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Ezekiel 20:37 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" “I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant. "

Ezekiel 20:37

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35 I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face.

36 Just as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you,” says the Lord GOD.

37 “I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

38 I will purge out from among you the rebels and those who disobey me. I will bring them out of the land where they live, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”

39 “‘As for you, house of Israel, the Lord GOD says: “Go, everyone serve his idols, and hereafter also, if you will not listen to me; but you shall no more profane my holy name with your gifts and with your idols.

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From This Chapter

Ezekiel 20:1

"In the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me."

Ezekiel 20:2

"The LORD’s word came to me, saying,"

Ezekiel 20:3

"“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Is it to inquire of me that you have come? As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “I will not be inquired of by you.”’"

Ezekiel 20:4

"“Will you judge them, son of man? Will you judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers."

Ezekiel 20:5

"Tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says: “In the day when I chose Israel, and swore to the offspring of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, ‘I am the LORD your God;’"

Ezekiel 20:6

"in that day I swore to them to bring them 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."

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