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Ezekiel 20:23

21 Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

22 Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.

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;

24 Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.

25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;

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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
However, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.
KJV
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;
WEB
Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries,
ASV
Moreover I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
DARBY
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;
BLB
I also, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness to scatter them among the nations and to scatter them among the lands,
ÅB
Men jeg løftet også min hånd for dem i ørkenen og svor at jeg ville sprede dem blant hedningefolkene og strø dem ut i landene,
OTB
Også, jeg sverget til dem i ørkenen at jeg ville spre dem blant nasjonene og spre dem gjennom landene,
B1930
Men jeg løftet også min hånd for dem i ørkenen og svor at jeg vilde sprede dem blandt hedningefolkene og strø dem ut i landene,

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Cross references

  • Leviticus 26:33

    And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:64–68

    And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.

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  • Psalms 106:27

    To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

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  • Jeremiah 15:4

    And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:26–27

    I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

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  • Ezekiel 20:15

    Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;

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  • Deuteronomy 32:40

    For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

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  • Revelation 10:5–6

    And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,

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