Ezekiel 35:6

⁴ I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

⁵ Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:

Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.

⁷ Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.

⁸ And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword.

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: therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.
KJV: Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.
WEB: therefore, as I live,” says the Lord GOD, “I will prepare you for blood, and blood will pursue you. Since you have not hated blood, therefore blood will pursue you.
ASV: therefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: since thou hast not hated blood, therefore blood shall pursue thee.
DARBY: therefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will certainly appoint thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee; since thou hast not hated blood, blood shall pursue thee.
BLB: therefore, [as] I live, a declaration of the Lord YHWH, now unto blood I appoint you, and blood will pursue you; since you did not hate blood, blood will pursue you.

ÅB: derfor, så sant jeg lever, sier Herren, Israels Gud, vil jeg gjøre deg til blod, og blod skal forfølge deg; fordi du ikke har hatet blod, skal blod forfølge deg.
OTB: derfor, så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, vil jeg dømme deg til blodutgytelse, og blodutgytelse skal forfølge deg. Siden du ikke hatet blodutgytelse, skal blodutgytelse forfølge deg.
B1930: derfor, så sant jeg lever, sier Herren, Israels Gud, vil jeg gjøre dig til blod, og blod skal forfølge dig; fordi du ikke har hatet blod, skal blod forfølge dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 63:2–6
Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?
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Obadiah 1:15
For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
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Revelation 18:24
And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
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Revelation 18:6
Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
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Matthew 7:2
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
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Revelation 16:5–7
And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
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Revelation 19:2–3
For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
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Psalms 109:16–17
Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
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