Ezekiel 20:38
And I will select, from among you, the transgressors and the impious. And I will lead them away from the land of their sojourn, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord.
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In The King James Version
In Context
37And I will subject you to my scepter, and I will lead you into the bonds of the covenant.
Cross References
Numbers 14:28Therefore, say to them: As I live, says the Lord, as you spoke in my hearing, so will I do to you.
Psalms 95:11Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth exult; let the sea and all its fullness be moved.
Jeremiah 44:14And there will be no one who escapes, of those who remain among the remnant of the Jews, those who have gone to sojourn in the land of Egypt. And they wish to be returned to the land of Judah, for they lift up their souls so that they might return and live there. But there will be no one who may return, except those who will flee.”
Ezekiel 11:21But as for those whose heart walks after their offenses and abominations, I will set their own way upon their head, says the Lord God.”
Ezekiel 15:7And I will set my face against them. They will go away from fire, and yet fire will consume them. And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have set my face against them,
Ezekiel 34:17But as for you, O my flocks, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, among rams and among he-goats.
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 →