Ezekiel 20:5

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and say to them: Thus says the Lord God: On the day when I chose Israel, I swore to the offspring of the house of Jacob—making myself known to them in the land of Egypt—I swore to them, saying, I am the Lord your God.

Cross References

Genesis 14:22

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have sworn to the Lord, God Most High, maker of heaven and earth,

1 Kings 18:39

When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, “The Lord indeed is God; the Lord indeed is God.”

Psalm 103:7

He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel.

Psalm 33:12

Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage.

Exodus 3:16

Go and assemble the elders of Israel, and say to them, ‘The Lord, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying: I have given heed to you and to what has been done to you in Egypt.

Exodus 3:6

He said further, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

Exodus 3:8

and I have come down to deliver them from the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the country of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

Exodus 4:31

The people believed; and when they heard that the Lord had given heed to the Israelites and that he had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.

Exodus 6:2

God also spoke to Moses and said to him: “I am the Lord.

Exodus 6:3

I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name ‘The Lord’ I did not make myself known to them.

Exodus 6:8

I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; I will give it to you for a possession. I am the Lord.’ ”

Isaiah 43:10

You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.

Jeremiah 33:24

Have you not observed how these people say, “The two families that the Lord chose have been rejected by him,” and how they hold my people in such contempt that they no longer regard them as a nation?

Ezekiel 16:8

I passed by you again and looked on you; you were at the age for love. I spread the edge of my cloak over you, and covered your nakedness: I pledged myself to you and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord God, and you became mine.

Ezekiel 20:15

Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most glorious of all lands,

Ezekiel 20:23

Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries,

Ezekiel 34:24

And I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them; I, the Lord, have spoken.

Ezekiel 35:11

therefore, as I live, says the Lord God, I will deal with you according to the anger and envy that you showed because of your hatred against them; and I will make myself known among you, when I judge you.

Ezekiel 47:14

You shall divide it equally; I swore to give it to your ancestors, and this land shall fall to you as your inheritance.

Daniel 12:7

The man clothed in linen, who was upstream, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven. And I heard him swear by the one who lives forever that it would be for a time, two times, and half a time, and that when the shattering of the power of the holy people comes to an end, all these things would be accomplished.

Leviticus 18:2

Speak to the people of Israel and say to them: I am the Lord your God.

Mark 13:20

And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut short those days.

Deuteronomy 14:2

For you are a people holy to the Lord your God; it is you the Lord has chosen out of all the peoples on earth to be his people, his treasured possession.

Deuteronomy 32:40

For I lift up my hand to heaven, and swear: As I live forever,

Deuteronomy 4:34

Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs and wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by terrifying displays of power, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?

Deuteronomy 4:37

And because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants after them. He brought you out of Egypt with his own presence, by his great power,

Deuteronomy 7:6

For you are a people holy to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on earth to be his people, his treasured possession.

Deuteronomy 7:7

It was not because you were more numerous than any other people that the Lord set his heart on you and chose you—for you were the fewest of all peoples.

Revelation 10:5

Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and the land raised his right hand to heaven

Revelation 10:6

and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it: “There will be no more delay,