Israel

Ezekiel 20:33-44

Ezekiel · ~590 BC · Status: Disputed · Evidence weight: 60%
“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: 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.”
King James Version · the opening — all 12 verses are below

The end-times regathering of Israel through a second Exodus with divine power, leading to the covenant relationship's restoration.

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20:33As 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:

20:34And 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.

20:35And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.

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.

20:37And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:

20:38And 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.

20:39As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.

20:40For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.

20:41I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.

20:42And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers.

20:43And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.

20:44And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

Fulfillment References

Isaiah 11:11-12 Ezekiel 36:24

How Traditions Read This Prophecy

Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalGod will bring Israel out from the peoples 'with a mighty hand,' into 'the wilderness of the people,' there to plead with them and purge out the rebels, until a purified people serve Him and 'know that I am the LORD.' The God who refines and regathers His own is the Lord Jesus, who will purify a people for Himself; redemption includes the judgment that separates and sanctifies.
JewishA second-exodus regathering with judgment — God bringing Israel through a 'wilderness' of purging, removing rebels, restoring a faithful remnant to worship Him.
CatholicThe regathering and purifying of God's people, read of the sifting that precedes restoration; fulfilled in the people God claims in Christ.
ProtestantA future regathering and refining of Israel (dispensational), or the purifying work of God among His people; the rebels purged, the faithful restored.
AcademicEzekiel reworks the exodus into a 'new exodus' with a wilderness judgment, emphasizing the recognition formula ('know that I am the LORD').
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