and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: (A)On the day when I chose Israel, (B)I swore[a] to the offspring of the house of Jacob, (C)making myself known to them in the land of Egypt; (D)I swore to them, saying, I am the Lord your God.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 20:5 Hebrew I lifted my hand; twice in this verse; also verses 6, 15, 23, 28, 42

and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On the day I chose(A) Israel, I swore with uplifted hand(B) to the descendants of Jacob and revealed myself to them in Egypt. With uplifted hand I said to them, “I am the Lord your God.(C)

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(A)“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

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“I am the Lord your God,(A) who brought you out(B) of Egypt,(C) out of the land of slavery.(D)

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