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I swore I would not bring them into the land I had given them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful place on earth. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/20.htm">English Standard Version</a> Moreover, 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 most glorious of all lands, <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/20.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Moreover, 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— <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/20.htm">King James Bible</a> Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/20.htm">New King James Version</a> So I also raised My hand in an oath to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, ‘flowing with milk and honey,’ the glory of all lands, <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/20.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all the lands, <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/20.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands, <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/20.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands, <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/20.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands, <a href="/amp/ezekiel/20.htm">Amplified Bible</a> I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, [a land of plenty] flowing with milk and honey, which is the ornament and glory of all lands, <a href="/csb/ezekiel/20.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> However, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given them—the most beautiful of all lands, flowing with milk and honey— <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/20.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> However, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given them—the most beautiful of all lands, flowing with milk and honey— <a href="/asv/ezekiel/20.htm">American Standard Version</a> Moreover also I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; <a href="/cev/ezekiel/20.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Instead, I told them in the desert that I would not lead them into the beautiful, fertile land I had promised. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/20.htm">English Revised Version</a> Moreover also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/20.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I also swore an oath to them in the desert. I swore that I would not bring them into the land that I had promised to give them. This land is the most beautiful land, a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/20.htm">Good News Translation</a> So I made a vow in the desert that I would not take them to the land I had given them, a rich and fertile land, the finest land of all. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/20.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Moreover, I solemnly swore to them in the wilderness that I wouldn't bring them to the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands— <a href="/msb/ezekiel/20.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Moreover, 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? <a href="/net/ezekiel/20.htm">NET Bible</a> I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them to the land I had given them--a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/20.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "'"Moreover also I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given to them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the most beautiful of all lands; <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/20.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Yet also I lifted up my hand to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; <a href="/web/ezekiel/20.htm">World English Bible</a> Moreover also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/20.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And also, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, "" Not to bring them into the land that I had given, "" Flowing with milk and honey, "" It [is] a beauty to all the lands, <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/20.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And also, I, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, Not to bring them in to the land that I had given, Flowing with milk and honey, A beauty it is to all the lands, <a href="/slt/ezekiel/20.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And also I lifted up my hand to them in the desert, not to bring them in to the land which I gave flowing milk and honey; this the glory to all lands.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/20.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> So I lifted up my hand over them in the desert, not to bring them into the land which I had given them flowing with milk and honey, the best of all lands. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/20.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And so I lifted up my hand over them in the desert, so as not to lead them into the land that I had given to them, flowing with milk and honey, the foremost of all lands. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/20.htm">New American Bible</a> Nevertheless in the wilderness I swore to them that I would not bring them into the land I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, a jewel among all the lands. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/20.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Moreover 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 most glorious of all lands,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/20.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> So I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/20.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Also I lifted to them my hands in the wilderness that I would not bring them to the land that I have given to them, that flows milk and honey; it is the glory of all the cities<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/20.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Yet also I lifted up My hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the beauty of all lands; <a href="/sep/ezekiel/20.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> But I lifted up my hand against them in the wilderness once for all, that I would not bring them into the land which I gave them, a land flowing with milk and honey, it is sweeter than all lands: <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/20-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=5175" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/20.htm">Israel's Rebellion in Egypt</a> …14But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out. 15<a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">Moreover,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">with an uplifted hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: nā·śā·ṯî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">swore</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">to them</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: bam·miḏ·bār (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">in the wilderness</a> <a href="/hebrew/1115.htm" title="1115: lə·ḇil·tî (Prep-l) -- Constructive feminine of balah; properly, a failure of, i.e. not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.">that I would not</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: hā·ḇî (V-Hifil-Inf) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">bring</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·w·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">into</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯat·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">I had given them—</a> <a href="/hebrew/2100.htm" title="2100: zā·ḇaṯ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fsc) -- To flow, gush. A primitive root; to flow freely, i.e. to have a flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow.">a land flowing</a> <a href="/hebrew/2461.htm" title="2461: ḥā·lāḇ (N-ms) -- Milk. From the same as cheleb; milk.">with milk</a> <a href="/hebrew/1706.htm" title="1706: ū·ḏə·ḇaš (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Honey. From an unused root meaning to be gummy; honey; by analogy, syrup.">and honey,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6643.htm" title="6643: ṣə·ḇî (N-ms) -- Splendor, a gazelle. From tsabah in the sense of prominence; splendor; also a gazelle.">the glory</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: lə·ḵāl (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">of all</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">lands—</a> 16because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/numbers/14-28.htm">Numbers 14:28-30</a> So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say. / Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me. / Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. <a href="/deuteronomy/1-34.htm">Deuteronomy 1:34-35</a> When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying, / “Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers, <a href="/psalms/95-11.htm">Psalm 95:11</a> So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.” <a href="/hebrews/3-11.htm">Hebrews 3:11</a> So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” <a href="/hebrews/4-3.htm">Hebrews 4:3</a> Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world. <a href="/numbers/32-10.htm">Numbers 32:10-13</a> So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and He swore an oath, saying, / ‘Because they did not follow Me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years of age or older who came out of Egypt will see the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob— / not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun—because they did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.’ ... <a href="/deuteronomy/9-23.htm">Deuteronomy 9:23</a> And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him. <a href="/psalms/106-26.htm">Psalm 106:26</a> So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness, <a href="/hebrews/3-18.htm">Hebrews 3:18-19</a> And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? / So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter. <a href="/deuteronomy/1-36.htm">Deuteronomy 1:36-38</a> except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.” / The LORD was also angry with me on your account, and He said, “Not even you shall enter the land. / Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit the land. <a href="/numbers/14-22.htm">Numbers 14:22-23</a> not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times— / not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it. <a href="/joshua/5-6.htm">Joshua 5:6</a> For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/hebrews/4-6.htm">Hebrews 4:6</a> Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience, <a href="/numbers/14-11.htm">Numbers 14:11-12</a> And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them? / I will strike them with a plague and destroy them—and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.” <a href="/deuteronomy/2-14.htm">Deuteronomy 2:14-15</a> The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them. / Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Yet also I lifted up my hand to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;I lifted<a href="/ezekiel/20-23.htm">Ezekiel 20:23</a> 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;<a href="/numbers/14-23.htm">Numbers 14:23-30</a> Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: … <a href="/numbers/26-64.htm">Numbers 26:64,65</a> But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai… flowing<a href="/ezekiel/20-6.htm">Ezekiel 20:6</a> In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/20-6.htm">Beauty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-10.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-6.htm">Flowing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-12.htm">Further</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-6.htm">Glorious</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-6.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-6.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-6.htm">Honey</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-6.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-6.htm">Milk</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-12.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-6.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-7.htm">Ornament</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-6.htm">Sware</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-6.htm">Swore</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-16.htm">Uplifted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-10.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-13.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/27-3.htm">Beauty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-17.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-13.htm">Flowing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-23.htm">Further</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-25.htm">Glorious</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-25.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-22.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-17.htm">Honey</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-32.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-4.htm">Milk</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-23.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-23.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/hosea/2-13.htm">Ornament</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-23.htm">Sware</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-23.htm">Swore</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-23.htm">Uplifted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-17.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-17.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 20</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/20-1.htm">God refuses to be consulted by the elders of Israel</a> 4. <a href="/ezekiel/20-4.htm">He shows the story of their rebellions in Egypt</a> 19. <a href="/ezekiel/20-19.htm">in the desert</a> 27. <a href="/ezekiel/20-27.htm">and in the land</a> 33. <a href="/ezekiel/20-33.htm">He promises to gather them by the Gospel</a> 45. <a href="/ezekiel/20-45.htm">Under the name of a forest he shows the destruction of Jerusalem</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical times, raising one's hand was a gesture used to affirm the seriousness of a vow. This imagery is often associated with God's unchanging and authoritative nature, emphasizing His commitment to His word. It reflects the divine authority and the certainty of God's declarations.I swore to them in the wilderness The wilderness refers to the period of Israel's journey from Egypt to the Promised Land, a time marked by testing and rebellion. This oath was made during a time when the Israelites frequently disobeyed God, leading to His decision to deny entry to the Promised Land to the rebellious generation. The wilderness serves as a backdrop for God's testing and the people's failure to trust Him fully.that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them This refers to the consequence of Israel's disobedience and lack of faith. Despite God's promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give their descendants the land of Canaan, the rebellious generation was barred from entering due to their unbelief and idolatry. This highlights the conditional nature of God's promises based on obedience and faithfulness.a land flowing with milk and honey This phrase describes the fertility and abundance of the Promised Land, symbolizing prosperity and divine blessing. It is a common biblical expression denoting a place of plenty and fulfillment. The imagery of milk and honey suggests a land capable of sustaining life and providing for the needs of its inhabitants, contrasting with the barrenness of the wilderness.the glory of all lands This emphasizes the unique and unparalleled value of the Promised Land. It was considered the most desirable and blessed of all territories, chosen by God for His people. This phrase underscores the special status of the land in God's redemptive plan and its significance in biblical history as the setting for the unfolding of God's covenant with Israel.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a> The speaker in this verse, expressing His judgment and decision regarding the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The people to whom God is speaking, specifically the generation that came out of Egypt and wandered in the wilderness. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a> The place where the Israelites wandered for 40 years due to their disobedience and lack of faith. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a> Referred to as "a land flowing with milk and honey," symbolizing abundance and God's promise to His people. 5. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> The prophet through whom God is delivering this message, during the time of the Babylonian exile.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_and_justice.htm">God's Faithfulness and Justice</a> Despite His promises, God is just and will not overlook disobedience. His faithfulness includes upholding His standards. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a> The Israelites' failure to trust and obey God resulted in missing out on His blessings. Our actions have consequences. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_faith.htm">The Importance of Faith</a> Faith is crucial in our relationship with God. Like the Israelites, we are called to trust in God's promises and timing. <a href="/topical/l/learning_from_the_past.htm">Learning from the Past</a> The history of the Israelites serves as a warning and lesson for us to avoid similar pitfalls in our spiritual journey. <a href="/topical/g/god's_promises_remain.htm">God's Promises Remain</a> While the disobedient generation did not enter the land, God's promise was fulfilled through their descendants, showing His enduring commitment.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_20.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 20</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_ezekiel_40's_details.htm">How should one reconcile the detailed architectural descriptions in Ezekiel 40 with the absence of any clear historical record of its fulfillment?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_glorifying_god_in_all_things.htm">What does glorifying God in everything mean?</a> <a href="/q/main_themes_of_bible's_books.htm">What are the main themes of the Bible's books?</a> <a href="/q/god's_role_with_humans_in_old_testament.htm">How did God interact with humanity in the Old Testament?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/20.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) I would not bring them into the land.--<a href="/context/numbers/14-28.htm" title="Say to them, As truly as I live, said the LORD, as you have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you:">Numbers 14:28-29</a>. In consequence of their rebellion and want of faith, all the men above twenty years old when they came out of Egypt were doomed by the Divine oath to perish in the wilderness. Yet He did not utterly take His mercy from them, but promised that their children should be brought into the land, as is set forth in <a href="/ezekiel/20-17.htm" title="Nevertheless my eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.">Ezekiel 20:17</a>. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/20-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Moreover, וְגַם־ (wə·ḡam-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and with an uplifted hand יָדִ֛י (yā·ḏî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand I אֲנִ֗י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I swore נָשָׂ֧אתִי (nā·śā·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> To lift, carry, take to them לָהֶ֖ם (lā·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> in the wilderness בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר (bam·miḏ·bār) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> A pasture, a desert, speech that I would not לְבִלְתִּי֩ (lə·ḇil·tî) Preposition-l <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1115.htm">Strong's 1115: </a> A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until bring הָבִ֨יא (hā·ḇî) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go them into אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the land הָאָ֣רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land I had given [them]— נָתַ֗תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set [a land] flowing זָבַ֤ת (zā·ḇaṯ) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2100.htm">Strong's 2100: </a> To flow freely, to have a, flux, to waste away, to overflow with milk חָלָב֙ (ḥā·lāḇ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2461.htm">Strong's 2461: </a> Milk and honey, וּדְבַ֔שׁ (ū·ḏə·ḇaš) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1706.htm">Strong's 1706: </a> Honey, syrup the glory צְבִ֥י (ṣə·ḇî) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6643.htm">Strong's 6643: </a> Splendor, a gazelle of all לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every lands— הָאֲרָצֽוֹת׃ (hā·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/20-15.htm">Ezekiel 20:15 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/20-15.htm">Ezekiel 20:15 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/20-15.htm">Ezekiel 20:15 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/20-15.htm">Ezekiel 20:15 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/20-15.htm">Ezekiel 20:15 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/20-15.htm">Ezekiel 20:15 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/20-15.htm">Ezekiel 20:15 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/20-15.htm">Ezekiel 20:15 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/20-15.htm">Ezekiel 20:15 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/20-15.htm">Ezekiel 20:15 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-15.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 20:15 Moreover also I swore to them (Ezek. 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