Ezekiel 20:15

Yet also I lifted up My hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the beauty of all lands;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;

In Context

14But I wrought for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

16because they rejected Mine ordinances, and walked not in My statutes, and profaned My sabbaths — for their heart went after their idols.

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Cross References

Numbers 26:64But among these there was not a man of them that were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.

Deuteronomy 1:35'Surely there shall not one of these men, even this evil generation, see the good land, which I swore to give unto your fathers,

Psalms 106:26Therefore He swore concerning them, that He would overthrow them in the wilderness;

Ezekiel 20:23I lifted up My hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 20:11-27

The Privileges and Sins of Israel. ( b. c. 592.) 10 Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness. 11 And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them. 12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them. 13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my… Read the whole commentary →

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