Ezekiel 20 · Verse 38

Ezekiel 20:38

And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 20:38, King James Version

Ezekiel 20:38 in other translations

BSBAnd I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land in which they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
WEBI will purge out from among you the rebels and those who disobey me. I will bring them out of the land where they live, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”
ASVand I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me; I will bring them forth out of the land where they sojourn, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
YLTAnd cleared out from you the rebels, And them transgressing against Me, From the land of their sojournings I bring them out, And unto the land of Israel they come not, And ye have known that I am Jehovah.
DARBYAnd I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me; I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
BBEClearing out from among you all those who are uncontrolled and who are sinning against me; I will take them out of the land where they are living, but they will not come into the land of Israel: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
WebsterAnd I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

What does Ezekiel 20:38 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
38. (Zec 13:9; 14:2). purge out--or, "separate." Hebrew, barothi, forming a designed alliteration with "berith," the covenant; not a promise of grace, but a threat against those Jews who thought they could in exile escape the observation and "rule" of God. land of Israel--Though brought out of the country of their sojourn or exile (Babylon formerly, and the various lands of their exile hereafter) into the literal land of Palestine, even it shall be to them an exile state, "they shall not enter into the land of Israel," that is, the spiritual state of restored favor of God to His covenant people, which shall only be given to the remnant to be saved (Zec 13:8, 9).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 38 I will purge out from among you the rebels - The incorrigibly wicked I will destroy; those who will not receive him whom I have appointed for this purpose as the Savior of Israel. And I will gather you who believe out of all the countries where you sojourn, and bring you into your own land; but those of you who will not believe - will not receive the Son of David to reign over you, shall never enter into the land of Israel, but die in your dispersions. This is what the contradicting and blaspheming Jews of the present day have to expect. And thus, both of you shall know that he is Jehovah, fulfilling his threatenings against the one, and his promises to the other.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 20:33-44

The wicked Israelites, notwithstanding they follow the sinful ways of other nations, shall not mingle with them in their prosperity, but shall be separated from them for destruction. There is no shaking off God's dominion; and those who will not yield to the power of his grace, shall sink under the power of his wrath. But not one of God's jewels shall be lost in the lumber of this world. He will bring the jews to…

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Ezekiel 20:38 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּבָרוֹתִ֣יu.va.ro.Tiand I will purgeH1305
מִכֶּ֗םmi.Kemfrom you
הַמֹּרְדִ֤יםha.mo.re.Dimthose [who] rebelH4775
וְהַפּֽוֹשְׁעִים֙ve.ha.po.she.'Imand those [who] transgressH6586
בִּ֔יBiagainst me
מֵאֶ֤רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] land ofH776
מְגֽוּרֵיהֶם֙me.gu.rei.Hemsojournings theirH4033
אוֹצִ֣יא'o.Tzi'I will bring outH3318
אוֹתָ֔ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and intoH413
אַדְמַ֥ת'ad.Mat[the] land ofH127
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
יָב֑וֹאya.Vo'he will goH935
וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖םvi.da'.Temand you will knowH3045
כִּי\־ki-thatH3588
אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.weh[am] YahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 20:38

  • Ezekiel 13:9

    And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord God.

  • Amos 9:9-10

    For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

  • Psalms 95:11

    Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

  • Malachi 4:1-3

    For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.

  • Malachi 3:3

    And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.

  • Ezekiel 6:7

    And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Zechariah 13:8-9

    And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

  • Jeremiah 44:14

    So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.

  • Ezekiel 15:7

    And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.

  • Numbers 14:28-30

    Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me, Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

  • Ezekiel 23:49

    And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord God.

  • Psalms 9:16

    The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will purge.
11:21; 34:17,20-22; Nu 14:28-30; Am 9:9,10; Zec 13:8,9; Mal 3:3
Mal 4:1-3; Mt 3:9,10,12; 25:32,33; Ro 9:27-29
they shall.
13:9; Nu 14:30; Ps 95:11; Jer 44:14; 1Co 10:5; Heb 4:6; Jude 1:5
and ye.
6:7; 15:7; 23:49; Ps 9:16

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Context

  • Ezekiel 20:37

    And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:

  • Ezekiel 20:38

    And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 20:39

    As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.

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Ezekiel 20:38 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y apartaré de entre vosotros los rebeldes, y los que se rebelaron contra mí: de la tierra de sus destierros los sacaré, y á la tierra de Israel no vendrán; y sabréis que yo soy Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et je séparerai d’entre vous les rebelles et ceux qui se sont révoltés contre moi: je les ferai sortir du pays dans lequel ils séjournent, mais ils n’entreront point dans la terre d’Israël; et vous saurez que je suis l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich werde die Empörer und die von mir Abgefallenen von euch ausscheiden; ich werde sie herausführen aus dem Lande ihrer Fremdlingschaft, aber in das Land Israel soll keiner von ihnen kommen. Und ihr werdet wissen, daß ich Jehova bin.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et eligam de vobis transgressores et impios, et de terra incolatus eorum educam eos, et in terram Israël non ingredientur: et scietis quia ego Dominus.