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Ezekiel 6:10

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8 Yet I will leave a remnant, for some of you will escape the sword when you are scattered among the nations and throughout the lands.

9 Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.

And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not declare in vain that I would bring this calamity upon them.

11 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.

12 He who is far off will die by the plague, he who is near will fall by the sword, and he who remains will die by famine. So I will vent My fury upon them.

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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
And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not declare in vain that I would bring this calamity upon them.
KJV
And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.
WEB
They will know that I am the LORD. I have not said in vain that I would do this evil to them.”’
ASV
And they shall know that I am Jehovah: I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.
DARBY
And they shall know that I [am] Jehovah: I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.
BLB
And they will know that I [am] YHWH. Not in vain have I spoken that I would bring upon them this evil!
ÅB
og de skal kjenne at jeg er Herren. Det er ikke for ingen ting jeg har talt om å føre denne ulykke over dem.
OTB
Og de skal forstå at jeg er Herren; jeg talte ikke forgjeves at jeg ville bringe denne katastrofen over dem.
B1930
og de skal kjenne at jeg er Herren. Det er ikke for ingen ting jeg har talt om å føre denne ulykke over dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 5:12–14

    They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.

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  • Jeremiah 44:28

    Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!

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  • Ezekiel 6:7

    The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.

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  • Zechariah 1:6

    But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”

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  • Daniel 9:12

    You have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.

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  • Ezekiel 14:22–23

    Yet, behold, some survivors will be left in it—sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their conduct and actions, you will be comforted regarding the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem—all that I have brought upon it.

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