Ezekiel 20:15

Yet I lifted up my hand to them in the desert, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, the beauty of all lands;

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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 acted for my name's sake, that it might not be polluted before the nations, in whose sight I brought them forth.

16because they despised my laws, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols.

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Cross References

Psalms 106:26Then he lifted up his hand against them, And swore that he would make them fall in the wilderness;

Ezekiel 20:23I also lifted up my hand against them in the desert, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries,

Hebrews 3:18And to whom did he swear that they should not enter into his rest, except to those who were disobedient?

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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