Ezekiel 20:17-18

20:17 Yet I had pity on them and did not destroy them, so I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.

20:18 “‘But I said to their children in the wilderness, “Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

Ezekiel 20:23

20:23 I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.

Ezekiel 20:35

20:35 I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face.