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Ezekiel 20:44 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" You will know that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for my name’s sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, you house of Israel,” says the Lord GOD.’” "
Ezekiel 20:44
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
42 You will know that I am the LORD when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the country which I swore to give to your fathers.
43 There you will remember your ways, and all your deeds in which you have polluted yourselves. Then you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that you have committed.
44 You will know that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for my name’s sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, you house of Israel,” says the Lord GOD.’”
45 The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
46 “Son of man, set your face toward the south, and preach toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the south.
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Ezekiel 20:1
"In the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me."
Ezekiel 20:2
"The LORD’s word came to me, saying,"
Ezekiel 20:3
"“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Is it to inquire of me that you have come? As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “I will not be inquired of by you.”’"
Ezekiel 20:4
"“Will you judge them, son of man? Will you judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers."
Ezekiel 20:5
"Tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says: “In the day when I chose Israel, and swore to the offspring of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, ‘I am the LORD your God;’"
Ezekiel 20:6
"in that day I swore to them to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands."
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