Ezekiel 14:17

Judgment

¹⁵ Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts,

¹⁶ then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.

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,

¹⁸ then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered.

¹⁹ Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath upon it through bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast,

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: 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,
KJV: Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
WEB: “Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, ‘Sword, go through the land, so that I cut off from it man and animal’—
ASV: Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast;
DARBY: Or [if] I bring the sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, so that I cut off man and beast from it,
BLB: Or if I should bring the sword against that land and say, ‘Sword, pass through the land!’ And I cut off from it man and beast,

ÅB: Eller om jeg lot sverd komme over det land og sa: Sverd skal fare gjennom landet, og jeg utryddet både mennesker og fe av det,
OTB: Eller hvis jeg bringer et sverd mot det landet og sier: 'La sverdet gå gjennom landet,' og jeg eliminerer menneskeliv og dyreliv fra det,
B1930: Eller om jeg lot sverd komme over det land og sa: Sverd skal fare gjennem landet, og jeg utryddet både mennesker og fe av det,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 21:3–4
and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.
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Leviticus 26:25
And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
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Zephaniah 1:3
“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
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Ezekiel 5:12
A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.
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Jeremiah 47:6
‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’
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Ezekiel 25:13
therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword.
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Ezekiel 14:13
“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,
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Ezekiel 21:9–15
“Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished—
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