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“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Repent and turn away from your idols and turn your faces away from all your disgusting and vile acts. For anyone of the house of Israel or among the strangers who immigrate to Israel who separates himself from Me, taking his idols into his heart, and puts right before his face the [vile] stumbling block of his wickedness and guilt, and [then] comes to the prophet to ask of Me for himself, I the Lord will answer him Myself. I will set My face against that man [that hypocrite] and will make him a [a]sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from among My people; and you will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.

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  1. Ezekiel 14:8 I.e. an object of scorn or ridicule.

“Therefore say to the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Repent!(A) Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices!(B)

“‘When any of the Israelites or any foreigner(C) residing in Israel separate themselves from me and set up idols in their hearts and put a wicked stumbling block(D) before their faces and then go to a prophet to inquire(E) of me, I the Lord will answer them myself. I will set my face against(F) them and make them an example(G) and a byword.(H) I will remove them from my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord.(I)

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