Ezekiel 20:42

“And ye shall know that I am the Lord, &c.] The one only Jehovah, that keeps covenant; performs promises; is faithful to his word; is kind, gracious, and merciful, as well as mighty and powerful; and all this they shall experimentally know, and publicly own and acknowledge: when I shall bring you into the land of Israel; which will be the Lord’s doing; his hand and his power will be signally seen in it; this is one of the places in prophecy, which clearly asserts that the Jews, when converted, shall be brought into their own land again: into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand, to give it to your fathers; that is, which he swore he would give unto them.”

“God’s future dealings with His people: (1) in judgment Ezekiel 20:32-38; (2) in mercy Ezekiel 20:39-44. Ezekiel 20:32 The inquirers had thought that if Jerusalem were taken, and the whole people became sojourners in a foreign land, they would cease to be a separate nation. In their love for idolatry some may have even desired this. But more probably they thought that this very consequence precluded the possibility of such a catastrophe. God answers that He will not allow them to become as the pagan, but this will only subject them to severer trial and stricter rule. Ezekiel 20:33 The expressions “a mighty hand, stretched out arm” carry back the thoughts to Egyptian bondage Deuteronomy 4:34;…”

“ye shall: Eze 20:38, Eze 20:44, Eze 24:24, Eze 26:13, Eze 36:23, Eze 38:23; Jer 24:7, Jer 31:34; Joh 17:3; Jo1 5:20 when I: Eze 11:17-20, Eze 34:13, Eze 36:24, Eze 37:21, Eze 37:25 for the which: Eze 20:15 Ezekiel 20:43”