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Ezekiel 20:23–24

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Ezekiel 20:23

23I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;

Ezekiel 20:24

24Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.

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DEFINED WORDS

Ezekiel 20:23

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

hand

The part of the body at the end of the arm; figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

scatter

To disperse, spread apart, or separate in different directions or places.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

heathen

A Gentile or nation outside Israel; one associated with the worship of other gods, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

through

From one side or end to another; by means of; throughout; or because of, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

DEFINED WORDS

Ezekiel 20:24

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

executed

Performed or carried into effect; in a judicial context, put to death.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

MEANING IN THIS VERSE

but

But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.

Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

despised

Contemned; disdained; abhorred.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

eyes

The organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, judgment, or presence, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

after

Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

idols

Images or objects of false worship; figuratively, false objects of trust or devotion.

Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

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From verse 23

  1. Leviticus 26:33
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  2. Deuteronomy 28:64–68
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  3. Deuteronomy 32:26–27
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  4. Deuteronomy 32:40
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  5. Ezekiel 20:15
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From verse 24

  1. Ezekiel 20:16
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  2. Ezekiel 6:9
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  3. Amos 2:4
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  4. Ezekiel 20:13
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  5. Deuteronomy 4:19
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