I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered throughout the lands. I judged them according to their ways and deeds.
Parallel translations
- WEB and I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
- KJV And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
- NKJV So I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the countries; I judged them according to their ways and their deeds.
- NASB I also scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the lands. According to their ways and their deeds I judged them.
- NLT I scattered them to many lands to punish them for the evil way they had lived.
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Quick answer
God scattered Israel among the nations as a just judgment fitting their deeds. The dispersion was His doing, not mere political misfortune.
Overview
Israel's exile among many countries fulfilled the covenant curses warned of in the Law. God judged 'according to their way and their doings,' showing His justice. Yet even in scattering them, He remained their sovereign Lord, setting the stage for a gracious regathering.
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Cross-references · 12
- Ezek 39:24I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and transgressions, and I hid My face from them.
- Deut 28:64Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
- 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.
- Ezek 22:15I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you throughout the lands; I will purge your uncleanness.
- Ezek 18:30Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.
- Rom 2:6God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”
- Ezek 5:12A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.
- Rev 20:12–15And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.
- Ezek 7:8Very soon I will pour out My wrath upon you and vent My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.
- Ezek 22:31So I have poured out My indignation upon them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their ways down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”
- Ezek 7:3The end is now upon you, and I will unleash My anger against you. I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.
- Lev 26:38You will perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies will consume you.
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