Ezekiel 20:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“However, 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.”
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“However, 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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;”
King James Version · Public Domain“Moreover I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“I also, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, To scatter them among nations, And to spread them through lands.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 20:23 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 26:33But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
- Deuteronomy 4:27Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
- Deuteronomy 28:64Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
- Deuteronomy 32:26I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,
- Deuteronomy 32:40For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,
- Psalms 106:27to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
- Jeremiah 15:4I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 11:16Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries to which they have gone.’
- Ezekiel 20:15Moreover, 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—
- Revelation 10:5Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven.
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