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Ezequiel 20:5
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y diles: "Así dice el Señor Dios : ‘El día que escogí a Israel y juré a los descendientes de la casa de Jacob, me di a conocer a ellos en la tierra de Egipto, y les juré diciendo: Yo soy el Señor vuestro Dios;
y diles: Así dice Jehová el Señor: El día que escogí a Israel, e hice juramento a la simiente de la casa de Jacob, y que fui conocido de ellos en la tierra de Egipto, cuando alcé mi mano a ellos y les juré, diciendo: Yo soy Jehová vuestro Dios;
y diles: Así dijo el Señor DIOS: El día que escogí a Israel, y que alcé mi mano por la simiente de la Casa de Jacob, y que fui conocido de ellos en la tierra de Egipto, cuando alcé mi mano a ellos, diciendo: Yo soy el SEÑOR vuestro Dios;
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
In the: Exodus 6:6, Exodus 6:7, Exodus 19:4-6, Deuteronomy 4:37, Deuteronomy 7:6, Deuteronomy 14:2, Psalms 33:12, Isaiah 41:8, Isaiah 41:9, Isaiah 43:10, Isaiah 44:1, Isaiah 44:2, Jeremiah 33:24, Mark 13:20
lifted up mine hand: or, sware - and so Ezekiel 20:6, etc. Exodus 6:8, Exodus 6:9. Ezekiel 20:15, Ezekiel 20:23, Ezekiel 47:14, Genesis 14:22, Deuteronomy 32:40, Revelation 10:5
and made: Ezekiel 35:11, Exodus 3:8, Exodus 4:31, Deuteronomy 4:34, Deuteronomy 11:2-7, Psalms 103:7
I am: Exodus 3:6, Exodus 3:16, Exodus 20:2, Exodus 20:3
Reciprocal: Exodus 29:46 - I am Leviticus 18:2 - General Judges 6:8 - a prophet Psalms 50:7 - I am Isaiah 1:2 - I have Isaiah 62:8 - sworn Jeremiah 7:25 - the day Ezekiel 16:6 - Live Ezekiel 16:8 - I sware Ezekiel 36:7 - I have lifted Micah 6:4 - I brought
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And say unto them, thus saith the Lord God,.... Here begins the account of their fathers; of God's unmerited goodness to them, and of their sins and transgressions against him, and how it fared with them:
in the day when I chose Israel; to be his peculiar people, above all people on the face of the earth; when he declared his choice of them, and made it appear that he had chosen them, and distinguished them, by special blessings and favours bestowed on them:
and lifted up mine hand to the seed of the house of Jacob; the posterity of Jacob or Israel, to whom the Lord swore that he would do such and such things for them; of which the lifting up the hand was a token; it is a gesture used in swearing, Daniel 12:7; and so the Targum,
"and I swore unto them by my word:''
and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt: by his name Jehovah; by the prophets he sent unto them, Moses, Aaron, and Miriam; and by the miracles he wrought among them:
when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I [am] the Lord your God: making promise of it, declaring it unto them, confirming it with an oath; see Hebrews 6:17.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The children of Israel in Egypt were warned to abstain from the idolatry of the pagan. This purpose they lost sight of, yet God spared them and brought them into another state of probation.
Ezekiel 20:5
Lifted up mine hand - i. e., sware, because the hand was lifted up in adjuration.
Ezekiel 20:8
Idols of Egypt - These incidental notices show the children of Israel in Egypt to have been addicted to idolatry. Compare Joshua 24:14.
Ezekiel 20:9
I wrought for my name’s sake - Lest it should appear to the Egyptians that Yahweh was a God who would, but could not, save.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezekiel 20:5. I chose Israel — They did not choose me for their God, till I had chosen them to be my people.
I lifted up mine hand — I bound myself In a covenant to them to continue to be their God, if they should be faithful, and continue to be my people. Among the Jews the juror lifted up his right hand to heaven; which explains Psalms 144:8: "Their right hand is a right hand of falsehood." This is a form used in England, Scotland, and Ireland.
