Ezekiel 20:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or bring them to an end in the wilderness.”
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“Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or bring them to an end in the wilderness.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Nevertheless mine eye spared them, and I destroyed them not, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Mine eye hath pity on them--against destroying them, And I have not made of them an end in the wilderness.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 20:17 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 24:10Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’
- Nehemiah 9:19You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.
- Psalms 78:37Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.
- Psalms 78:38And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.
- Jeremiah 4:27For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.
- Jeremiah 5:18“Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.
- Ezekiel 7:2“O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.
- Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”
- Ezekiel 9:10But as for Me, I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. I will bring their deeds down upon their own heads.”
- Ezekiel 11:13Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”
- Nahum 1:8But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.
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