Catholic Public Domain Version
"And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: "
— Ezekiel 20:2, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Then came the word of the Lord unto me, saying,”
“And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, ”
“The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,”
“The LORD’s message came to me:”
“And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:”
“Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,”
“Then came the word of the Lord unto me, saying,”
And it happened that, in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, men from the elders of Israel arrived, so that they might inquire of the Lord, and they sat before me.
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Have you arrived in order to inquire of me? As I live, I will not answer you, says the Lord God.
If you judge them, if you judge, O son of man, reveal to them the abominations of their fathers.
And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: In the day when I chose Israel, and I lifted up my hand on behalf of the stock of the house of Jacob, and I appeared to them in the land of Egypt, and I lifted up my hand on their behalf, saying, ‘I am the Lord your God,’