Ezekiel 20:15

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands—”

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BSBPD

“Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands—”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Yet also I lifted up my hand unto 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;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Moreover also I sware unto 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;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And also, I, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, Not to bring them in to the land that I had given, Flowing with milk and honey, A beauty it <FI>is<Fi> to all the lands,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 20:15 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 14:23not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.
  2. Numbers 26:64Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.
  3. Deuteronomy 1:34When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying,
  4. Deuteronomy 1:35“Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers,
  5. Psalms 95:11So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”
  6. Psalms 106:26So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,
  7. Ezekiel 20:6On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.
  8. Ezekiel 20:23However, 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.
  9. Hebrews 3:11So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”
  10. Hebrews 3:18And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?
  11. Hebrews 4:3Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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