KJV King James Version
And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Ezekiel 20:35
And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, where I will enter into judgment with you face to face.
WEB World English Bible
and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there will I enter into judgment with you face to face.
ASV American Standard Version
and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there will I enter into judgment with you face to face.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I have brought you in unto the wilderness of the peoples, And have been judged with you there face to face.
Surrounding context — Ezekiel 20
32 And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.
33 [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:
34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.
35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD.
37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
Cross-references
Hosea 2:14Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.Jeremiah 2:35Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.Ezekiel 17:20And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.Ezekiel 20:36Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD.Ezekiel 19:13And now she [is] planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.Revelation 12:14And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.Jeremiah 25:31A noise shall come [even] to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them [that are] wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.Ezekiel 38:22And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that [are] with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.Ezekiel 38:8After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land [that is] brought back from the sword, [and is] gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.Micah 4:10Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go [even] to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because [there is] no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.Micah 7:13-15Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.Micah 6:1-2Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.Jeremiah 2:9Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children’s children will I plead.
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