Ezekiel 20:23

Amplified Bible

"Moreover, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the [Gentile] nations and disperse them among the countries,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
However, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would disperse them among the nations and scatter them among the countries.

Hebrew Names Version
Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;

King James Version
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;

English Standard Version
Moreover, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries,

New American Standard Bible
"Also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the lands,

New Century Version
And in the desert I swore to the Israelites that I would scatter them among the nations and spread them among the countries,

World English Bible
Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Yet I lift vp mine hande vnto them in the wildernes, that I would scatter them among the heathen, & disperse them through the countreys,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the lands,

Legacy Standard Bible
Also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the lands

Berean Standard Bible
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.

Contemporary English Version
So I solemnly swore that I would scatter the people of Israel across the nations,

Complete Jewish Bible
"‘I also raised my hand and swore to them in the desert that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries;

Darby Translation
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;

Easy-to-Read Version
So I made another promise to those people in the desert. I promised to scatter them among the nations, to send them to many different countries.

George Lamsa Translation
But I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the Gentiles and disperse them through the countries;

Good News Translation
So I made another vow in the desert. I vowed that I would scatter them all over the world.

Lexham English Bible
What is more, I swore to them in the desert to scatter them among the nations and to disperse them in the lands,

Literal Translation
And I lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, to scatter them among the nations and sow them among the lands,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I lift vp myne honde ouer them also in the wildernesse, that I wolde scatre them amonge the Heithen, and strowe them amonge the nacions:

American Standard Version
Moreover I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;

Bible in Basic English
Further, I gave my oath to them in the waste land that I would send them wandering among the nations, driving them out among the countries;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
I lifted up My hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;

King James Version (1611)
I lifted vp mine hand vnto them also in the wildernesse, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countreys;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I lift vp my hande to them also in the wildernesse, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and strawe them among the nations:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I lifted up my hand against them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the Gentiles, and disperse them in the countries;

English Revised Version
Moreover I lifted up mine hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Eft Y reiside myn hond ayens hem in wildirnesse, that Y schulde scatere hem in to naciouns, and wyndewe hem in to londis;

Update Bible Version
Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;

Webster's Bible Translation
I lifted up my hand to them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;

New English Translation
I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.

New King James Version
Also I raised My hand in an oath to those in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the Gentiles and disperse them throughout the countries,

New Living Translation
But I took a solemn oath against them in the wilderness. I swore I would scatter them among all the nations

New Life Bible
And I promised them in the desert that I would send them everywhere among the nations and spread them out among the lands.

New Revised Standard
Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Even, I, lifted up my hand to them in the desert, - That I would disperse them throughout the nations, And scatter them throughout the lands;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Again I lifted up my hand upon them in the wilderness, to disperse them among the nations, and scatter them through the countries:

Revised Standard Version
Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries,

Young's Literal Translation
I also, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, To scatter them among nations, And to spread them through lands.

THE MESSAGE
"‘But I did lift my hand in solemn oath there in the desert, and swore that I would scatter them all over the world, disperse them every which way because they didn't keep my laws nor live by my statutes. They desecrated my Sabbaths and remained addicted to the no-god idols of their parents. Since they were determined to live bad lives, I myself gave them statutes that could not produce goodness and laws that did not produce life. I abandoned them. Filthy in the gutter, they perversely sacrificed their firstborn children in the fire. The very horror should have shocked them into recognizing that I am God .'

Contextual Overview

¹⁰"So I made them leave the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness. ¹¹"I gave them My statutes and explained My ordinances to them, which, if a man keeps, he will live. ¹²"Also I gave them My Sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know [without any doubt] that I am the LORD who sanctifies them (separates and sets them apart). ¹³"But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes and they despised and rejected My ordinances, which, if a man keeps, he will live; and they greatly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I decided to pour out My wrath on them in the wilderness, to annihilate them. ¹⁴"But I acted for My Name's sake, that it would not be profaned in the sight of the [pagan] nations in whose sight I had brought them out [of slavery]. ¹⁵"I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, [a land of plenty] flowing with milk and honey, which is the ornament and glory of all lands, ¹⁶because they rejected My ordinances, and as for My statutes, they did not walk in them; they even profaned My Sabbaths, for their heart continually went after their [worthless] idols. ¹⁷"Yet My eye [looked on them with compassion and] spared them instead of destroying them, and I did not annihilate them in the wilderness. ¹⁸"But I said to their children in the wilderness, 'Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers nor observe their ordinances nor defile yourselves with their idols. ¹⁹'I am the LORD your God; walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and observe them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

lifted: Ezekiel 20:15, Deuteronomy 32:40, Revelation 10:5, Revelation 10:6

that I: The predictions of the dispersion of Israel, delivered by Moses just before his death, are evidently here referred to: they received a partial accomplishment at the Babylonian captivity, but are more exactly fulfilling at this day. Leviticus 26:33, Deuteronomy 28:64-68, Deuteronomy 32:26, Deuteronomy 32:27, Psalms 106:27, Jeremiah 15:4

Reciprocal: Exodus 6:8 - swear Jeremiah 9:16 - scatter Ezekiel 5:10 - the whole Ezekiel 20:5 - lifted up mine hand Ezekiel 20:6 - lifted Ezekiel 44:12 - therefore

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I lifted up mine hand also to them in the wilderness,.... Swore unto them, as in Ezekiel 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, Leviticus 26:33; with this compare Psalms 106:26.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The probation in the wilderness. The promise was forfeited by those to whom it was first conditionally made, but was renewed to their children.

Ezekiel 20:11

The “statutes” were given on Mount Sinai, and repeated by Moses before his death (Exodus 20:1 ff; Deuteronomy 4:8).

In them - Or, through them: and in Ezekiel 20:13.

Ezekiel 20:12

See Exodus 31:13. The Sabbath was a sign of a special people, commemorative of the work of creation, and hallowed to the honor of Yahweh, the covenant-God. As man honored God by keeping the Sabbath holy, so by the Sabbath, God “sanctified” Israel and marked them as a holy people. Therefore to profane the Sabbath was to abjure their Divine Governor.

Ezekiel 20:13

My sabbaths they greatly polluted - Not by actual non-observance of the sabbatical rest in the wilderness, but in failing to make the day holy in deed as well as in name by earnest worship and true heart service.

Ezekiel 20:18

The book of Deuteronomy contains the address to “the children” of those who perished in the wilderness. The whole history of Israel was a repetition of this course. The covenant was made with one generation, broken by them, and then renewed to the next.

Ezekiel 20:25

The “judgments whereby they should not live” are those spoken of in Ezekiel 20:18, and are contrasted with the judgments in Ezekiel 20:13, Ezekiel 20:21, laws other than divine, to which God gives up those whom He afflicts with judicial blindness, because they have willfully closed their eyes, Psalms 81:12; Romans 1:24.

Ezekiel 20:26

To pass through - The word also means to “set apart,” as the firstborn to the Lord Exodus 13:12. They were bidden to “set apart” their firstborn males to the Lord. They “caused them to pass through the fire” to Moloch. An instance of their perversion of God’s laws.