Ezekiel 20:5 “and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I chose…”

Ezekiel 20:5

and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt. With an uplifted hand I said to them, ‘I am the LORD your God.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God;

World English Bible

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;’

American Standard Version

and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when I chose Israel, and sware unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I sware unto them, saying, I am Jehovah your God;

Geneva Bible 1599

And say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord God, In the day when I chose Israel, and lift vp mine hand vnto the seede of the house of Iaakob, and made my selfe knowen vnto them in the land of Egypt, when I lift vp mine hand vnto them, and sayd, I am the Lord your God,

Darby Translation

and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up my hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up my hand unto them, saying, I [am] Jehovah your God,

Young's Literal Translation

and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: In the day of My fixing on Israel, I lift up My hand, To the seed of the house of Jacob, And am known to them in the land of Egypt, And I lift up My hand to them, Saying, I [am] Jehovah your God.

Bible in Basic English

And say to them, This is what the Lord has said: In the day when I took Israel for myself, when I made an oath to the seed of the family of Jacob, and I gave them knowledge of myself in the land of Egypt, saying to them with an oath, I am the Lord your God;

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Cross references

“In the”

Deuteronomy 7:6 Exodus 19:4–6 Deuteronomy 4:37 Deuteronomy 14:2 Psalm 33:12 Isaiah 43:10

Deuteronomy 7:6 · BSB

For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.

Exodus 19:4–6 · BSB

‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.

Deuteronomy 4:37 · BSB

Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,

Deuteronomy 14:2 · BSB

for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

Psalm 33:12 · BSB

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!

Isaiah 43:10 · BSB

“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.

“lifted up mine hand”

Ezekiel 20:15 Ezekiel 20:23 Ezekiel 47:14 Genesis 14:22 Deuteronomy 32:40 Revelation 10:5

Ezekiel 20:15 · BSB

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—

Ezekiel 20:23 · BSB

However, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.

Ezekiel 47:14 · BSB

You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with an uplifted hand to give it to your forefathers, this land will fall to you as an inheritance.

Genesis 14:22 · BSB

But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

Deuteronomy 32:40 · BSB

For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,

Revelation 10:5 · BSB

Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven.

“and made”

Exodus 3:8 Exodus 4:31 Ezekiel 35:11 Deuteronomy 4:34 Deuteronomy 11:2–7 Psalm 103:7

Exodus 3:8 · BSB

I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzi…

Exodus 4:31 · BSB

and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.

Ezekiel 35:11 · BSB

therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will treat you according to the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred against them, and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you.

Deuteronomy 4:34 · BSB

Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before…

Deuteronomy 11:2–7 · BSB

Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;

Psalm 103:7 · BSB

He made known His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel.

“I am”

Exodus 3:6 Exodus 3:16 Exodus 20:2 Exodus 20:3

Exodus 3:6 · BSB

Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

Exodus 3:16 · BSB

Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to yo…

Exodus 20:2 · BSB

“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Exodus 20:3 · BSB

You shall have no other gods before Me.

Also

Exodus 6:2

Exodus 6:2 · BSB

God also told Moses, “I am the LORD.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Confront them with the abominations of their fathers

6On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.

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