John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 20:36

"Like as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I enter into judgment with you, saith the Lord Jehovah." — Ezekiel 20:36 (ASV)

Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt Which was opposite the land of Egypt, near unto it, on the borders of it; and into which the people immediately went, when they came out of Egypt, and passed the Red sea; and the Arabic version is, ``when I brought them out of the land of Egypt.'' This refers to the controversy the Lord had with the Israelites for murmuring upon the report of the spies; and the sentence he passed upon them, that they should not enter into the land of Canaan, but their carcasses should fall in the wilderness, (Numbers 14:29Numbers 14:30):

so will I plead with you, says the Lord God ; take vengeance on them, as the Targum; who disbelieve the Messiah, reject him, and will not have him to reign over them; these are now punished, by a dispersion of them in the wilderness of the nations, where they die and perish, and see not their own land.