Ezekiel 33:27

Judgment

²⁵ Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?

²⁶ You have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighbor’s wife. Should you then possess the land?’

Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.

²⁸ I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through.

²⁹ Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolate waste because of all the abominations they have committed.’

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: Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.
KJV: Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
WEB: “You shall tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says: “As I live, surely those who are in the waste places will fall by the sword. I will give whoever is in the open field to the animals to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves will die of the pestilence.
ASV: Thus shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As I live, surely they that are in the waste places shall fall by the sword; and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured; and they that are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
DARBY: Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: [As] I live, verily they that are in the waste places shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
BLB: Thus you shall say to them, thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘[As] I live, surely those who [are] in the ruins will fall by the sword, and the one who [is] upon the face of the field I will give to the beasts to eat him, and those who [are] in the strongholds and in the caves will die by the pestilence.

ÅB: Så skal du si til dem: Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Så sant jeg lever, de som bor blant grushaugene, skal falle for sverdet, og den som er på marken, ham gir jeg til føde for de ville dyr, og de som er i fjellborgene og i hulene, skal dø av pest.
OTB: Du skal si dette til dem: 'Dette sier Herren Gud: Så sant jeg lever, de som er i ruinene skal falle for sverdet, og de som er i det åpne feltet vil jeg gi til de ville dyrene for å bli fortært, og de som er i festninger og huler skal dø av pest.
B1930: Så skal du si til dem: Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Så sant jeg lever, de som bor blandt grushaugene, skal visselig falle for sverdet, og den som er på marken, ham gir jeg til føde for de ville dyr, og de som er i fjellborgene og i hulene, skal dø av pest.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Samuel 13:6
Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.
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Jeremiah 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.”
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Ezekiel 39:4
On the mountains of Israel you will fall—you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to every kind of ravenous bird and wild beast.
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Jeremiah 41:9
Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men he had struck down along with Gedaliah was a large one that King Asa had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.
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Jeremiah 15:2–4
If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’
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Ezekiel 6:11–14
This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague.
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1 Samuel 22:1
So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
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1 Samuel 23:14
And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.
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