39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God, [a]Go you, and serve everyone his idol, seeing that ye will not obey me, and pollute mine holy Name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.

40 For in mine holy mountain, even in the high mountain of Israel, saith the Lord God, there shall all the house of Israel, and all in the land serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.

41 I will accept your sweet savor, when I bring you from the people, and gather you out of the countries, wherein ye have been scattered, that I may be sanctified in you before the heathen.

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  1. Ezekiel 20:39 This is spoken to the hypocrites.

39 “‘As for you, people of Israel, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Go and serve your idols,(A) every one of you! But afterward you will surely listen to me and no longer profane my holy name(B) with your gifts and idols.(C) 40 For on my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel,(D) declares the Sovereign Lord, there in the land all the people of Israel will serve me, and there I will accept them. There I will require your offerings(E) and your choice gifts,[a] along with all your holy sacrifices.(F) 41 I will accept you as fragrant incense(G) when I bring you out from the nations and gather(H) you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will be proved holy(I) through you in the sight of the nations.(J)

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  1. Ezekiel 20:40 Or and the gifts of your firstfruits