Ezekiel 20:17
Yet I had pity on them and did not destroy them, so I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.
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- Ezek 11:13 : 13 Now, while I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I threw myself face down and cried out with a loud voice,“Alas, Sovereign LORD! You are completely wiping out the remnant of Israel!”
- Jer 4:27 : 27 All this will happen because the LORD said,“The whole land will be desolate; however, I will not completely destroy it.
- Jer 5:18 : 18 Yet even then I will not completely destroy you,” says the LORD.
- Ezek 7:2 : 2 “You, son of man– this is what the Sovereign LORD says to the land of Israel: An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land!
- Ezek 8:18 : 18 Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them.”
- Ezek 9:10 : 10 But as for me, my eye will not pity them nor will I spare them; I hereby repay them for what they have done.”
- Nah 1:8-9 : 8 But with an overwhelming flood he will make a complete end of Nineveh; he will drive his enemies into darkness. 9 Denunciation and Destruction of Nineveh Whatever you plot against the LORD, he will completely destroy! Distress will not arise a second time.
- 1 Sam 24:10 : 10 Today your own eyes see how the LORD delivered you– this very day– into my hands in the cave. Some told me to kill you, but I had pity on you and said,‘I will not extend my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD’s chosen one.’
- Neh 9:19 : 19 “Due to your great compassion you did not abandon them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud did not stop guiding them in the path by day, nor did the pillar of fire stop illuminating for them by night the path on which they should travel.
- Ps 78:37-38 : 37 They were not really committed to him, and they were unfaithful to his covenant. 38 Yet he is compassionate. He forgives sin and does not destroy. He often holds back his anger, and does not stir up his fury.
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- Ezek 20:18-192 verses79%
18 “‘But I said to their children in the wilderness,“Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
19 I am the LORD your God; follow my statutes, observe my regulations, and carry them out.
- Ezek 20:21-255 verses78%
21 “‘But the children rebelled against me, did not follow my statutes, did not observe my regulations by carrying them out(the one who obeys them will live by them), and desecrated my Sabbaths. I decided to pour out my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the wilderness.
22 But I refrained from doing so, and acted instead for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
23 I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.
24 I did this because they did not observe my regulations, they rejected my statutes, they desecrated my Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on their fathers’ idols.
25 I also gave them decrees which were not good and regulations by which they could not live.
- Ezek 20:12-165 verses77%
12 I also gave them my Sabbaths as a reminder of our relationship, so that they would know that I, the LORD, sanctify them.
13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness; they did not follow my statutes and they rejected my regulations(the one who obeys them will live by them), and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths. So I decided to pour out my rage on them in the wilderness and destroy them.
14 I acted for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
15 I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them to the land I had given them– a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.
16 I did this because they rejected my regulations, did not follow my statutes, and desecrated my Sabbaths; for their hearts followed their idols.
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18 Yet even then I will not completely destroy you,” says the LORD.
- Ezek 20:7-104 verses73%
7 I said to them,“Each of you must get rid of the detestable idols you keep before you, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.”
8 But they rebelled against me, and refused to listen to me; no one got rid of their detestable idols, nor did they abandon the idols of Egypt. Then I decided to pour out my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
9 I acted for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations among whom they lived, before whom I revealed myself by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
10 “‘So I brought them out of the land of Egypt and led them to the wilderness.
- Neh 9:19-213 verses73%
19 “Due to your great compassion you did not abandon them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud did not stop guiding them in the path by day, nor did the pillar of fire stop illuminating for them by night the path on which they should travel.
20 You imparted your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths; you provided water for their thirst.
21 For forty years you sustained them. Even in the wilderness they never lacked anything. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.
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38 Yet he is compassionate. He forgives sin and does not destroy. He often holds back his anger, and does not stir up his fury.
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31 However, due to your abundant mercy you did not do away with them altogether; you did not abandon them. For you are a merciful and compassionate God.
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21 I was concerned for my holy reputation which the house of Israel profaned among the nations where they went.
- Num 14:22-232 verses70%
22 For all the people have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have tempted me now these ten times, and have not obeyed me,
23 they will by no means see the land that I swore to their fathers, nor will any of them who despised me see it.
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44 In spite of this, however, when they are in the land of their enemies I will not reject them and abhor them to make a complete end of them, to break my covenant with them, for I am the LORD their God.
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23 You must not walk in the statutes of the nation which I am about to drive out before you, because they have done all these things and I am filled with disgust against them.
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34 They did not destroy the nations, as the LORD had commanded them to do.
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17 They refused to obey and did not recall your miracles that you had performed among them. Instead, they rebelled and appointed a leader to return to their bondage in Egypt. But you are a God of forgiveness, merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and unfailing in your loyal love. You did not abandon them,
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6 They did not ask:‘Where is the LORD who delivered us out of Egypt, who brought us through the wilderness, through a land of valleys and gorges, through a land of desert and deep darkness, through a land in which no one travels, and where no one lives?’
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18 Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them.”
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27 All this will happen because the LORD said,“The whole land will be desolate; however, I will not completely destroy it.
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16 ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land that he swore to them, he killed them in the wilderness.’
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20 He said,“I will reject them, I will see what will happen to them; for they are a perverse generation, children who show no loyalty.
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10 But as for me, my eye will not pity them nor will I spare them; I hereby repay them for what they have done.”
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9 “It will not be like the covenant that I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I had no regard for them, says the Lord.
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4 My eye will not pity you; I will not spare you. For I will hold you responsible for your behavior, and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that I am the LORD!
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11 “Therefore, as surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, because you defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominable practices, I will withdraw; my eye will not pity you, nor will I spare you.
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11 ‘Because they have not followed me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years old and upward who came from Egypt will see the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
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18 For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.
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17 You must not take for yourself anything that has been placed under judgment. Then the LORD will relent from his intense anger, show you compassion, have mercy on you, and multiply you as he promised your ancestors.
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10 Now the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir are coming! When Israel came from the land of Egypt, you did not allow them to invade these lands. They bypassed them and did not destroy them.
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21 So I will no longer remove before them any of the nations that Joshua left unconquered when he died,
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28 Otherwise the people of the land from which you brought us will say,“The LORD was unable to bring them to the land he promised them, and because of his hatred for them he has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.”
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15 For if you turn away from following him, he will once again abandon them in the wilderness, and you will be the reason for their destruction.”
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17 I was angry because of their sinful greed; I attacked them and angrily rejected them, yet they remained disobedient and stubborn.
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8 I will not make Israel again leave the land I gave to their ancestors, provided that they carefully obey all I commanded them, the whole law my servant Moses ordered them to obey.”
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40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and insulted him in the wastelands!
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15 Indeed, it was the very hand of the LORD that eliminated them from within the camp until they were all gone.
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5 But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were cut down in the wilderness.