Ezekiel 20:23 Midrash

גַּם־אֲנִ֗י נָשָׂ֧אתִי אֶת־יָדִ֛י לָהֶ֖ם בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר לְהָפִ֤יץ אֹתָם֙ בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם וּלְזָר֥וֹת אוֹתָ֖ם בָּאֲרָצֽוֹת׃

I lifted up My hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;

Read midrashic interpretation of Ezekiel 20:23: and classical rabbinic exegesis.