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and say to them, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: "On the day when I ^(C1)chose Israel and ^(F1)swore to the ^(F2)descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I ^(F1)swore to them, saying, ^(C2)I am the LORD your God,

on that day I swore to them, ^(C1)to bring them out from the land of Egypt into a land that I had ^(F1)selected for them, ^(C2)flowing with milk and honey, which is ^(C3)the glory of all the lands.

"And I said to them, '^(C1)Throw away, each of you, the detestable things of his eyes, and ^(C2)do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; ^(C3)I am the LORD your God.'

"But they ^(C1)rebelled against Me and were not willing to listen to Me; they did not throw away, each of them, the detestable things of their eyes, nor did they abandon the ^(C2)idols of Egypt. "Then I ^(F1)resolved to ^(C3)pour out My wrath on them, to ^(F2)use up My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

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"But I acted ^(C1)for the sake of My name, that it would ^(C2)not be defiled in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made Myself known to them by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

"So I took them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the ^(C1)wilderness.