Ezekiel 20:30–38

30 Therefore thus say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “In the way of your ancestorsn will you defile yourself, and after their vile idols will you prostitute yourselves? 31 And ⌊when you lift up your gifts, sacrificing your children⌋o through the fire, you are defiling yourself through all of your idols until ⌊today⌋,p and will I let myselfq be consulted by you, house of Israel?” ’ ⌊As I live⌋,”r ⌊declares⌋s the Lord Yahweh, “I will not let myselft be consulted by you! 32 And ⌊what you are planning⌋,u surely it will not be—that you are saying, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the clansv of the lands, ⌊serving wood and stone⌋!’w

33 “⌊As I live⌋,”x ⌊declares⌋y the Lord Yahweh, “⌊surely⌋z with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with ⌊rage pouring forth⌋a I will reign as king over you! 34 And I will bring you from the peoples, and I will gather you from the countries to which you were scattered with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with rage poured out. 35 Then I will bring you to the desert of the peoples, and I will execute justice on you there face to face. 36 ⌊Just as⌋b I executed justice on your ancestorsc in the desert of the land of Egypt, likewise I will execute justice on you!” ⌊declares⌋d the Lord Yahweh. 37 “And I will make you pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant. 38 And I will purge the rebels from among you and the ones transgressing against me; I will bring them out from the land ⌊where they are living as aliens⌋,e but into the land of Israel they will not come, and then you will know that I am Yahweh.