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"The LORD’s message came to me:"
— Ezekiel 20:2, NET Bible
“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,”
“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,”
Israel’s Rebellion In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, some of the elders of Israel came to seek the LORD, and they sat down in front of me.
The LORD’s message came to me:
“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them:‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Are you coming to seek me? As surely as I live, I will not allow you to seek me, declares the Sovereign LORD.’
“Are you willing to pronounce judgment on them? Are you willing to pronounce judgment, son of man? Then confront them with the abominable practices of their fathers,
and say to them:“‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On the day I chose Israel I swore to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore to them,“I am the LORD your God.”