Ezekiel 20:15
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So I lifted up my hand over them in the desert, not to bring them into the land which I had given them flowing with milk and honey, the best of all lands.

I lifted

Ezekiel 20:23 Again I lifted up my hand upon them in the wilderness, to disperse them among the nations, and scatter them through the countries:

Numbers 14:23-30 Shall not see the land for which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any one of them that hath detracted me behold it. . . .

Numbers 26:64,65 Among whom there was not one of them that were numbered before by Moses and Aaron in the desert of Sinai. . . .

Deuteronomy 1:34,35 And when the Lord had heard the voice of your words, he was angry and swore, and said: . . .

Psalm 95:11 And these men have not known my ways: so I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest.

Psalm 106:26 And he lifted up his hand over them: to overthrow them in the desert;

Hebrews 3:11 As I have sworn in my wrath: If they shall enter into my rest.

Hebrews 3:18 And to whom did he swear, that they should not enter into his rest: but to them that were incredulous?

Hebrews 4:3 For we, who have believed, shall enter into rest; as he said: As I have sworn in my wrath: If they shall enter into my rest; and this indeed when the works from the foundation of the world were finished.

flowing

Ezekiel 20:6 In that day I lifted up my hand for them to bring them out of the land of Egypt, into a land which I had provided for them, flowing with milk and honey, which excelled amongst all lands.

Context
Israel's Rebellion in Egypt
14But I spared them for the sake of my name, lest it should be profaned before the nations, from which I brought them out, in their sight. 15So I lifted up my hand over them in the desert, not to bring them into the land which I had given them flowing with milk and honey, the best of all lands.16Because they cast off my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, and violated my sabbaths: for their heart went after idols.…
Cross References
Numbers 14:30
Shall not enter into the land, over which I lifted up my hand to make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephone, and Josue the son of Nun.

Deuteronomy 1:35
Not one of the men of this wicked generation shall see the good land, which I promised with an oath to your fathers:

Psalm 95:11
And these men have not known my ways: so I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest.

Psalm 106:26
And he lifted up his hand over them: to overthrow them in the desert;

Ezekiel 20:14
But I spared them for the sake of my name, lest it should be profaned before the nations, from which I brought them out, in their sight.

Ezekiel 20:38
And I will pick out from among you the transgressors, and the wicked, and will bring them out of the land where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and you shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 20:42
And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have brought you into the land of Israel, into the land for which I lifted up my hand to give it to your fathers.

Ezekiel 44:12
Because they ministered to them before their idols, and were a stumblingblock of iniquity to the house of Israel: therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, saith the Lord God, and they shall bear their iniquity:

Lexicon
Moreover,
וְגַם־ (wə·ḡam-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

with an uplifted hand
יָדִ֛י (yā·ḏî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand

I
אֲנִ֗י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

swore
נָשָׂ֧אתִי (nā·śā·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take

to them
לָהֶ֖ם (lā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

in the wilderness
בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר (bam·miḏ·bār)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

that I would not
לְבִלְתִּי֩ (lə·ḇil·tî)
Preposition-l
Strong's Hebrew 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until

bring
הָבִ֨יא (hā·ḇî)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

them into
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

the land
הָאָ֣רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

I had given [them]—
נָתַ֗תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

[a land] flowing
זָבַ֤ת (zā·ḇaṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2100: To flow freely, to have a, flux, to waste away, to overflow

with milk
חָלָב֙ (ḥā·lāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2461: Milk

and honey,
וּדְבַ֔שׁ (ū·ḏə·ḇaš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1706: Honey, syrup

the glory
צְבִ֥י (ṣə·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6643: Splendor, a gazelle

of all
לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

lands—
הָאֲרָצֽוֹת׃ (hā·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land


Additional Translations
Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands—Yet also I lifted up my hand to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;

Moreover also I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;

But I lifted up my hand against them in the wilderness once for all, that I would not bring them into the land which I gave them, a land flowing with milk and honey, it is sweeter than all lands:

And I also lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land that I had given [them], flowing with milk and honey, which is the ornament of all lands;

Moreover also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;

Yet also I lifted up my hand to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;

Moreover also I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;

And also, I, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, Not to bring them in to the land that I had given, Flowing with milk and honey, A beauty it is to all the lands,
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