What did God mean by this when He said this to Israel?

Question

As I live, saith the Lord God, surely with a mighty hand, and a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you. Ezekiel 20:33

And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.
Ezekiel 20:34

And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. Ezekiel 20:35

Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord God.
Ezekiel 30:36

And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and will bring you into the bond of the covenant: Ezekiel 30:37

What did He mean when saying face to face? What did He mean when He said bring you into the bond of the covenant? Is that suggesting that they were out of the bond?

Answer 1

If you watch the times even now the Isreal people are going home to their country......these are the last days.....

Answer 2

Face to face with God's Judgement.
The bond of the covenant, was the covenant (promise) and agreement to keep the Ten Commandments, that was made between God & Isreal, and the bond was broken, so God is saying"I will judge you guilty and punish you according to the bond/agreement".Ezekiel 20:37† Easy-to-read Version

Answer 3

The Lord will restore Israel to its own country in the last days - watch! He will rule them strictly, as he did in the 40 years' wandering in the desert. He will punish them for their years of unbelief. U need to read the whole of Chap.20. Look at verses 41 & 42. Hope this helps.

Answer 4

He was being a pleading pest, they had their shopping to do and work to go to, for goodness sake. Whats with all this wilderness stuff, they asked we just don't have the time and anyway we bought the damn cookies. ;) H .

Answer 5

Wow did he say all that? so you are saying there really is a God? Wow!