Ezekiel 20:33–44

³³As I live”—the declaration of the Lord God—“I will rule over you with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, ^uand outpoured wrath. ³⁴I will bring you from the peoples and gather you from the countries where you were scattered, ^vwith a strong hand, an outstretched arm, ^wand outpoured wrath. ³⁵I will lead you into the wilderness of the peoples ^xand enter into judgment with you there face to face. ³⁶Just as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, ^yso I will enter into judgment with you.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. ³⁷“I will make you pass under the rod ^zand will bring you into the bond of the covenant. ³⁸And I will also purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. ^aI will bring them out of the land where they live as foreign residents, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.

³⁹“As for you, house of Israel, this is what the Lord God says: Go and serve your idols, each of you. But afterward you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and idols. ^b40For on My holy mountain, Israel’s high mountain”—the declaration of the Lord God—“there the entire house of Israel, all of them, ^cwill serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your contributions and choicest gifts, ^dall your holy offerings. ⁴¹When I bring you from the peoples and gather you from the countries where you have been scattered, I will accept you as a pleasing aroma. And I will demonstrate My holiness through you in the sight of the nations. ^e42When I lead you into the land of Israel, the land I swore ^fto give your fathers, you will know that I am Yahweh. ^g43There you will remember your ways and all your deeds that you have defiled yourselves with, ^hand you will loathe yourselves for all the evil things you have done. ⁱ⁴⁴You will know that I am Yahweh, ^jhouse of Israel, when I have dealt with you because of My name ^krather than according to your evil ways and corrupt acts.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.