Ezekiel 20:37

And I will make you go under the rod and will make you small in number:

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:

In Context

36As I took up the cause with your fathers in the waste land of the land of Egypt, so will I take up the cause with you says the Lord.

38Clearing out from among you all those who are uncontrolled and who are sinning against me; I will take them out of the land where they are living, but they will not come into the land of Israel: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:25And I will send a sword on you to give effect to the punishment of my agreement; and when you come together into your towns I will send disease among you and you will be given up into the hands of your haters.

Psalms 89:30\89:29\His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.

Ezekiel 16:59For this is what the Lord has said: I will do to you as you have done, you who, putting the oath on one side, have let the agreement be broken.

Amos 3:2You only of all the families of the earth have I taken care of: for this reason I will send punishment on you for all your sins.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 20:34-45

The Sins of Israel. ( b. c. 592.) 33 As I live, saith the Lord God , surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you: 34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. 35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. 36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the… Read the whole commentary →

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