Ezekiel 20:15

15 However, I swore^[a] to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given [them]-the most beautiful of all lands, flowing with milk and honey-

Ezekiel 20:15 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 20:15

Yet also I lifted up mine hand unto them in the wilderness,
&c.] Swore unto them, as in ( Ezekiel 20:5 Ezekiel 20:6 ) ; that I would not bring them into the land which I had given [them];
by promise to their fathers, and to them. This is to be understood of the generation that came out of Egypt, that received the ill report the spies made, and murmured against the Lord; wherefore he swore in his wrath that they should not enter into his rest; or he would not bring them into the land of Canaan, save Caleb and Joshua; and accordingly none else entered but them, though their posterity did; and so both his oath to them, that they should not enter, and his oath to Abraham, that he would give to his seed the land, had their accomplishment, ( Numbers 14:23 Numbers 14:24 Numbers 14:30 ) ; a land flowing with milk and honey, which [is] the glory of all lands;
(See Gill on Ezekiel 20:6).

Ezekiel 20:15 In-Context

13 "But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances-the person who does them will live by them. They also completely profaned My Sabbaths. So I considered pouring out My wrath on them in the wilderness to put an end to them.

14 But I acted because of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

15 However, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given [them]-the most beautiful of all lands, flowing with milk and honey-

16 because they rejected My ordinances, profaned My Sabbaths, and did not follow My statutes. For their hearts went after their idols.

17 But I spared them from destruction and did not bring them to an end in the wilderness.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit lifted My hand