King James Version
Ezekiel 20:35 in the King James Version says “And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.”
Ezekiel 20:35 · KJV
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.
And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD.
And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: bond: or, delivering
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properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“you into the wilderness”
H4057a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
“of the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“and there will I plead”
H8199to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“to face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“to face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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