Ezekiel 14:19

Judgment

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,

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.

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,

²⁰ then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.

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?

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 send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath upon it through bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast,
KJV: Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:
WEB: “Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath on it in blood, to cut off from it man and animal—
ASV: Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast;
DARBY: Or [if] I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast,
BLB: Or if I should send a pestilence into that land and pour out My fury on it in blood, and cut off from it man and beast,

ÅB: Eller om jeg sendte pest i det land og utøste min harme over det med blod for å utrydde både mennesker og fe av det,
OTB: Eller hvis jeg sender en pest inn i det landet og utøser min vrede over det gjennom blodutgytelse, og eliminerer menneskeliv og dyreliv,
B1930: Eller om jeg sendte pest i det land og utøste min harme over det med blod for å utrydde både mennesker og fe av det,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 38:22
I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.
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Jeremiah 14:12
Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”
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2 Samuel 24:15
So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.
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Ezekiel 7:8
Very soon I will pour out My wrath upon you and vent My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.
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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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1 Kings 8:37
When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,
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Jeremiah 21:9
Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war.
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Deuteronomy 28:59–61
He will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses.
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