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Ezekiel 20:23-24
New English Translation
Ezekiel 20:23-24
New English Translation
23 I also swore[a] to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.[b] 24 I did this[c] because they did not observe my regulations, they rejected my statutes, they desecrated my Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on[d] their fathers’ idols.
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- Ezekiel 20:23 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”
- Ezekiel 20:23 sn Though the Pentateuch does not seem to know of this episode, Ps 106:26-27 may speak of God’s oath to exile the people before they had entered Canaan.
- Ezekiel 20:24 tn The words “I did this” are not in the Hebrew text but are supplied for stylistic reasons. Verses 23-24 are one long sentence in the Hebrew text. The translation divides this sentence into two for stylistic reasons.
- Ezekiel 20:24 tn Or “they worshiped” (NCV, TEV, CEV); Heb “their eyes were on” or “were after” (cf. v. 16).
Ezekiel 20:23-24
New International Version
Ezekiel 20:23-24
New International Version
23 Also with uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would disperse them among the nations and scatter(A) them through the countries, 24 because they had not obeyed my laws but had rejected my decrees(B) and desecrated my Sabbaths,(C) and their eyes lusted after(D) their parents’ idols.(E)
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