Ezekiel 20:23

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Lev 26:33 : 33 I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you: and your land will be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
  • Ezek 20:15 : 15 Moreover also I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
  • Rev 10:5-6 : 5 The angel who I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to the sky, 6 and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there will no longer be delay,
  • Deut 28:64-68 : 64 Yahweh will scatter you among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth; and there you shall serve other gods, which you have not known, you nor your fathers, even wood and stone. 65 Among these nations you shall find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of your foot: but Yahweh will give you there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and pining of soul; 66 and your life shall hang in doubt before you; and you shall fear night and day, and shall have no assurance of your life. 67 In the morning you shall say, "I wish it were evening!" and at evening you shall say, "I wish it were morning!" for the fear of your heart which you shall fear, and for the sight of your eyes which you shall see. 68 Yahweh will bring you into Egypt again with ships, by the way of which I said to you, You shall see it no more again: and there you shall sell yourselves to your enemies for bondservants and for bondmaids, and no man shall buy you.
  • Deut 32:26-27 : 26 I said, I would scatter them afar. I would make the memory of them to cease from among men; 27 were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, lest their adversaries should judge wrongly, lest they should say, 'Our hand is exalted, Yahweh has not done all this.'"
  • Deut 32:40 : 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live forever,
  • Ps 106:27 : 27 that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.
  • Jer 15:4 : 4 I will cause them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

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  • Ezek 36:19-21
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    83%

    19 and I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.

    20 When they came to the nations, where they went, they profaned my holy name; in that men said of them, These are the people of Yahweh, and are gone forth out of his land.

    21 But I had respect for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations, where they went.

  • Ezek 20:13-18
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    82%

    13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they didn't walk in my statutes, and they rejected my ordinances, which if a man keep, he shall live in them; and my Sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness, to consume them.

    14 But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

    15 Moreover also I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;

    16 because they rejected my ordinances, and didn't walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

    17 Nevertheless my eye spared them, and I didn't destroy them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.

    18 I said to their children in the wilderness, Don't walk in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

  • Ezek 20:21-22
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    82%

    21 But the children rebelled against me; they didn't walk in my statutes, neither kept my ordinances to do them, which if a man do, he shall live in them; they profaned my Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

    22 Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them forth.

  • Ezek 22:14-15
    2 verses
    80%

    14 Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with you? I, Yahweh, have spoken it, and will do it.

    15 I will scatter you among the nations, and disperse you through the countries; and I will consume your filthiness out of you.

  • Lev 26:33
    79%

    33 I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you: and your land will be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.

  • Ezek 30:23
    78%

    23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

  • Ezek 12:14-15
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    78%

    14 I will scatter toward every wind all who are around him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.

    15 They shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall disperse them among the nations, and scatter them through the countries.

  • Ps 106:26-27
    2 verses
    78%

    26 Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,

    27 that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.

  • Jer 9:16
    77%

    16 I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.

  • Ezek 11:16-17
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    76%

    16 Therefore say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they are come.

    17 Therefore say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.

  • Jer 13:24
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    24 Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passes away, by the wind of the wilderness.

  • Zech 7:14
    76%

    14 "but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they made the pleasant land desolate."

  • Ezek 20:34
    76%

    34 and I will bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out of the countries in which you are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out;

  • Deut 32:26
    76%

    26 I said, I would scatter them afar. I would make the memory of them to cease from among men;

  • Neh 1:8
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    8 "Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, 'If you trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples;

  • Ezek 20:6
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    6 in that day I swore to them, to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.

  • Ezek 20:8-10
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    75%

    8 But they rebelled against me, and would not listen to me; they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

    9 But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, among which they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.

    10 So I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.

  • Ezek 20:24
    75%

    24 because they had not executed my ordinances, but had rejected my statutes, and had profaned my Sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.

  • Ezek 30:26
    74%

    26 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.

  • Deut 4:27
    74%

    27 Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, and you shall be left few in number among the nations, where Yahweh shall lead you away.

  • Ezek 6:14
    73%

    14 I will stretch out my hand on them, and make the land desolate and waste, from the wilderness toward Diblah, throughout all their habitations: and they shall know that I am Yahweh.

  • Ezek 29:12
    73%

    12 I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries."

  • Lev 20:23
    72%

    23 You shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I am casting out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

  • Ezek 39:24
    72%

    24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions did I to them; and I hid my face from them.

  • Hos 9:17
    72%

    17 My God will cast them away, because they did not listen to him; and they will be wanderers among the nations.

  • Jer 18:17
    72%

    17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

  • Deut 28:64
    72%

    64 Yahweh will scatter you among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth; and there you shall serve other gods, which you have not known, you nor your fathers, even wood and stone.

  • 2 Chr 7:20
    72%

    20 then I will pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

  • Jer 24:9
    72%

    9 I will even give them up to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.

  • Ezek 39:27
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    27 when I have brought them back from the peoples, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations.

  • Ezek 20:42
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    42 You shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country which I swore to give to your fathers.

  • 2 Kgs 21:14
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    14 I will cast off the remnant of my inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies. They will become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;

  • Jer 31:10
    71%

    10 Hear the word of Yahweh, you nations, and declare it in the islands afar off; and say, He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as shepherd does his flock.

  • Ezek 25:7
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    7 therefore, behold, I have stretched out my hand on you, and will deliver you for a spoil to the nations; and I will cut you off from the peoples, and I will cause you to perish out of the countries: I will destroy you; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

  • Zech 10:9
    71%

    9 I will sow them among the peoples; and they will remember me in far countries; and they will live with their children, and will return.

  • Lev 26:44
    71%

    44 Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them; for I am Yahweh their God;