Ezekiel 20:17 BSB — MannaFest

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9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתָּ֧חָס	va.Ta.chos	and it looked with compassion	H2347 →
עֵינִ֛י	'ei.Ni	eye my	H5869 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם	'a.lei.Hem	on them	H5921 →
מִֽשַּׁחֲתָ֑ם	mi.sha.cha.Tam	from destroying them	H7843 →
וְלֹֽא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
עָשִׂ֧יתִי	'a.Si.ti	I made	H6213 →
אוֹתָ֛ם	'o.Tam	<obj.> them	H853 →
כָּלָ֖ה	ka.Lah	complete destruction	H3617 →
בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃	ba.mid.Bar	in the wilderness	H4057 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 4:27
For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.
leads to
- Jeremiah 5:10
  Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 5:18
  “Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.
Through
Ezekiel 11:13
Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete…
leads to
- Ezekiel 9:8
  While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord GOD, when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem, will You destroy the entire remnant of Israel?”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 11:1
  Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them…
Through
Nehemiah 9:19
You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of…
leads to
- Psalms 106:45
  And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
- Nehemiah 9:27
  So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You…
- Nehemiah 9:12
  You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should travel.
- Malachi 3:6
  “Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Psalms 78:38And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.Ezekiel 11:13Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”Jeremiah 5:18“Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.Jeremiah 4:27For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.Ezekiel 20:22But I withheld My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.Nehemiah 9:19You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.Nahum 1:8–9But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.Psalms 78:37–38Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.Ezekiel 9:10But as for Me, I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. I will bring their deeds down upon their own heads.”Ezekiel 7:2“O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.1 Samuel 24:10Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”Genesis 45:20But pay no regard to your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”

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