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 transgress against Me; I will bring them out of the land where they sojourn, but they will (C)not enter the [a]land of Israel. Thus you will know that I am the Lord.

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

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Footnotes

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