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;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsMoreover I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
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.
I also, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, To scatter them among nations, And to spread them through lands.
I lifted up my hand also unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’
- Author
- Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
- Date
- Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)