Ezekiel 20:34

With a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The Lord GOD speaks through Ezekiel to the exiled house of Israel immediately after declaring His intention to rule over them with wrath.

The words — The Hebrew verbs וְהוֹצֵאתִי (ve./ho.tze.Ti) and וְקִבַּצְתִּי (ve./ki.batz.Ti) literally mean "and I will bring out" and "and I will gather." They establish the parallel structure of forced extraction followed by deliberate assembly.

The thread — This pattern of divine extraction and gathering under judgment recurs in Ezekiel 20:38 regarding the purging of rebels, Amos 9:9 describing Israel shaken among nations like sifted grain, and Ezekiel 34:16 where the shepherd seeks the lost and brings back the strays.

Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that restoration is initiated by coercive divine power rather than human initiative. It demands acceptance that being gathered from scattered lands occurs under the same outpoured wrath that rules over the people.

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The Hebrew words

וְהוֹצֵאתִ֤יve./ho.tze.Tiand/ I will bring out אֶתְכֶם֙'et./Khem<obj.>/ you מִן־min-from הָ֣עַמִּ֔יםha./'a.Mimthe/ peoples וְקִבַּצְתִּ֣יve./ki.batz.Tiand/ I will gather אֶתְכֶ֔ם'et./Khem<obj.>/ you מִן־min-from הָ֣אֲרָצ֔וֹתha./'a.ra.Tzotthe/ lands אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhich נְפוֹצֹתֶ֖םne.fo.tzo.Temyou have been scatteredבָּ֑םBa/mamong/ themבְּיָ֤דbe./Yadby/ a hand חֲזָקָה֙cha.za.Kahstrong וּבִזְר֣וֹעַu./vi/z.Ro.a'and/ by/ an arm נְטוּיָ֔הne.tu.Yahoutstretched וּבְחֵמָ֖הu./ve./che.Mahand/ with/ rage שְׁפוּכָֽה׃she.fu.Khahpoured out

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Ezekiel 20:38 And I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land in which they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Amos 9:9 “For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.
Ezekiel 34:16 I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
Isaiah 27:9 Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.
Jeremiah 44:6 Therefore My wrath and anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so that they have become the desolate ruin they are today.
Lamentations 2:4 He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.