Ezekiel 20:36
34 With a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered.
35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, where I will enter into judgment with you face to face.
Just as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, declares the Lord GOD.
37 I will make you pass under the rod and will bring you into the bond of the covenant.
38 And I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land in which they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
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
- Just as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, declares the Lord GOD.
- KJV
- Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD.
- WEB
- Just as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you,” says the Lord GOD.
- ASV
- Like as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I enter into judgment with you, saith the Lord Jehovah.
- DARBY
- Like as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I enter into judgment with you, saith the Lord Jehovah.
- BLB
- As I entered into judgment with your⁺ fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you⁺, a declaration of the Lord YHWH.
- ÅB
- slik som jeg gikk i rette med deres fedre i ørkenen ved Egypt, slik vil jeg gå i rette med dere, sier Herren, Israels Gud.
- OTB
- Som jeg dømte deres forfedre i ørkenen i Egypts land, slik vil jeg dømme dere, sier Herren Gud.
- B1930
- likesom jeg gikk i rette med eders fedre i ørkenen ved Egyptens land, således vil jeg gå i rette med eder, sier Herren, Israels Gud.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 11:1–35
Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:5–10
Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.
Read in contextEzekiel 20:13
Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.
Read in contextEzekiel 20:21
But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.
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So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.
Read in contextNumbers 14:1–45
Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept.
Read in contextNumbers 16:1–50
Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted
Read in contextExodus 32:7–35
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.
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