Charles Ellicott Commentary Ezekiel 20:33

"As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out, will I be king over you:" — Ezekiel 20:33 (ASV)

With a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm. — As the portrayals of this whole passage are based on the exodus from Egypt , so this particular expression is the standard expression in the Pentateuch for the series of mighty acts by which the Lord brought about that deliverance (see Exodus 6:1, Exodus 6:6, Deuteronomy 4:34, Deuteronomy 5:15, Deuteronomy 7:19, etc.). In Exodus 6:6 it is connected with “great judgments”; here and in the next verse, on the contrary, with “fury poured out.” Then the Almighty power was revealed for deliverance, but now it will be for discipline; He “will rule over” and purify them with the same irresistible energy that He previously exerted to save them from their enemies.