Ezekiel 20:37

20:37 I will make you pass under ¹  the shepherd’s staff, ²  and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

Ezekiel 7:24

7:24 I will bring the most wicked of the nations and they will take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the arrogance of the strong, and their sanctuaries ³  will be desecrated.

Ezekiel 20:35

20:35 I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face.

Ezekiel 36:24

36:24 “‘I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries; then I will bring you to your land.

Ezekiel 12:13

12:13 But I will throw my net over him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans ⁴  (but he will not see it), ⁵  and there he will die. ⁶ 

Ezekiel 37:12

37:12 Therefore prophesy, and tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to open your graves and will raise you from your graves, my people. I will bring you to the land of Israel.

Ezekiel 37:21

37:21 Then tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to take the Israelites from among the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from round about and bring them to their land.

¹ tn This is the same Hebrew verb used to describe the passing of the children through the fire.

² sn The metaphor may be based in Lev 27:32 (see also Jer 33:13; Matt 25:32-33). A shepherd would count his sheep as they passed beneath his staff.

³ sn Or “their holy places” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NCV, NRSV).

⁵ tn Or “Babylonians” (NCV, NLT).

⁶ sn He will not see it. This prediction was fulfilled in 2 Kgs 25:7 and Jer 52:11, which recount how Zedekiah was blinded before being deported to Babylon.

⁷ sn There he will die. This was fulfilled when King Zedekiah died in exile (Jer 52:11).