"I will cause you to pass under the rod."--_Ezekiel 20:37._
GOD told His prophet Ezekiel to put the Israelites in mind of all
that He had done for them, and how ungrateful they had been--always
worshipping idols, and turning away from Him, though He had brought
them out of the land of Egypt, and led them through the wilderness, and
given them the beautiful land of Canaan. But they would not serve Him
there, so punishment had come.