Ezek.39.1
Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
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"Son of man, prophesy against Gog. Say, "A Message of GOD, the Master: I'm against you, Gog, head of Meshech and Tubal.
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"Son of man, prophesy against Gog and say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
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"And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, "Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal;
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"Son of man, prophesy against Gog. Give him this message from the Sovereign LORD: I am your enemy, O Gog, ruler of the nations of Meshech and Tubal.
Ezek.39.2
And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
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I'm going to turn you around and drag you out, drag you out of the far north and down on the mountains of Israel.
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I will turn you around and drag you along. I will bring you from the far north and send you against the mountains of Israel.
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and I will turn you around and lead you on, bringing you up from the far north, and bring you against the mountains of Israel.
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I will turn you and drive you toward the mountains of Israel, bringing you from the distant north.
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And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
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Then I'll knock your bow out of your left hand and your arrows from your right hand.
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Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand.
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Then I will knock the bow out of your left hand, and cause the arrows to fall out of your right hand.
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I will knock your weapons from your hands and leave you helpless.
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Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
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On the mountains of Israel you'll be slaughtered, you and all your troops and the people with you. I'll serve you up as a meal to carrion birds and scavenging animals.
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On the mountains of Israel you will fall, you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to all kinds of carrion birds and to the wild animals.
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You shall fall upon the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the peoples who are with you; I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
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You and all your vast hordes will die on the mountains. I will give you as food to the vultures and wild animals.
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Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
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You'll be killed in the open field. I've given my word. Decree of GOD, the Master.'
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You will fall in the open field, for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD.
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You shall fall on the open field; for I have spoken," says the Lord GOD.
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You will fall in the open fields, for I have spoken, says the Sovereign LORD.
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And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
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"I'll set fire to Magog and the far-off islands, where people are so seemingly secure. And they'll realize that I am GOD.
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I will send fire on Magog and on those who live in safety in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD.
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"And I will send fire on Magog and on those who live in security in the coastlands. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.
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And I will rain down fire on Magog and on all your allies who live safely on the coasts. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
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So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
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"I'll reveal my holy name among my people Israel. Never again will I let my holy name be dragged in the mud. Then the nations will realize that I, GOD, am The Holy in Israel.
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"'I will make known my holy name among my people Israel. I will no longer let my holy name be profaned, and the nations will know that I the LORD am the Holy One in Israel.
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So I will make My holy name known in the midst of My people Israel, and I will not let them profane My holy name anymore. Then the nations shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
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"Thus, I will make known my holy name among my people of Israel. I will not let it be desecrated anymore. And the nations, too, will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
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Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
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"It's coming! Yes, it will happen! This is the day I've been telling you about.
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It is coming! It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign LORD. This is the day I have spoken of.
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Surely it is coming, and it shall be done," says the Lord GOD. "This is the day of which I have spoken.
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That day of judgment will come, says the Sovereign LORD. Everything will happen just as I have declared it.
Ezek.39.9
And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
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"People will come out of the cities of Israel and make a huge bonfire of the weapons of war, piling on shields large and small, bows and arrows, clubs and spears, a fire they'll keep going for seven years.
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"'Then those who live in the towns of Israel will go out and use the weapons for fuel and burn them up-the small and large shields, the bows and arrows, the war clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.
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"Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and bucklers, the bows and arrows, the javelins and spears; and they will make fires with them for seven years.
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"Then the people in the towns of Israel will go out and pick up your small and large shields, bows and arrows, javelins and spears, and they will use them for fuel. There will be enough to last them seven years!
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So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.
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They won't need to go into the woods to get fuel for the fire. There'll be plenty of weapons to keep it going. They'll strip those who stripped them. They'll rob those who robbed them. Decree of GOD, the Master.
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They will not need to gather wood from the fields or cut it from the forests, because they will use the weapons for fuel. And they will plunder those who plundered them and loot those who looted them, declares the Sovereign LORD.
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They will not take wood from the field nor cut down any from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons; and they will plunder those who plundered them, and pillage those who pillaged them," says the Lord GOD.
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They will need nothing else for their fires. They won't need to cut wood from the fields or forests, for these weapons will give them all they need. They will take plunder from those who planned to plunder them, says the Sovereign LORD.
Ezek.39.11
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.
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"At that time I'll set aside a burial ground for Gog in Israel at Traveler's Rest, just east of the sea. It will obstruct the route of travelers, blocking their way, the mass grave of Gog and his mob of an army. They'll call the place Gog's Mob.
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"'On that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, in the valley of those who travel east toward the Sea. It will block the way of travelers, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon Gog.
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"It will come to pass in that day that I will give Gog a burial place there in Israel, the valley of those who pass by east of the sea; and it will obstruct travelers, because there they will bury Gog and all his multitude. Therefore they will call it the Valley of Hamon Gog.
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"And I will make a vast graveyard for Gog and his hordes in the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Dead Sea. The path of those who travel there will be blocked by this burial ground, and they will change the name of the place to the Valley of Gog's Hordes.
Ezek.39.12
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
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"Israel will bury the corpses in order to clean up the land. It will take them seven months.
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"'For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.
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For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order to cleanse the land.
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It will take seven months for the people of Israel to cleanse the land by burying the bodies.
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Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
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All the people will turn out to help with the burials. It will be a big day for the people when it's all done and I'm given my due.
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All the people of the land will bury them, and the day I am glorified will be a memorable day for them, declares the Sovereign LORD.
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Indeed all the people of the land will be burying, and they will gain renown for it on the day that I am glorified," says the Lord GOD.
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Everyone in Israel will help, for it will be a glorious victory for Israel when I demonstrate my glory on that day, says the Sovereign LORD.
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And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
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Men will be hired full-time for the cleanup burial operation and will go through the country looking for defiling, decomposing corpses. At the end of seven months, there'll be an all-out final search.
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"'Men will be regularly employed to cleanse the land. Some will go throughout the land and, in addition to them, others will bury those that remain on the ground. At the end of the seven months they will begin their search.
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"They will set apart men regularly employed, with the help of a search party, to pass through the land and bury those bodies remaining on the ground, in order to cleanse it. At the end of seven months they will make a search.
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At the end of the seven months, special crews will be appointed to search the land for any skeletons and to bury them, so the land will be made clean again.
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And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.
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Anyone who sees a bone will mark the place with a stick so the buriers can get it and bury it in the mass burial site, Gog's Mob.
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As they go through the land and one of them sees a human bone, he will set up a marker beside it until the gravediggers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon Gog.
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The search party will pass through the land; and when anyone sees a man's bone, he shall set up a marker by it, till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon Gog.
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Whenever some bones are found, a marker will be set up beside them so the burial crews will see them and take them to be buried in the Valley of Gog's Hordes.
Ezek.39.16
And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
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(A town nearby is called Mobville, or Hamonah.) That's how they'll clean up the land.
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(Also a town called Hamonah will be there.) And so they will cleanse the land.'
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The name of the city will also be Hamonah. Thus they shall cleanse the land."'
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(There will be a town there named Hamonah--which means `horde.') And so the land will finally be cleansed.
Ezek.39.17
And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
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"Son of man, GOD, the Master, says: Call the birds! Call the wild animals! Call out, "Gather and come, gather around my sacrificial meal that I'm preparing for you on the mountains of Israel. You'll eat meat and drink blood.
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"Son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Call out to every kind of bird and all the wild animals: 'Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrifice I am preparing for you, the great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.
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"And as for you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD, "Speak to every sort of bird and to every beast of the field: "Assemble yourselves and come; Gather together from all sides to My sacrificial meal Which I am sacrificing for you, A great sacrificial meal on the mountains of Israel, That you may eat flesh and drink blood.
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"And now, son of man, call all the birds and wild animals, says the Sovereign LORD. Say to them: Gather together for my great sacrificial feast. Come from far and near to the mountains of Israel, and there eat the flesh and drink the blood!
Ezek.39.18
Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
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You'll eat off the bodies of great heroes and drink the blood of famous princes as if they were so many rams and lambs, goats and bulls, the choicest grain-fed animals of Bashan.
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You will eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as if they were rams and lambs, goats and bulls-all of them fattened animals from Bashan.
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You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, Drink the blood of the princes of the earth, Of rams and lambs, Of goats and bulls, All of them fatlings of Bashan.
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Eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of princes as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and fat young bulls of Bashan!
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And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
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At the sacrificial meal I'm fixing for you, you'll eat fat till you're stuffed and drink blood till you're drunk.
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At the sacrifice I am preparing for you, you will eat fat till you are glutted and drink blood till you are drunk.
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You shall eat fat till you are full, And drink blood till you are drunk, At My sacrificial meal Which I am sacrificing for you.
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Gorge yourselves with flesh until you are glutted; drink blood until you are drunk. This is the sacrificial feast I have prepared for you.
Ezek.39.20
Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
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At the table I set for you, you'll stuff yourselves with horses and riders, heroes and fighters of every kind.' Decree of GOD, the Master.
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At my table you will eat your fill of horses and riders, mighty men and soldiers of every kind,' declares the Sovereign LORD.
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You shall be filled at My table With horses and riders, With mighty men And with all the men of war," says the Lord GOD.
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Feast at my banquet table--feast on horses, riders, and valiant warriors, says the Sovereign LORD.
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And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
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"I'll put my glory on display among the nations and they'll all see the judgment I execute, see me at work handing out judgment.
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"I will display my glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the punishment I inflict and the hand I lay upon them.
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"I will set My glory among the nations; all the nations shall see My judgment which I have executed, and My hand which I have laid on them.
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"Thus, I will demonstrate my glory among the nations. Everyone will see the punishment I have inflicted on them and the power I have demonstrated.
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So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
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From that day on, Israel will realize that I am their GOD.
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From that day forward the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God.
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So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day forward.
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And from that time on the people of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God.
Ezek.39.23
And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
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And the nations will get the message that it was because of their sins that Israel went into exile. They were disloyal to me and I turned away from them. I turned them over to their enemies and they were all killed.
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And the nations will know that the people of Israel went into exile for their sin, because they were unfaithful to me. So I hid my face from them and handed them over to their enemies, and they all fell by the sword.
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The Gentiles shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they were unfaithful to Me, therefore I hid My face from them. I gave them into the hand of their enemies, and they all fell by the sword.
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The nations will then know why Israel was sent away to exile--it was punishment for sin, for they acted in treachery against their God. Therefore, I turned my back on them and let their enemies destroy them.
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According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
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I treated them as their polluted and sin-sated lives deserved. I turned away from them, refused to look at them.
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I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and their offenses, and I hid my face from them.
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According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I have dealt with them, and hidden My face from them."'
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I turned my face away and punished them in proportion to the vileness of their sins.
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
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"But now I will return Jacob back from exile, I'll be compassionate with all the people of Israel, and I'll be zealous for my holy name.
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"Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will now bring Jacob back from captivity and will have compassion on all the people of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name.
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"Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Now I will bring back the captives of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for My holy name--
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"So now the Sovereign LORD says: I will end the captivity of my people; I will have mercy on Israel, for I am jealous for my holy reputation!
Ezek.39.26
After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
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Eventually the memory will fade, the memory of their shame over their betrayals of me when they lived securely in their own land, safe and unafraid.
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They will forget their shame and all the unfaithfulness they showed toward me when they lived in safety in their land with no one to make them afraid.
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after they have borne their shame, and all their unfaithfulness in which they were unfaithful to Me, when they dwelt safely in their own land and no one made them afraid.
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They will accept responsibility for their past shame and treachery against me after they come home to live in peace and safety in their own land. And then no one will bother them or make them afraid.
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When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
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Once I've brought them back from foreign parts, gathered them in from enemy territories, I'll use them to demonstrate my holiness with all the nations watching.
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When I have brought them back from the nations and have gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will show myself holy through them in the sight of many nations.
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When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and I am hallowed in them in the sight of many nations,
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When I bring them home from the lands of their enemies, my holiness will be displayed to the nations.
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Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
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Then they'll realize for sure that I am their GOD, for even though I sent them off into exile, I will gather them back to their own land, leaving not one soul behind.
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Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, for though I sent them into exile among the nations, I will gather them to their own land, not leaving any behind.
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then they shall know that I am the LORD their God, who sent them into captivity among the nations, but also brought them back to their land, and left none of them captive any longer.
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Then my people will know that I am the LORD their God--responsible for sending them away to exile and responsible for bringing them home. I will leave none of my people behind.
Ezek.39.29
Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
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After I've poured my Spirit on Israel, filled them with my life, I'll no longer turn away. I'll look them full in the face. Decree of GOD, the Master."
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I will no longer hide my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD."
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And I will not hide My face from them anymore; for I shall have poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel,' says the Lord GOD."
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And I will never again turn my back on them, for I will pour out my Spirit upon them, says the Sovereign LORD."
