Verse 33
Ezekiel 20:33
Bible in Basic English
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By my life, says the Lord, truly, with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with burning wrath let loose, I will be King over you:
Original Language Text
hebrew
חַי אָ֕נִי נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֣/י יְהוִ֑ה אִם לֹ֠א בְּ/יָ֨ד חֲזָקָ֜ה וּ/בִ/זְר֧וֹעַ נְטוּיָ֛ה וּ/בְ/חֵמָ֥ה שְׁפוּכָ֖ה אֶמְל֥וֹךְ עֲלֵי/כֶֽם
English Translation
As I live, declares the Lord God, if it is not by a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with a poured-out fury, I will rule over you.
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Chapter 20 Context
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Now it came about in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, that certa...
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Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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Son of man, say to the responsible men of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: Have you come to g...
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Will you be their judge, O son of man, will you be their judge? make clear to them the disgusting wa...
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And say to them, This is what the Lord has said: In the day when I took Israel for myself, when I ma...
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In that day I gave my oath to take them out of the land of Egypt into a land which I had been search...
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And I said to them, Let every man among you put away the disgusting things to which his eyes are tur...
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But they would not be controlled by me, and did not give ear to me; they did not put away the disgus...
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And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean before the eyes of...
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So I made them go out of the land of Egypt and took them into the waste land.
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And I gave them my rules and made clear to them my orders, which, if a man keeps them, will be life...
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And further, I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, so that it might be clear th...
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But the children of Israel would not be controlled by me in the waste land: they were not guided by...
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And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean in the eyes of the...
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And further, I gave my oath to them in the waste land, that I would not take them into the land whic...
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Because they were turned away from my orders, and were not guided by my rules, and had no respect fo...
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But still my eye had pity on them and I kept them from destruction and did not put an end to them co...
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And I said to their children in the waste land, Do not be guided by the rules of your fathers or kee...
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I am the Lord your God (Elohim); be guided by my rules and keep my orders and do them:
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And keep my Sabbaths holy; and they will be a sign between me and you so that it may be clear to you...
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But the children would not be controlled by me; they were not guided by my rules, and they did not k...
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And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean in the eyes of the...
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Further, I gave my oath to them in the waste land that I would send them wandering among the nations...
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Because they had not done my orders, but had been turned away from my rules, and had not given respe...
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And further, I gave them rules which were not good and orders in which there was no life for them;
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I made them unclean in the offerings they gave, causing them to make every first child go through th...
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For this cause, son of man, say to the children of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: In this y...
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For when I had taken them into the land which I made an oath to give to them, then they saw every hi...
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Then I said to them, What is this high place where you go to no purpose? And it is named Bamah to th...
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For this cause say to the children of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: Are you making yoursel...
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And when you give your offerings, causing your sons to go through the fire, you make yourselves uncl...
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And that which comes into your minds will never take place; when you say, We will be like the nation...
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By my life, says the Lord, truly, with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with burning w...
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And I will take you out from the peoples and get you together out of the countries where you are wan...
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And I will take you into the waste land of the peoples, and there I will take up the cause with you...
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As I took up the cause with your fathers in the waste land of the land of Egypt, so will I take up t...
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And I will make you go under the rod and will make you small in number:
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Clearing out from among you all those who are uncontrolled and who are sinning against me; I will ta...
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As for you, O children of Israel, the Lord has said: Let every man completely put away his images an...
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For in my holy mountain, in the high mountain of Israel, says the Lord, there all the children of Is...
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I will take pleasure in you as in a sweet smell, when I take you out from the peoples and get you to...
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And you will be certain that I am the Lord, when I take you into the land of Israel, into the countr...
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And there, at the memory of your ways and of all the things you did to make yourselves unclean, you...
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And you will be certain that I am the Lord, when I take you in hand for the honour of my name, and n...
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Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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Son of man, let your face be turned to the south, let your words be dropped to the south, and be a p...
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And say to the woodland of the South, Give ear to the words of the Lord: this is what the Lord has s...
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And all flesh will see that I the Lord have had it lighted: it will not be put out.
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Then I said, Ah, Lord! they say of me, Is he not a maker of stories?
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