Ezekiel 20:23
The Scripture
(23) 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;
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Ezekiel 20 opens with elders coming to inquire of the Lord, who refuses and instead recounts Israel's long history of rebellion in Egypt and the wilderness, their idolatry, and profaning His Sabbaths. He withheld His fury for His name's sake among the nations, though He purposed judgment. The chapter closes with the promise to gather and purge Israel and a parable of an unquenchable fire consuming the southern forest.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ezekiel 20:15Deuteronomy 32:40Revelation 10:5Revelation 10:6Leviticus 26:33Deuteronomy 28:64Deuteronomy 28:65Deuteronomy 28:66Deuteronomy 28:67Deuteronomy 28:68Deuteronomy 32:26Deuteronomy 32:27
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