Ezekiel 20:5

God recalls choosing Israel and revealing Himself in Egypt, swearing 'I am Yahweh your God.' Their history begins with sovereign grace and covenant commitment.

Cross-references · 27

• Gen 14:22Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
• Exod 3:8I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
• Ezek 20:15Moreover 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;
• Exod 4:31The people believed, and when they heard that Yahweh had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.
• Exod 6:6–7Therefore tell the children of Israel, ‘I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments:
• Ezek 20:23Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
• Ezek 47:14You shall inherit it, one as well as another; for I swore to give it to your fathers: and this land shall fall to you for inheritance.
• Deut 7:6For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
• Ps 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.
• Isa 44:1–2Yet listen now, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.
• Deut 32:40For I lift up my hand to heaven and declare, as I live forever,
• Exod 19:4–6‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings, and brought you to myself.
• Jer 33:24“Don’t consider what this people has spoken, saying, ‘The two families which Yahweh chose, he has cast them off?’ Thus they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.”
• Deut 4:34Or has God tried to go and take a nation for himself from among another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
• Deut 4:37Because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their offspring after them, and brought you out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;
• Ps 103:7He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel.
• Exod 6:2God spoke to Moses, and said to him, “I am Yahweh;
• Deut 14:2For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
• Rev 10:5The angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to the sky,
• Exod 20:2–3“I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
• Isa 43:10“You are my witnesses,” says Yahweh, “With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, neither will there be after me.
• Exod 3:16Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt;
• Mark 13:20Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days.
• Ezek 35:11therefore, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will do according to your anger, and according to your envy which you have shown out of your hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I shall judge you.
• Deut 11:2–7Know this day: for I don’t speak with your children who have not known, and who have not seen the chastisement of Yahweh your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, his outstretched arm,
• Exod 3:6Moreover he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God.
• Isa 41:8–9“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham my friend,

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