Ezekiel 20:36
Just as I contended with your fathers in the desert of the land of Egypt, So will I contend with you, Declareth My Lord Yahweh;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
35And I will bring you into the desert of the peoples,—and will contend with you there, face to face.
37And I will cause you to pass under the rod And will bring you into the bond of the covenant;
Cross References
Exodus 32:7Then spake Yahweh unto Moses—Go get thee down, for thy people whom thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves.
Numbers 14:1Then did all the assembly lift up, and give forth their voice,—and the people wept throughout that night.
Numbers 14:35I—Yahweh, have spoken, Verily this, will I do to all this evil assembly, who have conspired against me,—In this desert, shall they be consumed And there, shall they die.
Numbers 25:1And Israel remained among the acacias,—and the people began to go away unchastely unto the daughters of Moab;
Ezekiel 20:13But the house of Israel, rebelled against me, in the desert, In my statutes, walked they not, And my regulations, they rejected By the which the man, that doeth them, shall live, My sabbaths also, they profaned exceedingly. Therefore spake I of pouring out mine indignation upon them in the desert, to make an end of them.
Ezekiel 34:17And as for you O my flock, Thus saith My Lord. Yahweh: Behold me! judging between one kind of small cattle and another as well the rams as the 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 →