And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.
That which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the pagan - and so escape the odium to which we are exposed, of having a special God and law of our own. 'We shall live on better terms with them by having a similar worship). Besides, we get from God nothing but threats and calamities, whereas the pagan, Chaldeans, etc., get riches and power from their idols.' How literally God's words here ("that ... shall not be at all") are fulfilled in the modern Jews. Though the Jews seemed so likely (had Ezekiel spoken as an uninspired man) to have blended with the rest of mankind, and laid aside their distinctive peculiarities, as was their wish at that time, yet they have remained for eighteen centuries dispersed among all nations, and without a home, but still most palpably distinct-a standing witness for the truth of the prophecy given so long ago.