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Chapter 20.

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And it came to pass in the seventh year,
in the fifth month, the tenth day of the

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month, that certain of the elders of
Israel came to inquire of the Lord,

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and sat before me.

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Then came the word of the Lord unto me,
saying, Son of man, speak unto the elders

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of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith
the Lord God.

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Are ye come to inquire of me?

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As I live, saith the Lord God.

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I will not be inquired of by you.

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Wilt thou judge them, son of man?

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Wilt thou judge them?

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Cause them to know the abominations of
their fathers, and say unto them,

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Thus saith the Lord God.

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In the day when I chose Israel,
and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of

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the house of Jacob, and made myself known
unto them in the land of Egypt,

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when I lifted up mine hand unto them,
saying, I am the Lord your God.

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In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto
them, to bring them forth of the land of

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Egypt into a land that I had espied for
them, flowing with milk and honey,

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which is the glory of all lands.

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Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every
man the abominations of his eyes,

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and defile not yourselves with the idols
of Egypt.

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I am the Lord your God.

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But they rebelled against me, and would
not hearken unto me.

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They did not every man cast away the
abominations of their eyes, neither did

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they forsake the idols of Egypt.

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Then I said, I will pour out my fury upon
them, to accomplish my anger against them

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in the midst of the land of Egypt.

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But I wrought for my name's sake,
that it should not be polluted before the

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heathen, among whom they were,
in whose sight I made myself known unto

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them, in bringing them forth out of the
land of Egypt.

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Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of
the land of Egypt, and brought them into

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the wilderness.

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And I gave them my statutes, and showed
them my judgments, which if a man do,

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he shall even live in them.

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Moreover, also I gave them my sabbaths,
to be a sign between me and them,

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that they might know that I am the Lord
that sanctify them.

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But the house of Israel rebelled against
me in the wilderness.

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They walked not in my statutes,
and they despised my judgments,

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which if a man do, he shall even live in
them.

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And my sabbaths, they greatly polluted.

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Then I said, I would pour out my fury upon
them in the wilderness to consume them.

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But I wrought for my name's sake,
that it should not be polluted before the

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heathen, in whose sight I brought them
out.

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Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in
the wilderness, that I would not bring

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them into the land which I had given them,
flowing with milk and honey, which is the

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glory of all lands, because they despised
my judgments, and walked not in my

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statutes, but polluted my sabbaths,
for their heart went after their idols.

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Nevertheless, mine eyes spared them from
destroying them, neither did I make an end

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of them in the wilderness.

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But I said unto their children in the
wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of

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your fathers, neither observe their
judgments, nor defile yourselves with

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their idols.

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I am the Lord your God.

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Walk in my statutes, and keep my
judgments, and do them, and hallow my

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sabbaths.

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And they shall be a sign between me and
you, that ye may know that I am the Lord

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your God.

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Notwithstanding, the children rebelled
against me.

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They walked not in my statutes,
neither kept my judgments to do them,

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which if a man do, he shall even live in
them.

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They polluted my sabbaths.

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Then I said, I would pour out my fury upon
them, to accomplish my anger against them

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in the wilderness.

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Nevertheless, I withdrew mine hand,
and wrought for my namesake, that it

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should not be polluted in the sight of the
heathen in whose sight I brought them

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forth.

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I lifted up mine hand unto them also in
the wilderness, that I would scatter them

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among the heathen, and disperse them
through the countries.

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Because they had not executed my
judgments, but had despised my statutes,

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and had polluted my sabbaths, and their
eyes were after their father's idols.

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Wherefore I gave them also statutes that
were not good, and judgments whereby they

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should not live.

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And I polluted them in their own gifts,
in that they caused to pass through the

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fire all that openeth the womb,
that I might make them desolate,

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to the end that they might know that I am
the Lord.

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Therefore, son of man, speak unto the
house of Israel, and say unto them,

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Thus saith the Lord God.

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Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed
me, in that they have committed a trespass

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against me, for when I had brought them
into the land.

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For the which I lifted up mine hand to
give it to them.

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Then they saw every high hill,
and all the thick trees, and they offered

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there their sacrifices.

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And there they presented the provocation
of their offering.

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There also they made their sweet savor,
and poured out there their drink

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offerings.

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Then I said unto them, What is the high
place whereunto ye go?

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And the name thereof is called Bema unto
this day.

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Wherefore say unto the house of Israel,
Thus saith the Lord God.

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Are ye polluted after the manner of your
fathers?

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And commit ye whoredom after their
abominations?

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For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make
your sons to pass through the fire,

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ye pollute yourselves with all your idols,
even unto this day.

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And shall I be inquired of by you,
O house of Israel?

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As I live, saith the Lord God,
I will not be inquired of by you.

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And that which cometh into your mind shall
not be at all that ye say, We will be as

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the heathen, as the families of the
country, to serve wood and stone.

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As I live, saith the Lord God,
surely with a mighty hand, and with a

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stretched out arm, and with fury poured
out, will I rule over you.

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And I will bring you out from the people,
and will gather you out of the countries

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wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty
hand, and with a stretched out arm,

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and with fury poured out.

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And I will bring you into the wilderness
of the people, and there will I plead with

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you face to face.

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Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the
wilderness of the land of Egypt,

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so will I plead with you, saith the Lord
God.

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And I will cause you to pass under the
rod, and I will bring you into the bond of

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the covenant, and I will purge out from
among you the rebels and them that

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transgress against me.

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I will bring them forth out of the country
where they sojourn, and they shall not

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enter into the land of Israel,
and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

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As for you, O house of Israel,
thus saith the Lord God, Go ye,

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serve ye every one his idols, and
hereafter also, if ye will not hearken

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unto me, but pollute ye my holy name no
more with your gifts and with your idols.

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For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain
of the height of Israel, saith the Lord

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God, there shall all the house of Israel,
all of them in the land, serve me.

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There will I accept them, and there will I
require your offerings and the firstfruits

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of your oblations with all your holy
things.

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I will accept you with your sweet savour,
when I bring you out from the people and

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gather you out of the countries wherein ye
have been scattered.

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And I will be sanctified in you before the
heathen, and ye shall know that I am the

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Lord, when I shall bring you into the land
of Israel, into the country for the which

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I lifted up mine hand to give it to your
fathers.

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And there shall ye remember your ways,
and all your doings, wherein ye have been

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defiled.

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And ye shall loathe yourselves in your own
sight for all your evils that ye have

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committed.

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And ye shall know that I am the Lord,
when I have wrought with you for my name's

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sake, not according to your wicked ways,
nor according to your corrupt doings,

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O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord God.

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Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto
me, saying, Son of man, set thy face

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toward the south, and drop thy word toward
the south, and prophesy against the forest

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of the south field.

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And say to the forest of the south,
Hear the word of the Lord.

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Thus saith the Lord God, Behold,
I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall

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devour every green tree in thee,
and every dry tree.

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The flaming flame shall not be quenched,
and all faces from the south to the north

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shall be burned therein.

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And all flesh shall see that I the Lord
have kindled it, it shall not be quenched.

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Then said I, Ah, Lord God, they say of me,
Doth he not speak parables?