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And it cometh to pass, in the seventh year, in the fifth [month ], in the tenth of the month , come in have certain of the elders of Israel to seek Jehovah , and they sit before me;
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and there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
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`Son of man , speak with the elders of Israel , and thou hast said unto them, Thus said the Lord Jehovah : To seek Me are ye coming in? I live -- I am not sought by you -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah .
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Dost thou judge them? Dost thou judge , son of man ? The abominations of their fathers cause them to know ,
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and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah : In the day of My fixing on Israel , I lift up My hand , To the seed of the house of Jacob , And am known to them in the land of Egypt , And I lift up My hand to them, Saying, I [am] Jehovah your God .
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In that day I did lift up My hand to them, To bring them forth from the land of Egypt , Unto a land that I spied out for them, Flowing with milk and honey , A beauty it [is] to all the lands ,
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And I say unto them, Let each cast away the detestable things of his eyes , And with the idols of Egypt be not defiled, I [am] Jehovah your God .
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And -- they rebel against Me, And have not been willing to hearken to Me, Each, the detestable things of their eyes , They have not cast away, And the idols of Egypt have not forsaken, And I say -- to pour out My fury on them, To complete Mine anger against them, In the midst of the land of Egypt .
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And I do [it] for My name 's sake, Not to pollute [it] before the eyes of the nations , In whose midst they [are], Before whose eyes I became known to them, To bring them out from the land of Egypt .
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And I bring them out of the land of Egypt , And I bring them in unto the wilderness ,
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And I give to them My statutes , And my judgments I caused them to know , Which the man who doth -- liveth by them.
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And also My sabbaths I have given to them, To be for a sign between Me and them, To know that I [am] Jehovah their sanctifier.
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And -- rebel against me do the house of Israel in the wilderness , In My statutes they have not walked , And My judgments they have despised , Which the man who doth -- liveth by them. And My sabbaths they have greatly polluted, And I say to pour out My fury on them in the wilderness , to consume them.
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And I do [it] for My name 's sake, Not to pollute [it] before the eyes of the nations , Before whose eyes I brought them forth.
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And also, I, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness , Not to bring them in to the land that I had given , Flowing with milk and honey , A beauty it [is] to all the lands ,
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Because against My judgments they did kick, And in My statutes they have not walked , And My sabbaths they have polluted, For after their idols their heart is going.
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And Mine eye hath pity on them -- against destroying them, And I have not made of them an end in the wilderness .
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And I say to their sons in the wilderness : In the statutes of your fathers ye walk not, And their judgments ye do not observe , And with their idols ye are not defiled.
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I [am] Jehovah your God , in My statutes walk , And My judgments observe , and do them,
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And My sabbaths sanctify , And they have been for a sign between Me and you, To know that I, Jehovah , [am] your God .
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And -- the sons rebel against Me, In My statutes they have not walked , And My judgments they have not observed -- to do them, Which the man who doth -- liveth by them. My sabbaths they have polluted, And I say to pour out My fury upon them, To complete Mine anger against them in the wilderness .
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And I have turned back My hand , And I do [it] for My name 's sake, Not to pollute [it] before the eyes of the nations , Before whose eyes I brought them out.
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I also, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness , To scatter them among nations , And to spread them through lands .
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Because My judgments they have not done, And My statutes they have despised , And My sabbaths they have polluted, And after idols of their fathers have their eyes been.
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And I also, I have given to them statutes not good , And judgments by which they do not live.
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And I defile them by their own gifts, By causing to pass away every opener of a womb, So that I make them desolate, So that they know that I [am] Jehovah .
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Therefore, speak unto the house of Israel , son of man , and thou hast said unto them, Thus said the Lord Jehovah : Still in this have your fathers reviled Me, In their committing against Me a trespass.
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And I bring them in unto the land , That I did lift up My hand to give to them, And they see every high hill, and every thick tree , And they sacrifice there their sacrifices, And give there the provocation of their offering, And make there their sweet fragrance , And they pour out there their libations.
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And I say unto them: What [is] the high place whither ye are going in? And its name is called `high place' to this day .
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Therefore, say unto the house of Israel : Thus said the Lord Jehovah : In the way of your fathers are ye defiled? And after their detestable things go a-whoring?
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And in the offering of your gifts, In causing your sons to pass through fire , Ye are defiled by all your idols to this day , And I am sought by you, O house of Israel ! I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah , I am not sought by you.
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And that which is going up on your mind, It is not at all -- in that ye are saying: We will be as the nations , as the families of the lands , To serve wood and stone .
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I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah , Do not I, with a strong hand , And with a stretched-out arm , And with fury poured out -- rule over you?
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And I have brought you forth from the peoples, And assembled you from the lands In which ye have been scattered , With a strong hand and with a stretched-out arm , And with fury poured out.
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And I have brought you in unto the wilderness of the peoples, And have been judged with you there face to face .
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As I was judged with your fathers , In the wilderness of the land of Egypt , So I am judged with you, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah .
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And I have caused you to pass under the rod, And brought you into the bond of the covenant,
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And cleared out from you the rebels , And them transgressing against Me, From the land of their sojournings I bring them out, And unto the land of Israel they come not, And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah .
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And ye, O house of Israel , thus said the Lord Jehovah : Each his idols -- go -- serve ye, And, afterwards, if ye are not hearkening to me, And My holy name ye do not pollute any more by your gifts, and by your idols .
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For, in My holy mountain , In the mountain of the height of Israel , An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah , There serve Me do all the house of Israel , All of it, in the land -- there I accept them, And there I do seek your heave-offerings , And with the first -fruit of your gifts, With all your holy things.
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With sweet fragrance I do accept you, In My bringing you out from the peoples , And I have assembled you from the lands In which ye have been scattered , And I have been sanctified in you Before the eyes of the nations .
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And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah , In My bringing you to the ground of Israel , Unto the land that I did lift up My hand To give it to your fathers ,
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And ye have remembered there your ways , And all your doings, In which ye have been defiled, And ye have been loathsome in your own faces , For all your evils that ye have done.
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And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah , In My dealing with you for My name 's sake, Not according to your evil ways , And according to your corrupt doings, O house of Israel , An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah .'
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And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
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Son of man , set thy face the way of Teman, and prophesy unto the south , and prophesy unto the forest of the field -- the south ;
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and thou hast said to the forest of the south : Hear a word of Jehovah : Thus said the Lord Jehovah : Lo, I am kindling in thee a fire , And it hath devoured in thee every moist tree , and every dry tree , Not quenched is the glowing flames , And burnt by it have been all faces from south to north .
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And seen have all flesh , that I, Jehovah , have kindled it -- it is not quenched.'
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And I say , `Ah, Lord Jehovah , They are saying of me, Is he not using similes?