Ezekiel 20:15

Yet even I lifted up my hand to them. in the desert,— That I would not bring them into the land which I had given to them flowing with milk and honey, The beauty, it was. of all lands:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

14Howbeit I wrought with effect for the sake of mine own Name,—that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations, in whose eyes I had brought them forth.

16Because my regulations, they had rejected. And as for my statutes, they had not walked therein, My sabbaths also, had they profaned; For after their manufactured gods, their heart had been going.

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Cross References

Numbers 26:64And among these, was there not found a man of them who had been numbered by Moses, and Aaron the priest,—when they numbered the sons of Israel in the desert of Sinai.

Deuteronomy 1:35Surely, not one of these men, this wicked generation,—shall see the good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers:

Psalms 106:26So he lifted up his hand unto them, that he would let them fall in the desert;

Ezekiel 20:23Even, I, lifted up my hand to them in the desert,— That I would disperse them throughout the nations, And scatter them throughout the lands;

Hebrews 3:18But, unto whom, sware he, that they should not enter into his rest,—save unto them who were obstinate?

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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