Catholic Public Domain Version
"Again, I lifted up my hand against them, in the wilderness, so that I would disperse them among the nations, and scatter them among the lands. "
— Ezekiel 20:23, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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;”
“Moreover I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries; ”
“Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;”
“I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.”
“Again I lifted up my hand upon them in the wilderness, to disperse them among the nations, and scatter them through the countries:”
“Further, I gave my oath to them in the waste land that I would send them wandering among the nations, driving them out among the countries;”
“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;”
And sanctify my Sabbaths, so that these may be a sign between me and you, and so that you may know that I am the Lord your God.’
But their sons provoked me. They did not walk in my precepts. And they did not observe my judgments, so as to do them; for if a man does them, he shall live by them. And they violated my Sabbaths. And so, I threatened that I would pour out my fury upon them, and that I would fulfill my wrath among them in the desert.
But I turned aside my hand, and I acted for the sake of my name, so that it would not be violated before the Gentiles, from whom I cast them out, before their eyes.
Again, I lifted up my hand against them, in the wilderness, so that I would disperse them among the nations, and scatter them among the lands.
For they had not accomplished my judgments, and they had rejected my precepts, and they had violated my Sabbaths. And their eyes had been after the idols of their fathers.
Therefore, I also gave them precepts that were not good, and judgments by which they shall not live.
And I defiled them by their own gifts, when they offered everything that opened the womb, because of their offenses. And they shall know that I am the Lord.