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She towered in stature above the thick 11 And I gave them My statutes and showed
branches, them My judgments, ‘which, if a man does, he
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And was seen in her height amid the shall live by them.’ Moreover I also gave
dense foliage. them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them
12 But she was plucked up in fury, and Me, that they might know that I am the
She was cast down to the ground, LORD who sanctifies them. Yet the house of
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And the east wind dried her fruit. Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness;
Her strong branches were broken and they did not walk in My statutes; they de-
withered; spised My judgments, ‘which, if a man does,
The fire consumed them. he shall live by them’; and they greatly defiled
13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My
In a dry and thirsty land. fury on them in the wilderness, to consume
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14 Fire has come out from a rod of her them. But I acted for My name’s sake, that it
branches should not be profaned before the Gentiles, in
And devoured her fruit, whose sight I had brought them out. So I
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So that she has no strong branch— also raised My hand in an oath to them in the
a scepter for ruling.’ ” wilderness, that I would not bring them into
the land which I had given them, ‘flowing with
This is a lamentation, and has become a 16
lamentation. milk and honey,’ the glory of all lands, be-
cause they despised My judgments and did
It came to pass in the seventh year, in
20 the fifth month, on the tenth day of the not walk in My statutes, but profaned My
month, that certain of the elders of Israel came Sabbaths; for their heart went after their
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to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me. idols. Nevertheless My eye spared them
Then the word of the LORD came to me, say-
2 from destruction. I did not make an end of
ing, “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, them in the wilderness.
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and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “But I said to their children in the wilder-
“Have you come to inquire of Me? As I live,” ness, ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your
says the Lord GOD, “I will not be inquired of by fathers, nor observe their judgments, nor defile
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you.” ’ Will you judge them, son of man, will yourselves with their idols. I am the LORD
you judge them? Then make known to them your God: Walk in My statutes, keep My judg-
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the abominations of their fathers. ments, and do them; hallow My Sabbaths, and
5 “Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: they will be a sign between Me and you, that
“On the day when I chose Israel and raised you may know that I am the LORD your God.’
My hand in an oath to the descendants of the 21 “Notwithstanding, the children rebelled
house of Jacob, and made Myself known to against Me; they did not walk in My statutes,
them in the land of Egypt, I raised My hand in and were not careful to observe My judg-
an oath to them, saying, ‘I am the LORD your ments, ‘which, if a man does, he shall live by
God.’ On that day I raised My hand in an oath them’; but they profaned My Sabbaths. Then I
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to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt said I would pour out My fury on them and ful-
into a land that I had searched out for them, fill My anger against them in the wilderness.
‘flowing with milk and honey,’ the glory of all 22 Nevertheless I withdrew My hand and acted
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lands. Then I said to them, ‘Each of you, for My name’s sake, that it should not be pro-
throw away the abominations which are faned in the sight of the Gentiles, in whose
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before his eyes, and do not defile yourselves sight I had brought them out. Also I raised
with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your My hand in an oath to those in the wilderness,
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God.’ But they rebelled against Me and would that I would scatter them among the Gentiles
not obey Me. They did not all cast away the and disperse them throughout the countries,
abominations which were before their eyes, 24 because they had not executed My judg-
nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I ments, but had despised My statutes, profaned
said, ‘I will pour out My fury on them and ful- My Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on
fill My anger against them in the midst of the their fathers’ idols.
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land of Egypt.’ But I acted for My name’s 25 “Therefore I also gave them up to statutes
sake, that it should not be profaned before the that were not good, and judgments by which
Gentiles among whom they were, in whose they could not live; and I pronounced them
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sight I had made Myself known to them, to unclean because of their ritual gifts, in that
bring them out of the land of Egypt. they caused all their firstborn to pass through
10 “Therefore I made them go out of the land the fire, that I might make them desolate and
of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness. that they might know that I am the LORD.” ’
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