and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “On the day when I (A)chose Israel and [a]swore to the [b]descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I [c]swore to them, saying, (B)I am the Lord your God, on that day I swore to them, (C)to bring them out from the land of Egypt into a land that I had [d]selected for them, (D)flowing with milk and honey, which is (E)the glory of all the lands.

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  1. Ezekiel 20:5 Lit lifted up My hand, and so throughout the ch
  2. Ezekiel 20:5 Lit seed
  3. Ezekiel 20:5 Lit lifted up My hand, and so throughout the ch
  4. Ezekiel 20:6 Lit spied out

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) On that day I swore(D) to them that I would bring them out of Egypt into a land I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey,(E) the most beautiful of all lands.(F)

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Because I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore My sword will go out from its sheath against [a](A)humanity from south to north. So [b]humanity will know that I, the Lord, have drawn My sword from its sheath. It will (B)not return to its sheath again.”’

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  1. Ezekiel 21:4 Lit all flesh
  2. Ezekiel 21:5 Lit all flesh

Because I am going to cut off the righteous and the wicked, my sword(A) will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.(B) Then all people will know that I the Lord have drawn my sword(C) from its sheath; it will not return(D) again.’(E)

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