Ezekiel 20:23 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 20:23

21 “Notwithstanding, ^athe children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, and were not careful to observe My judgments, ^b‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them’; but they profaned My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the wilderness.

22 Nevertheless I withdrew My hand and acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out.

23 Also I raised My hand in an oath to those in the wilderness, that ^aI would scatter them among the Gentiles and disperse them throughout the countries,

24 ^abecause they had not executed My judgments, but had despised My statutes, profaned My Sabbaths, and ^btheir eyes were fixed on their fathers’ idols.

25 “Therefore ^aI also gave them up to statutes that were not good, and judgments by which they could not live;

26 and I pronounced them unclean because of their ritual gifts, in that they caused all¹ their firstborn to pass ^athrough the fire, that I might make them desolate and that they ^bmight know that I am the Lord.” ’

27 “Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “In this too your fathers have ^ablasphemed Me, by being unfaithful to Me.

28 When I brought them into the land concerning which I had raised My hand in an oath to give them, and ^athey saw all the high hills and all the thick trees, there they offered their sacrifices and provoked Me with their offerings. There they also sent up their ^bsweet aroma and poured out their drink offerings.

Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 20:23

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American Standard Version
Moreover I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;

Amplified® Bible
Moreover, I lifted up My hand {and} swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the [heathen] nations and disperse them in the countries,

Contemporary English Version
So I solemnly swore that I would scatter the people of Israel across the nations,

Darby English Version
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;

Good News Bible
So I made another vow in the desert. I vowed that I would scatter them all over the world.

King James Version
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;

New American Standard Bible
"Also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the lands,

New International Version
Also with uplifted hand I swore to them in the desert that I would disperse them among the nations and scatter them through the countries,

New King James Version
Also I raised My hand in an oath to those in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the Gentiles and disperse them throughout the countries,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the lands,

Revised Standard Version
Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries,

Young's Literal Translation
I also, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, To scatter them among nations, And to spread them through lands.

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