🔥WEB · Ezekiel 20:35

What does Ezekiel 20:35 mean?

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

— Ezekiel 20:35 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

32

“‘“That which comes into your mind will not be at all, in that you say, ‘We will be as the nations, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.’

33

As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out, I will be king over you.

34

I will bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out of the countries in which you are scattered with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out.

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 will I enter into judgment with you,” says the Lord Yahweh.

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 Yahweh.”

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