The Meaning of Ezekiel 20:35 Explained

Ezekiel 20:35

KJV: And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.

YLT: And I have brought you in unto the wilderness of the peoples, And have been judged with you there face to face.

Darby: and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there will I enter into judgment with you face to face.

ASV: and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there will I enter into judgment with you face to face.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And I will bring  you into the wilderness  of the people,  and there will I plead  with you face  to face. 

What does Ezekiel 20:35 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 20

1  God refuses to be consulted by the elders of Israel
4  He shows the story of their rebellions in Egypt
19  in the desert
27  and in the land
33  He promises to gather them by the Gospel
45  Under the name of a forest he shows the destruction of Jerusalem

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 20:35 mean?

And I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples and I will plead My case with you there face to face
וְהֵבֵאתִ֣י אֶתְכֶ֔ם אֶל־ מִדְבַּ֖ר הָֽעַמִּ֑ים וְנִשְׁפַּטְתִּ֤י אִתְּכֶם֙ שָׁ֔ם פָּנִ֖ים אֶל־ פָּנִֽים

וְהֵבֵאתִ֣י  And  I  will  bring 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
אֶל־  into 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
מִדְבַּ֖ר  the  wilderness 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִדְבָּר 
Sense: wilderness.
הָֽעַמִּ֑ים  of  the  peoples 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
וְנִשְׁפַּטְתִּ֤י  and  I  will  plead  My  case 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: שָׁפַט  
Sense: to judge, govern, vindicate, punish.
אִתְּכֶם֙  with  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
פָּנִ֖ים  face 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
פָּנִֽים  face 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.