Ezekiel 20:23
in Ezekiel 20However, 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Moreover I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
KJV
I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
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This verse in Ezekiel 20
Commentary
3 notes on this verseI lifted up mine hand also to them in the wilderness,.... Swore unto them, as in Eze 20:5; that I would scatter them among the Heathen, and disperse them through the countries; after they came to be settled in the land of Canaan, they sinning against the Lord; which was fulfilled in the times of the Babylonish captivity, and in their destruction by the Romans; but was threatened and foretold while they were in the wilderness, Lev 26:33; with this compare Psa 106:26.
This site's exposition
scatter them among the heathen
on Ezekiel 20:23-24
A third oath follows, sworn in the wilderness itself, that the Lord would scatter them among the heathen and disperse them through the countries. The stated ground is deliberate: not executed my judgments, despised my statutes, polluted my sabbaths, eyes after their fathers' idols.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Ver. 23, 24 onwards) Again, I raised my hand against them in the wilderness, to scatter them among the nations and disperse them in the lands, because they had not performed my judgments, and had rejected my commandments, and had violated my Sabbaths, and their eyes had been after the idols (or thoughts) of their fathers.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| גַּם־ | gam- | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| אֲנִ֗י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| נָשָׂ֧אתִי | nasati | I lifted up | H5375 → | 656 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יָדִ֛י | yadi | hand my | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| לָהֶ֖ם | lahem | to them | ||
| בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר | bamidbar | in the wilderness | H4057 → | 270 times |
| לְהָפִ֤יץ | lehafitz | to scatter | H6327 → | 67 times |
| אֹתָם֙ | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם | bagoyim | among the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| וּלְזָר֥וֹת | ulezarot | and to disperse | H2219 → | 39 times |
| אוֹתָ֖ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בָּאֲרָצֽוֹת׃ | baaratzot | among the lands | H776 → | 2504 times |
גַּם־also
gam-H1571 →769 times
אֲנִ֗יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
נָשָׂ֧אתִיI lifted up
nasatiH5375 →656 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יָדִ֛יhand my
yadiH3027 →1618 times
לָהֶ֖םto them
lahem
בַּמִּדְבָּ֑רin the wilderness
bamidbarH4057 →270 times
לְהָפִ֤יץto scatter
lehafitzH6327 →67 times
אֹתָם֙<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
בַּגּוֹיִ֔םamong the nations
bagoyimH1471 →561 times
וּלְזָר֥וֹתand to disperse
ulezarotH2219 →39 times
אוֹתָ֖ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
בָּאֲרָצֽוֹת׃among the lands
baaratzotH776 →2504 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
Psalms 106:27to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
it leads to
- Psalms 44:11
You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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.
- Psalms 44:11
Through
Leviticus 26:33But 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.
it leads to
- Zechariah 7:14
But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they…
- Deuteronomy 4:27
Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
- Deuteronomy 28:64–66
Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you…
- Ezekiel 22:15
I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you throughout the lands; I will purge your uncleanness.
- Zechariah 7:14
Through
Ezekiel 20:15Moreover, 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…
it leads to
- Psalms 95:11
So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”
- Psalms 106:26
So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,
- Psalms 95:11
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).