Ezekiel 20:23
I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
Ezekiel 20:23 in other translations
| BSB | However, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands. |
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| WEB | Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries, |
| ASV | Moreover I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries; |
| YLT | I also, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, To scatter them among nations, And to spread them through lands. |
| DARBY | I lifted up my hand also unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries; |
| BBE | Further, I gave my oath to them in the waste land that I would send them wandering among the nations, driving them out among the countries; |
| Webster | I lifted up my hand to them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries; |
What does Ezekiel 20:23 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 20:10-26
. The history of Israel in the wilderness is referred to in the new Testament as well as in the Old, for warning. God did great things for them. He gave them the law, and revived the ancient keeping of the sabbath day. Sabbaths are privileges; they are signs of our being his people. If we do the duty of the day, we shall find, to our comfort, it is the Lord that makes us holy, that is, truly happy, here; and…
Ezekiel 20:23 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 20:23
- Leviticus 26:33
And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
- Deuteronomy 28:64-68
And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone. And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. …
- Psalms 106:27
To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
- Jeremiah 15:4
And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
- Deuteronomy 32:26-27
I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.
- 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 glory of all lands;
- Deuteronomy 32:40
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
- Revelation 10:5-6
And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
15; De 32:40; Re 10:5,6
that I.The predictions of the dispersion of Israel, delivered by Moses just before his death, are evidently here referred to: they received a partial accomplishment at the Babylonian captivity, but are more exactly fulfilling at this day.
Le 26:33; De 28:64-68; 32:26,27; Ps 106:27; Jer 15:4
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Context
- Ezekiel 20:22
Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.
- Ezekiel 20:23
I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
- Ezekiel 20:24
Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.
Ezekiel 20:23 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y también les alcé yo mi mano en el desierto, que los esparciría entre las gentes, y que los aventaría por las tierras; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Je leur levai aussi ma main dans le désert, que je les disperserais parmi les nations et que je les disséminerais dans les pays, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Auch erhob ich ihnen meine Hand in der Wüste, daß ich sie unter die Nationen versprengen und sie in die Länder zerstreuen würde, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Iterum levavi manum meam in eos in solitudine, ut dispergerem illos in nationes, et ventilarem in terras, |