Ezekiel 20:23

23 Also with uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would disperse them among the nations and scatter them through the countries,

Ezekiel 20:23 in Other Translations

KJV
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;
ESV
23 Moreover, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries,
NLT
23 But I took a solemn oath against them in the wilderness. I swore I would scatter them among all the nations
MSG
23 "'But I did lift my hand in solemn oath there in the desert, and swore that I would scatter them all over the world, disperse them every which way
CSB
23 However, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would disperse them among the nations and scatter them among the countries.

Ezekiel 20:23 In-Context

21 “ ‘But the children rebelled against me: They did not follow my decrees, they were not careful to keep my laws, of which I said, “The person who obeys them will live by them,” and they desecrated my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and spend my anger against them in the wilderness.
22 But I withheld my hand, and for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
23 Also with uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would disperse them among the nations and scatter them through the countries,
24 because they had not obeyed my laws but had rejected my decrees and desecrated my Sabbaths, and their eyes lusted after their parents’ idols.
25 So I gave them other statutes that were not good and laws through which they could not live;

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Leviticus 26:33; Deuteronomy 28:64; S Psalms 9:11
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