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1. And it came to pass in the seventh year, on the Alex. 5th month, 10th day of the month fifteenth day of the month, there came men of the elders of the house of Israel to enquire of the Lord, and they sat before me.
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1. And it came to pass H1961 in the seventh H7637 year H8141 , in the fifth H2549 month , the tenth H6218 day of the month H2320 , that certain H376 of the elders H4480 H2205 of Israel H3478 came H935 to inquire H1875 H853 of the LORD H3068 , and sat H3427 before H6440 me.
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2. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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2. Then came H1961 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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3. Son of man, speak to the elders of the house of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, I will not be enquired of by you, saith the Lord.
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3. Son H1121 of man H120 , speak H1696 H853 unto the elders H2205 of Israel H3478 , and say H559 unto H413 them, Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Are ye H859 come H935 to inquire H1875 of me? As I H589 live H2416 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 , I will not H518 be inquired H1875 of by you.
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4. Shall I utterly take vengeance on them, son of man? testify to them of the iniquities of their fathers:
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4. Wilt thou judge H8199 them, son H1121 of man H120 , wilt thou judge H8199 them ? cause them to know H3045 H853 the abominations H8441 of their fathers H1 :
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5. and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord; From the day that I chose the house of Israel, and became known to the seed of the house of Jacob, and was known to them in the land of Egypt, and helped them with my hand, saying, I am the Lord your God;
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5. And say H559 unto H413 them, Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; In the day H3117 when I chose H977 Israel H3478 , and lifted up H5375 mine hand H3027 unto the seed H2233 of the house H1004 of Jacob H3290 , and made myself known H3045 unto them in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 , when I lifted up H5375 mine hand H3027 unto them, saying H559 , I H589 am the LORD H3068 your God H430 ;
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6. in that day I helped them with my hand, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into the land which I Heb. spied; Alex. sware prepared for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, it is Gr. a honeycomb abundant beyond every land.
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6. In the day H3117 that I lifted up H5375 mine hand H3027 unto them , to bring them forth H3318 of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 into H413 a land H776 that H834 I had espied H8446 for them, flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706 , which H1931 is the glory H6643 of all H3605 lands H776 :
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7. And I said to them, Let every one cast away the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the devices of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
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7. Then said H559 I unto H413 them , Cast ye away H7993 every man H376 the abominations H8251 of his eyes H5869 , and defile not yourselves H2930 H408 with the idols H1544 of Egypt H4714 : I H589 am the LORD H3068 your God H430 .
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8. But they revolted from me, and would not hearken to me: they cast not away the abominations of their eyes, and forsook not the devices of Egypt: then I said that I would pour out my wrath upon them, to accomplish my wrath upon them in the midst of Egypt.
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8. But they rebelled H4784 against me , and would H14 not H3808 hearken H8085 unto H413 me : they did not H3808 every man H376 cast away H7993 H853 the abominations H8251 of their eyes H5869 , neither H3808 did they forsake H5800 the idols H1544 of Egypt H4714 : then I said H559 , I will pour out H8210 my fury H2534 upon H5921 them , to accomplish H3615 my anger H639 against them in the midst H8432 of the land H776 of Egypt H4714 .
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9. But I wrought so that my name should not be at all profaned in the sight of the Gentiles, in the midst of whom they are, among whom I was made known to them in their sight, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. Alex. +’and I brought them out of the land of Egypt.’
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9. But I wrought H6213 for my name's sake H4616 H8034 , that it should not H1115 be polluted H2490 before H5869 the heathen H1471 , among H8432 whom H834 they H1992 were , in whose H834 sight H5869 I made myself known H3045 unto H413 them , in bringing them forth H3318 out of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 .
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10. And I brought them into the wilderness.
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10. Wherefore I caused them to go H3318 out of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 , and brought H935 them into H413 the wilderness H4057 .
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11. And I gave them my commandments, and made known to them mine ordinances, all which if a man shall do, he shall even live in them.
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11. And I gave H5414 them H853 my statutes H2708 , and showed H3045 them my judgments H4941 , which H834 if a man H120 do H6213 H853 , he shall even live H2421 in them.
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12. And I gave them my sabbaths, that they should be for a sign between me and them, that they should know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.
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12. Moreover also H1571 I gave H5414 them H853 my sabbaths H7676 , to be H1961 a sign H226 between H996 me and them , that they might know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 that sanctify H6942 them.
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13. And I said to the house of Israel in the wilderness, Walk ye in my commandments: but they walked not in them, and they rejected mine ordinances, which if a man shall do, he shall even live in them; and they grievously profaned my sabbaths: and I said that I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
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13. But the house H1004 of Israel H3478 rebelled H4784 against me in the wilderness H4057 : they walked H1980 not H3808 in my statutes H2708 , and they despised H3988 my judgments H4941 , which H834 if a man H120 do H6213 H853 , he shall even live H2421 in them ; and my sabbaths H7676 they greatly H3966 polluted H2490 : then I said H559 , I would pour out H8210 my fury H2534 upon H5921 them in the wilderness H4057 , to consume H3615 them.
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14. But I wrought so that my name should not be at all profaned before the Gentiles, before whose eyes I brought them out.
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14. But I wrought H6213 for my name's sake H4616 H8034 , that it should not H1115 be polluted H2490 before H5869 the heathen H1471 , in whose H834 sight H5869 I brought them out H3318 .
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15. But I lifted up my hand against them in the wilderness once for all, that I would not bring them into the land which I gave them, a land flowing with milk and honey, it is Gr. a honeycomb sweeter than all lands:
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15. Yet also H1571 I H589 lifted up H5375 my hand H3027 unto them in the wilderness H4057 , that I would not H1115 bring H935 them into H413 the land H776 which H834 I had given H5414 them , flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706 , which H1931 is the glory H6643 of all H3605 lands H776 ;
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16. because they rejected mine ordinances, and walked not in my commandments, but profaned my sabbaths, and went after the imaginations of their hearts.
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16. Because H3282 they despised H3988 my judgments H4941 , and walked H1980 not H3808 in my statutes H2708 , but polluted H2490 my sabbaths H7676 : for H3588 their heart H3820 went H1980 after H310 their idols H1544 .
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17. Yet mine eyes spared them, so as not to destroy them utterly, and I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.
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17. Nevertheless mine eye H5869 spared H2347 H5921 them from destroying H4480 H7843 them, neither H3808 did I make H6213 an end H3617 of them in the wilderness H4057 .
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18. And I said to their children in the wilderness, Walk not ye in the customs of your fathers, and keep not their ordinances, and have no fellowship with their practices, nor defile yourselves with them.
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18. But I said H559 unto H413 their children H1121 in the wilderness H4057 , Walk H1980 ye not H408 in the statutes H2706 of your fathers H1 , neither H408 observe H8104 their judgments H4941 , nor H408 defile yourselves H2930 with their idols H1544 :
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19. I am the Lord your God; walk in my commandments, and keep mine ordinances, and do them;
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19. I H589 am the LORD H3068 your God H430 ; walk H1980 in my statutes H2708 , and keep H8104 my judgments H4941 , and do H6213 them;
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20. and hallow my sabbaths, and let them be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.
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20. And hallow H6942 my sabbaths H7676 ; and they shall be H1961 a sign H226 between H996 me and you , that ye may know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 your God H430 .
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21. But they provoked me, and their children walked not in my commandments, and they took no heed to mine ordinances to do them, which if a man shall do, he shall even live in them, and they profaned my sabbaths: then I said that I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to accomplish mine anger upon them.
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21. Notwithstanding the children H1121 rebelled H4784 against me : they walked H1980 not H3808 in my statutes H2708 , neither H3808 kept H8104 my judgments H4941 to do H6213 them, which H834 if a man H120 do H6213 H853 , he shall even live H2421 in them ; they polluted H2490 H853 my sabbaths H7676 : then I said H559 , I would pour out H8210 my fury H2534 upon H5921 them , to accomplish H3615 my anger H639 against them in the wilderness H4057 .
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22. But I wrought so that my name might not be at all profaned before the Gentiles; and I brought them out in their sight.
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22. Nevertheless I withdrew H7725 H853 mine hand H3027 , and wrought H6213 for my name's sake H4616 H8034 , that it should not H1115 be polluted H2490 in the sight H5869 of the heathen H1471 , in whose H834 sight H5869 I brought them forth H3318 H853 .
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23. I lifted up my hand against them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the Gentiles, and disperse them in the countries;
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23. I H589 lifted up H5375 H853 mine hand H3027 unto them also H1571 in the wilderness H4057 , that I would scatter H6327 them among the heathen H1471 , and disperse H2219 them through the countries H776 ;
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24. because they kept not mine ordinances, and rejected my commandments, and profaned my sabbaths, and their eyes went after the imaginations of their fathers.
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24. Because H3282 they had not H3808 executed H6213 my judgments H4941 , but had despised H3988 my statutes H2708 , and had polluted H2490 my sabbaths H7676 , and their eyes H5869 were H1961 after H310 their fathers H1 ' idols H1544 .
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25. So I gave them commandments that were not good, and ordinances in which they should not live.
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25. Wherefore I H589 gave H5414 them also H1571 statutes H2706 that were not H3808 good H2896 , and judgments H4941 whereby they should not H3808 live H2421 ;
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26. And I will defile them by their own Alex. gifts; so Heb. decrees, when I pass through upon every one that opens the womb, that I may destroy them.
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26. And I polluted H2930 them in their own gifts H4979 , in that they caused to pass through H5674 the fire all H3605 that openeth H6363 the womb H7356 , that H4616 I might make them desolate H8074 , to the end H4616 that H834 they might know H3045 that H834 I H589 am the LORD H3068 .
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27. Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord: Hitherto have your fathers provoke me in their trespasses in which they transgressed against me.
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27. Therefore H3651 , son H1121 of man H120 , speak H1696 unto H413 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 , and say H559 unto H413 them, Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Yet H5750 in this H2063 your fathers H1 have blasphemed H1442 me , in that they have committed H4603 a trespass H4604 against me.
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28. Whereas I brought them into the land concerning which I lifted up mine hand to give it them; and they looked upon every high hill, and every shady tree, and they sacrificed there to their gods, and offered there sweet-smelling savour, and there they poured out their drink-offerings.
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28. For when I had brought H935 them into H413 the land H776 , for the which H834 I lifted up H5375 H853 mine hand H3027 to give H5414 it to them , then they saw H7200 every H3605 high H7311 hill H1389 , and all H3605 the thick H5687 trees H6086 , and they offered H2076 there H8033 H853 their sacrifices H2077 , and there H8033 they presented H5414 the provocation H3708 of their offering H7133 : there H8033 also they made H7760 their sweet H5207 savor H7381 , and poured out H5258 there H8033 H853 their drink offerings H5262 .
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29. And I said to them, What is Abama, that ye go in thither? and they called its mane Abama, until this day.
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29. Then I said H559 unto H413 them, What H4100 is the high place H1116 whereunto H834 H8033 ye H859 go H935 ? And the name H8034 thereof is called H7121 Bamah H1117 unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 .
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30. Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord, Do ye pollute yourselves with the iniquities of your fathers, and do ye go a-whoring after their abominations,
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30. Wherefore H3651 say H559 unto H413 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Are ye H859 polluted H2930 after the manner H1870 of your fathers H1 ? and commit ye whoredom H2181 H859 after H310 their abominations H8251 ?
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31. and do ye pollute yourselves with the first-fruits of your gifts, in the offerings wherewith ye pollute yourselves in all your imaginations, until this day; and shall I answer you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord, I will not answer you, neither shall this thing come upon your spirit.
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31. For when ye offer H5375 your gifts H4979 , when ye make your sons H1121 to pass H5674 through the fire H784 , ye H859 pollute yourselves H2930 with all H3605 your idols H1544 , even unto H5704 this day H3117 : and shall I H589 be inquired of H1875 by you , O house H1004 of Israel H3478 ? As I H589 live H2416 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 , I will not H518 be inquired of H1875 by you.
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32. And it shall not be as ye say, We will be as the nations, and as the tribes of the earth, to worship stocks and stones.
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32. And that which cometh H5927 into H5921 your mind H7307 shall not H3808 be at all H1961 H1961 , that H834 ye H859 say H559 , We will be H1961 as the heathen H1471 , as the families H4940 of the countries H776 , to serve H8334 wood H6086 and stone H68 .
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33. Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord, I will reign over you with a strong hand, and with a high arm, and with outpoured wrath:
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33. As I H589 live H2416 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 , surely H518 H3808 with a mighty H2389 hand H3027 , and with a stretched out H5186 arm H2220 , and with fury H2534 poured out H8210 , will I rule H4427 over H5921 you:
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34. I will bring you out from the nations, and will take you out of the lands wherein ye were dispersed, with a strong hand, and with a high arm, and with outpoured wrath.
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34. And I will bring you out H3318 H853 from H4480 the people H5971 , and will gather H6908 you out of H4480 the countries H776 wherein H834 ye are scattered H6327 , with a mighty H2389 hand H3027 , and with a stretched out H5186 arm H2220 , and with fury H2534 poured out H8210 .
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35. And I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, and will plead with you there face to face.
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35. And I will bring H935 you into H413 the wilderness H4057 of the people H5971 , and there H8033 will I plead H8199 with H854 you face H6440 to H413 face H6440 .
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36. As I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I judge you, saith the Lord.
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36. Like as H834 I pleaded H8199 with H854 your fathers H1 in the wilderness H4057 of the land H776 of Egypt H4714 , so H3651 will I plead H8199 with H854 you, saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 .
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37. And I will cause you to pass under my rod, and I will bring you in by number.
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37. And I will cause you to pass H5674 under H8478 the rod H7626 , and I will bring H935 you into the bond H4562 of the covenant H1285 :
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38. And I will Gr. choose out from you separate from among you the ungodly and the revolters; for I will lead them forth out of their place of sojourning, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the Lord, even the Lord.
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38. And I will purge out H1305 from H4480 among you the rebels H4775 , and them that transgress H6586 against me : I will bring them forth H3318 H853 out of the country H4480 H776 where they sojourn H4033 , and they shall not H3808 enter H935 into H413 the land H127 of Israel H3478 : and ye shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 .
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39. And as to you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord, even the Lord; Put away each one his evil practices, and hereafter if ye hearken to me, then shall ye no more profane my holy name by your gifts and by devices.
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39. As for you H859 , O house H1004 of Israel H3478 , thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Go H1980 ye, serve H5647 ye every one H376 his idols H1544 , and hereafter H310 also , if H518 ye will not H369 hearken H8085 unto H413 me : but pollute H2490 ye my holy H6944 name H8034 no H3808 more H5750 with your gifts H4979 , and with your idols H1544 .
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40. For upon my holy mountain, on the high mountain, saith the Lord, even the Lord, there shall all the house of Israel serve me for ever: and there will I accept you, and there will I have respect to your first-fruits, and the first-fruits of your perhaps, wave-offerings offerings, in all your holy things.
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40. For H3588 in mine holy H6944 mountain H2022 , in the mountain H2022 of the height H4791 of Israel H3478 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 , there H8033 shall all H3605 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 , all H3605 of them in the land H776 , serve H5647 me: there H8033 will I accept H7521 them , and there H8033 will I require H1875 H853 your offerings H8641 , and the firstfruits H7225 of your oblations H4864 , with all H3605 your holy things H6944 .
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41. I will accept you with a sweet-smelling savour, when I bring you out from the nations, and take you out of the countries wherein ye have been dispersed; and I will be sanctified among you in the sight of the nations.
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41. I will accept H7521 you with your sweet H5207 savor H7381 , when I bring you out H3318 H853 from H4480 the people H5971 , and gather H6908 you out of H4480 the countries H776 wherein H834 ye have been scattered H6327 ; and I will be sanctified H6942 in you before H5869 the heathen H1471 .
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42. And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have brought you into the land of Israel, into the land concerning which I lifted up my hand to give it to your fathers.
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42. And ye shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 , when I shall bring H935 you into H413 the land H127 of Israel H3478 , into H413 the country H776 for the which H834 I lifted up H5375 H853 mine hand H3027 to give H5414 it to your fathers H1 .
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43. And ye shall there remember your ways, and your devices wherewith ye defiled yourselves; and ye shall Lit. beat your faces bewail yourselves for all your wickedness.
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43. And there H8033 shall ye remember H2142 H853 your ways H1870 , and all H3605 your doings H5949 , wherein H834 ye have been defiled H2930 ; and ye shall loathe yourselves H6962 in your own sight H6440 for all H3605 your evils H7451 that H834 ye have committed H6213 .
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44. And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have done thus to you, that my name may not be profaned in your evil ways, and in your corrupt devices, saith the Lord.
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44. And ye shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 , when I have wrought H6213 with H854 you for my name's sake H4616 H8034 , not H3808 according to your wicked H7451 ways H1870 , nor according to your corrupt H7843 doings H5949 , O ye house H1004 of Israel H3478 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 .
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45. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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45. Moreover the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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46. Son of man, set thy face against Heb. words Thaeman, and look toward Darom, and prophesy against the chief forest of Nageb,
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46. Son H1121 of man H120 , set H7760 thy face H6440 toward H1870 the south H8486 , and drop H5197 thy word toward H413 the south H1864 , and prophesy H5012 against H413 the forest H3293 of the south H5045 field H7704 ;
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47. and thou shalt say to the forest of Nageb, Hear the word of the Lord; thus saith the Lord, even the Lord; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour in thee every green tree, and every dry tree: the flame that is kindled shall not be quenched, and every face shall be scorched with it from the south to the north.
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47. And say H559 to the forest H3293 of the south H5045 , Hear H8085 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 ; Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Behold H2009 , I will kindle H3341 a fire H784 in thee , and it shall devour H398 every H3605 green H3892 tree H6086 in thee , and every H3605 dry H3002 tree H6086 : the flaming H3852 flame H7957 shall not H3808 be quenched H3518 , and all H3605 faces H6440 from the south H4480 H5045 to the north H6828 shall be burned H6866 therein.
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48. And all flesh shall know that I the Lord have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.
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48. And all H3605 flesh H1320 shall see H7200 that H3588 I H589 the LORD H3068 have kindled H1197 it : it shall not H3808 be quenched H3518 .
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49. And I said, See Ac 10:14 Not so, O Lord God! they say to me, Is not this that is spoken a parable?
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49. Then said H559 I, Ah H162 Lord H136 GOD H3069 ! they H1992 say H559 of me , Doth he H1931 not H3808 speak H4911 parables H4912 ?
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