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God's Dealings with Israel Rehearsed
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|Ézéquiel 20:1| In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month[after the beginning of the exile in Babylon] , certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD and sat down before me.
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|Ézéquiel 20:2| Then came the word of the LORD to me, saying,
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|Ézéquiel 20:3| "Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Have you come to inquire of Me? As I live," says the Lord GOD, "I will not be inquired of by you."'
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|Ézéquiel 20:4| Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Then make them know[accurately] and understand fully the repulsive acts of their fathers;
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|Ézéquiel 20:5| and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "On the day when I chose Israel and lifted up My hand and swore to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, I am the LORD your God,
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|Ézéquiel 20:6| on that day I swore to them to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had selected for them,[plentiful and] 1 flowing with milk and honey,[a land] which is an ornament and a glory to all lands.
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|Ézéquiel 20:7| Then I said to them, 'Let every man throw away the detestable things on which he feasts his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.'
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|Ézéquiel 20:8|But they rebelled against Me and were not willing to listen to Me; they did not throw away the detestable things on which they feasted their eyes, nor did they2 give up the idols of Egypt.
"Then I decided to pour out My wrath on them and finish My anger against them in the land of Egypt.
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|Ézéquiel 20:9| But I acted for My Name's sake, that it would not be profaned in the sight of the[pagan] nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made Myself known to them by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
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|Ézéquiel 20:10| So I made them leave the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.
