King James Version
Ezekiel 20:37 in the King James Version says “And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: bond: or, delivering” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: bond: or, delivering”
Ezekiel 20:37 · KJV
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
And 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.
As 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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And I will cause you to pass”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
“under the rod”
H7626a scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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