1. I will purge you (27-38)

The Sovereign Lord continued to give a message to Israel through Ezekiel: their ancestors blasphemed God by being unfaithful to God and offering sacrifices wherever (at any high place) and however they wanted. God challenged them: "Will you defile yourselves the way your ancestors did and lust after their vile images?" (30) Their sacrifices were not to God but to idols. God promised to purge them of rebels (38).

1. You will know that I am the Lord (39-44)

God reveals himself and his power either in wrath or in mercy. Though his people persisted in idolatry, God foretold "you/they will": listen and not profane God's holy name (39), serve God (40), know the Lord (42), remember your conduct and loathe yourselves (43) in repentance. God promises in his great mercy, "I will": accept them/you (40,41), bring you out (41,42), be proved holy (41), deal with you for my name's sake, not according to your evil ways and your corrupt practices (44).