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Ezekiel 20:38-40
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38 I will eliminate from among you the rebels and those who revolt[a] against me. I will bring them out from the land where they have been residing, but they will not come to the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

39 “‘As for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Each of you go and serve your idols,[b] if you will not listen to me.[c] But my holy name will not be profaned[d] again by your sacrifices[e] and your idols. 40 For there on my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Sovereign Lord, all the house of Israel will serve me, all of them[f] in the land. I will accept them there, and there I will seek your contributions and your choice gifts, with all your holy things.

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  1. Ezekiel 20:38 tn See the note at 2:3.
  2. Ezekiel 20:39 sn Compare the irony here to Amos 4:4 and Jer 44:25.
  3. Ezekiel 20:39 tn Heb “and after, if you will not listen to me.” The translation leaves out “and after” for smoothness. The text is difficult. M. Greenberg (Ezekiel [AB], 1:374) suggests that it may mean “but afterwards, if you will not listen to me…” with an unspoken threat.
  4. Ezekiel 20:39 sn A similar concept may be found in Lev 18:21 and 20:3.
  5. Ezekiel 20:39 tn Or “gifts.”
  6. Ezekiel 20:40 tn Heb “all of it.”
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