As for you, house of Israel,” this is what the Lord God says: “(D)Go, serve, everyone of you his idols; [b]but later you will certainly listen to Me, and My holy name you will no longer (E)defile with your gifts and your idols.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 20:38 Lit ground; or soil
  2. Ezekiel 20:39 Or and afterward, if you will not listen to Me, but

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