Ezekiel 20:34
in Ezekiel 20With 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.
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ASV
And I will bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out;
KJV
And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.
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This verse in Ezekiel 20
Commentary
10 notes on this verseTHIS striking utterance was given forth by that renowned Seer, Ezekiel, at the time when the Israelites, scattered in every country, had begun to forget their nationality. They judged it prudent and wise, as much as possible, to disguise their distinctive character and melt their race into the Babylonian or Chaldean—and become like the heathen.
This site's exposition
We will be as the heathen
on Ezekiel 20:32-38
The people's own plan to become like the heathen and serve wood and stone is refused outright. The Lord answers with a mighty hand, a stretched out arm, fury poured out, the same triad Exodus uses for the deliverance from Egypt. Rebels who transgress are purged out before entry.
This site's exposition
gather you from the lands
Spurgeon preached on these verses to exiles scattered among the peoples and trying to melt into the nations. The LORD will bring them out and gather them from the lands, against the plan of verse 32. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown read the outpoured wrath as chastening.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
He commands us to be completely separated from idolatry and have no close dealing with it, because even the earthly serpent sucks people into its jaws at a distance with its breath.
(Verse 34) And I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you were scattered, with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out I will reign over you. 'I will not let you be in the nations any longer, nor will I allow you to be held in everlasting captivity, but I will bring you out from the peoples, and gather you from the countries where hostile necessity has dispersed you to serve.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
He must tell them likewise what mercy God had in store for them, when he would bring a remnant of them to repentance, re-establish them in their own land, and set up his sanctuary among them again,
) I will gather you out of the countries wherein you are scattered, as, when the rebels are dispersed in battle, those that have escaped the sword of war are pursued and brought together out of all the places whither they were scattered, to be punished by the sword of justice.
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The Jews in exile might think themselves set free from the "rule" of God (Eze 20:33); therefore, He intimates, He will reassert His right over them by chastening judgments, and these, with an ultimate view, not to destroy, but to restore them. people--rather, "peoples."
THIS striking utterance was given forth by that renowned Seer, Ezekiel, at the time when the Israelites, scattered in every country, had begun to forget their nationality. They judged it prudent and wise, as much as possible, to disguise their distinctive character and melt their race into the Babylonian or Chaldean—and become like the heathen. But God, who chose His people of old, would not have it so, and He interposed with this striking passage—"And that which comes into your mind shall not be at all, that you say, we will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone." The Lord tells them that He had them for a people and He meant to hold them for a people. Whether they delighted in it or not, He would not let them go! He pronounced a solemn oath concerning them—"As I live, says the Lord God, surely with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you." They shall no more become Babylonians than of old He would suffer them to become Egyptians. This passage, which I have taken for a text, may very truthfully be regarded as a threat of terrible judgment upon erring Israel—as much as if the Lord had said, "You of the house of Israel, whom I have made to be the type of My spiritual people, you shall be Mine. And if you wander from Me, I will distinguish you by special punishments. Therefore I now threaten you with special judgments. If you will attempt to mix yourselves up with the Gentiles, I will deal with you with a startling severity, such as I have never shown unto the heathen. Your sins are greater, your privileges greater and so shall your chastisements be greater.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהוֹצֵאתִ֤י | vehotzeti | and I will bring out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| אֶתְכֶם֙ | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים | haamim | the peoples | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וְקִבַּצְתִּ֣י | vekibatzti | and I will gather | H6908 → | 127 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֔ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הָ֣אֲרָצ֔וֹת | haaratzot | the lands | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נְפוֹצֹתֶ֖ם | nefotzotem | you have been scattered | H6327 → | 67 times |
| בָּ֑ם | bam | among them | ||
| בְּיָ֤ד | beyad | by a hand | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| חֲזָקָה֙ | chazakah | strong | H2389 → | 56 times |
| וּבִזְר֣וֹעַ | uvizroa' | and by an arm | H2220 → | 91 times |
| נְטוּיָ֔ה | netuyah | outstretched | H5186 → | 214 times |
| וּבְחֵמָ֖ה | uvechemah | and with rage | H2534 → | 125 times |
| שְׁפוּכָֽה׃ | shefukhah | poured out | H8210 → | 114 times |
וְהוֹצֵאתִ֤יand I will bring out
vehotzetiH3318 →1067 times
אֶתְכֶם֙<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הָ֣עַמִּ֔יםthe peoples
haamimH5971 →1873 times
וְקִבַּצְתִּ֣יand I will gather
vekibatztiH6908 →127 times
אֶתְכֶ֔ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הָ֣אֲרָצ֔וֹתthe lands
haaratzotH776 →2504 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נְפוֹצֹתֶ֖םyou have been scattered
nefotzotemH6327 →67 times
בָּ֑םamong them
bam
בְּיָ֤דby a hand
beyadH3027 →1618 times
חֲזָקָה֙strong
chazakahH2389 →56 times
וּבִזְר֣וֹעַand by an arm
uvizroa'H2220 →91 times
נְטוּיָ֔הoutstretched
netuyahH5186 →214 times
וּבְחֵמָ֖הand with rage
uvechemahH2534 →125 times
שְׁפוּכָֽה׃poured out
shefukhahH8210 →114 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Ezekiel 34:16I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
it leads to
- Luke 19:10
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
- Ezekiel 34:4
You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
- Ezekiel 34:11
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.
- Isaiah 49:26
I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your…
- Luke 5:31–32
Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
- Luke 19:10
Through
Ezekiel 20:38And 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.…
it leads to
- Amos 9:9–10
“For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.
- Psalms 95:11
So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”
- Ezekiel 13:9
My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house…
- Amos 9:9–10
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1840: “The Bond of the Covenant” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel and Tertullian, THE CHAPLET 10:7.