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and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God , "On the day when I ^(d)chose Israel and ^[c]swore to the ^[d]descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I ^[e]swore to them, saying, ^(e)I am the Lord your God,

on that day I swore to them, ^(f)to bring them out from the land of Egypt into a land that I had ^[f]selected for them, ^(g)flowing with milk and honey, which is ^(h)the glory of all lands.

I said to them, ‘⁽ⁱ⁾Cast away, each of you, the detestable things of his eyes, and ^(j)do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; ^(k)I am the Lord your God.'

But they ^(l)rebelled against Me and were not willing to listen to Me; ^[g]they did not cast away the detestable things of their eyes, nor did they forsake the ^(m)idols of Egypt. Then I ^[h]resolved to ⁽ⁿ⁾pour out My wrath on them, to accomplish My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

But I acted ^(o)for the sake of My name, that it should ^(p)not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made Myself known to them by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

So I took them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the ^(q)wilderness.

I gave them My ^(r)statutes and informed them of My ordinances, by ^(s)which, if a man ^[i]observes them, he will live.

Also I gave them My sabbaths to be a ^(t)sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

But the house of Israel ^(u)rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes and they rejected My ordinances, ^(v)by which, if a man ^[j]observes them, he will live; and My ^(w)sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I ^[k]resolved to ^(x)pour out My wrath on them in the wilderness, to annihilate them.

But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, before whose sight I had brought them out.

Also ^(y)I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands,

because they rejected My ordinances, and as for My statutes, they did not walk in them; they even profaned My sabbaths, for their ^(z)heart continually went after their idols.

Yet My eye spared them rather than destroying them, and I did not cause their ^(aa)annihilation in the wilderness.

"I said to their ^[l](ab)children in the wilderness, ‘^(ac)Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.

^(ad)I am the Lord your God; ^(ae)walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and ^[m]observe them.

^(af)Sanctify My sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God.'

But the ^(ag)children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, nor were they careful to observe My ordinances, by which, if a man observes them, he will live; they profaned My sabbaths. So I ^[n]resolved to pour out My wrath on them, to accomplish My anger against them in the wilderness.

But I ^(ah)withdrew My hand and acted ^(ai)for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would ^(aj)scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the lands,

because they had not observed My ordinances, but had rejected My statutes and had profaned My sabbaths, and ^(ak)their eyes were ^[o]on the idols of their fathers.

I also gave them statutes that were ^(al)not good and ordinances by which they could not live;

and I pronounced them ^(am)unclean because of their gifts, in that they ^(an)caused all ^[p]their firstborn to pass through the fire so that I might make them desolate, in order that they might ^(ao)know that I am the Lord ."'

"Therefore, son of man, ^(ap)speak to the house of Israel and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God , "Yet in this your fathers have ^(aq)blasphemed Me by ^(ar)acting treacherously against Me.

When I had ^(as)brought them into the land which I swore to give to them, then they saw every ^(at)high hill and every leafy tree, and they offered there their sacrifices and there they presented the provocation of their offering. There also they made their soothing aroma and there they poured out their drink offerings.

Then I said to them, ‘What is the high place to which you go?' So its name is called ^[q]Bamah to this day."'