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Ezekiel 20:37

Covenant and promises

35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.

36 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.

And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:

38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.

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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
I will make you pass under the rod and will bring you into the bond of the covenant.
KJV
And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
WEB
“I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.
ASV
And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant;
DARBY
And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.
BLB
And I will make you⁺ pass under the rod, and I will bring you⁺ into the bond of the covenant.
ÅB
Og jeg vil la dere gå forbi under hyrdestaven, og jeg vil føre dere inn i paktens bånd,
OTB
Jeg vil la dere gå under hyrdestaven, og jeg vil bringe dere inn i paktens bånd.
B1930
Og jeg vil la eder gå forbi under hyrdestaven, og jeg vil føre eder inn i paktens bånd,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 33:13

    In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.

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  • Leviticus 27:32

    And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.

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  • Matthew 25:32–33

    And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

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  • Ezekiel 16:59–60

    For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.

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  • Psalms 89:30–32

    If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

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  • Leviticus 26:25

    And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

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  • Amos 3:2

    You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

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  • Ezekiel 34:17

    And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.

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