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Ezekiel 20:17

Mercy and compassion

15 Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands—

16 because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols.

Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or bring them to an end in the wilderness.

18 In the wilderness I said to their children: ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.

19 I am the LORD your God; walk in My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or bring them to an end in the wilderness.
KJV
Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
WEB
Nevertheless my eye spared them, and I didn’t destroy them. I didn’t make a full end of them in the wilderness.
ASV
Nevertheless mine eye spared them, and I destroyed them not, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.
DARBY
But mine eye spared them so as not to destroy them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.
BLB
And My eye showed pity to them from destroying them, and I did not make a complete end of them in the wilderness.
ÅB
Men jeg viste dem skånsel og ødela dem ikke; jeg gjorde ikke aldeles ende på dem i ørkenen.
OTB
Likevel så jeg på dem med medlidenhet og ødela dem ikke eller brakte deres tilintetgjørelse i ørkenen.
B1930
Men jeg viste dem skånsel og ødela dem ikke; jeg gjorde ikke aldeles ende på dem i ørkenen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 11:13

    Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”

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  • Jeremiah 4:27

    For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.

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  • Jeremiah 5:18

    “Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.

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  • Nehemiah 9:19

    You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.

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  • 1 Samuel 24:10

    Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’

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  • Ezekiel 7:2

    “O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.

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  • Ezekiel 9:10

    But as for Me, I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. I will bring their deeds down upon their own heads.”

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  • Nahum 1:8–9

    But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.

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