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Ezekiel 20:5

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20:5and say to them:

“ ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On the day I chose Israel I swore6 to the descendants7 of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore8 to them, “I am the Lord your God.”

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Footnotes

  1. 6 Heb “I lifted up my hand.”
  2. 7 Heb “seed.”
  3. 8 Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore with uplifted hand to the descendants of Jacob and revealed myself to them in Egypt. With uplifted hand I said to them, “I am the Lord your God.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore an oath to the descendants of Jacob’s house and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore to them, saying, “I am the Lord your God.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Give them this message from the Sovereign Lord: When I chose Israel—when I revealed myself to the descendants of Jacob in Egypt—I took a solemn oath that I, the Lord, would be their God.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And you must say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “On the day of my choosing Israel I swore to the offspring of the house of Jacob, and I made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, and I swore to them, saying, ‘I am Yahweh your God.’

KJV 1900King James Version

And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the Lord your God;