Ezekiel 20:17

Translations

Modern

Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or bring them to an end in the wilderness.

Traditional

Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.

Literal

And My eye showed pity to them from destroying them, and I did not make a complete end of them in the wilderness.

Latin

Et pepercit oculus meus super eos, ut non interficerem eos: nec consumpsi eos in deserto.

Original

Hebrew

English

Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or bring them to an end in the wilderness.

Notes

Ezekiel 20:8–21

Each generation of Israelites rebelled against the Lord. They refused to obey the commandments he gave them.

Each time, the Lord warned that he would pour out his fury (his strong anger) on them (Ezekiel 20:8, 13, 21). But he held back his judgment. He did this for the honor of his name.

If he had destroyed them, the surrounding nations might have thought he was too weak to bring his people into the promised land.

Ezekiel 20:4–26

The Lord refused to answer their question. But this did not mean he had nothing to say.

Instead, God gave them a different message through Ezekiel. Ezekiel would describe the sinful and detestable actions of their ancestors. He would place these past sins clearly before the people.

Events

Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC

Related verses

Ezekiel 11:13
Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”
Jeremiah 4:27
For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.
Jeremiah 5:18
“Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.
Nehemiah 9:19
You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.
Ezekiel 8:18
Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”
Nahum 1:8–9
But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.
1 Samuel 24:10
Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’
Ezekiel 9:10
But as for Me, I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. I will bring their deeds down upon their own heads.”
Psalm 78:37–38
Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.
Ezekiel 7:2
“O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.

Glossary

Ezekiel, Book of Sabbath Sign

Topics

Defilement: Moral, Caused by Making and Serving Idols God: Longsuffering of God: Mercy of The Patience of God: Exercised Toward: His People

Ezekiel 20:17

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