Ezekiel 20:15
20:15 I also swore
to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them to the land I had given them – a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.
Ezekiel 20:21
20:21 “‘But the children
rebelled against me, did not follow my statutes, did not observe my regulations by carrying them out (the one who obeys
them will live by them), and desecrated my Sabbaths. I decided to pour out
my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the wilderness.
Ezekiel 23:42
23:42 The sound of a carefree crowd accompanied her,
including all kinds of men;
even Sabeans
were brought from the desert. The sisters
put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads.
Ezekiel 29:5
29:5 I will leave you in the wilderness,
you and all the fish of your waterways;
you will fall in the open field and will not be gathered up or collected.
I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the skies.