Ezekiel 11:8
6 You have multiplied those you killed in this city and filled its streets with the dead.
7 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: The slain you have laid within this city are the meat, and the city is the pot; but I will remove you from it.
You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you, declares the Lord GOD.
9 I will bring you out of the city and deliver you into the hands of foreigners, and I will execute judgments against you.
10 You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you even to the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you, declares the Lord GOD.
- KJV
- Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.
- WEB
- You have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword on you,” says the Lord GOD.
- ASV
- Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword upon you, saith the Lord Jehovah.
- DARBY
- Ye have feared the sword, and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord Jehovah.
- BLB
- The sword you⁺ have feared, and the sword I will bring upon you⁺, a declaration of the Lord YHWH.
- ÅB
- Dere frykter for sverdet, og sverdet vil jeg la komme over dere, sier Herren, Israels Gud.
- OTB
- Dere frykter sverdet, og sverdet er hva jeg vil bringe over dere, erklærer den suverene Herren.
- B1930
- I frykter for sverdet, og sverdet vil jeg la komme over eder, sier Herren, Israels Gud.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 10:24
What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
Read in contextIsaiah 66:4
So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
Read in contextJob 3:25
For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
Read in contextIsaiah 24:17–18
Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.
Read in contextJeremiah 38:19–23
But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, for the Chaldeans may deliver me into their hands to abuse me.”
Read in contextJeremiah 42:14–16
and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’
Read in contextJeremiah 44:12–13
And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach.
Read in contextJohn 11:48
If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
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