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Ezekiel 20:15

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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—

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Moreover also I sware 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;

KJV

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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This verse in Ezekiel 20

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

I lifted up my hand - Their provocations in the wilderness were so great, that I vowed never to bring them into the promised land. I did not consume them, but I disinherited them. See the note on Eze 20:5 (note).

This site's exposition

I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness

on Ezekiel 20:15-17

The Lord swears with the same lifted hand that this generation would not enter the land, the oath fulfilled in the wilderness deaths Numbers records. Their idolatry is named plainly, for their heart went after their idols, the verdict behind the exclusion rather than the wandering alone.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verse 15) Therefore I lifted up my hand against them in the wilderness, to not bring them into the land that I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the most excellent of all lands, because they had rejected my judgments and had not walked in my commandments, and had violated my sabbaths. After idols their heart went, and my eye spared them so as not to kill them, nor did I consume them in the wilderness.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, The bias of the mind towards the world and the flesh, the money and the belly (those two great objects of spiritual idolatry), is the root of bitterness from which springs all disobedience to the divine law. The heart that goes after those idols despises God's judgments.
Yet also I lifted up mine hand unto them in the wilderness,.... Swore unto them, as in Eze 20:5; that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them; by promise to their fathers, and to them.

The words behind it

20 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְגַם־and also

    vegam-H1571 →769 times

  • אֲנִ֗יI

    ʾaniH589 →874 times

  • נָשָׂ֧אתִיI lifted up

    nasatiH5375 →656 times

  • יָדִ֛יhand my

    yadiH3027 →1618 times

  • לָהֶ֖םto them

    lahem

  • בַּמִּדְבָּ֑רin the wilderness

    bamidbarH4057 →270 times

  • לְבִלְתִּי֩to not

    leviltiH1115 →112 times

  • הָבִ֨יאto bring

    havi'H935 →2568 times

  • אוֹתָ֜ם<obj.> them

    ʾotamH853 →10935 times

  • אֶל־into

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הָאָ֣רֶץthe land

    haaretzH776 →2504 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • נָתַ֗תִּיI had given

    natatiH5414 →2011 times

  • זָבַ֤תflowing of

    zavatH2100 →

  • חָלָב֙milk

    chalavH2461 →44 times

  • וּדְבַ֔שׁand honey

    udevashH1706 →54 times

  • צְבִ֥י[is] beauty

    tzeviH6643 →33 times

  • הִ֖יאit

    hi'H1931 →1879 times

  • לְכָל־to all

    lekholH3605 →5413 times

  • הָאֲרָצֽוֹת׃the lands

    haaratzotH776 →2504 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Psalms 106:26So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,8 worksPsalms 95:11So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”5 worksEzekiel 20:6On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.5 worksNumbers 14:23not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.5 worksDeuteronomy 2:14The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.4 worksDaniel 8:9From one of these horns a little horn emerged and grew extensively toward the south and the east and toward the Beautiful Land.3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Ezekiel 20:5and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt. With an uplifted hand I said to them, ‘I am the LORD your God.’3 worksEzekiel 44:12Because they ministered before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I swore with an uplifted hand concerning them that they would bear the consequences of their iniquity, declares the Lord GOD.3 worksJoshua 5:6For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.3 worksNehemiah 9:15In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land which You had sworn to give them.3 worksHebrews 3:11So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”2 worksDeuteronomy 1:34–35When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying,2 worksEzekiel 20:23However, 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.2 worksHebrews 4:3Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.2 worksHebrews 3:18And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?2 worksNumbers 26:64–65Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.2 worksEzekiel 36:7Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I have sworn with an uplifted hand that surely the nations around you will endure reproach of their own.2 worksNumbers 32:10So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and He swore an oath, saying,2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Psalms 95:11

    So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 4:3

      Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Hebrews 3:11

      So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Hebrews 4:5

      And again, as He says in the passage above: “They shall never enter My rest.”

    • Numbers 14:23

      not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.

    • Hebrews 3:18

      And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?

  • Through

    Hebrews 3:11

    So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 1:34–35

      When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying,

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Psalms 106:26

    So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,

    it leads to

    • Numbers 14:28–35

      So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 20:23

    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.

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 26:33

      But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.

Where this verse is studied

About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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