Ezekiel 12:14
12 And at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land.
13 But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die.
And I will scatter to every wind all the attendants around him and all his troops, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.
15 And they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.
16 But I will spare a few of them from sword and famine and plague, so that in the nations to which they go, they can recount all their abominations. Then they 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.
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- BSB
- And I will scatter to every wind all the attendants around him and all his troops, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.
- KJV
- And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
- WEB
- I will scatter toward every wind all who are around him to help him, and all his bands. I will draw out the sword after them.
- ASV
- And I will scatter toward every wind all that are round about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
- DARBY
- And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his troops; and I will draw out the sword after them.
- BLB
- And all who [are] around him [as] his help, and all his troops, I will scatter to every wind, and I will unsheath the sword after them.
- ÅB
- Alle som er omkring ham, hans hjelpere, og alle hans krigsskarer vil jeg sprede for alle vinder, og jeg vil forfølge dem med draget sverd.
- OTB
- Jeg vil spre til vinden alle som er rundt ham—hans stab og alle hans tropper—og jeg vil forfølge dem med et dratt sverd.
- B1930
- Alle som er omkring ham, hans hjelpere, og alle hans krigsskarer vil jeg sprede for alle vinder, og jeg vil forfølge dem med draget sverd.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 5:2
When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them.
Read in contextEzekiel 17:21
All his choice troops will fall by the sword, and those who survive will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.’
Read in context2 Kings 25:4–5
Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
Read in contextJeremiah 42:16
then the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow on your heels into Egypt, and you will die there.
Read in contextEzekiel 5:10–12
As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’
Read in contextJeremiah 42:22
Now therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”
Read in contextEzekiel 14:17
Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,
Read in contextEzekiel 14:21
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?
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