Ezekiel 6:9
7 The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
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.
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.
10 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.
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
- 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.
- KJV
- And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
- WEB
- Those of you that escape will remember me among the nations where they are carried captive, how I have been broken with their lewd heart, which has departed from me, and with their eyes, which play the prostitute after their idols. Then they will loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
- ASV
- And those of you that escape shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captive, how that I have been broken with their lewd heart, which hath departed from me, and with they eyes, which play the harlot after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
- DARBY
- And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they have been carried captives, when I shall have broken their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols; and they shall loathe themselves for the evils which they have committed, in all their abominations.
- BLB
- And your⁺ escapees will remember Me in the nations to which they are carried captive there, how I was broken by their prostituting heart that turned away from Me, and by their eyes seeking prostitution after their idols; and they will be loathsome in their own sight for the evils that they did by all their abominations.
- ÅB
- Og de av dere som slipper unna, skal komme meg i hu blant folkene, hvor de er i fangenskap, når jeg har knust deres utro hjerter som var veket fra meg, og deres øyne som i utroskap fulgte deres motbydelige avguder; og de skal vemmes ved seg selv for de onde gjerningers skyld som de har gjort - for alle sine styggedommer,
- OTB
- Da, blant nasjonene hvor de er blitt tatt til fange, vil de som unnslipper huske meg—hvordan jeg ble bedrøvet av deres utro hjerter som vendte seg bort fra meg, og av deres øyne som begjærte deres avguder. De vil avsky seg selv for det onde de har gjort og for alle deres avskyelige handlinger.
- B1930
- Og de av eder som slipper unda, skal komme mig i hu blandt folkene, hvor de er i fangenskap, når jeg har knust deres utro hjerter som var veket fra mig, og deres øine som i utroskap fulgte deres motbydelige avguder; og de skal vemmes ved sig selv for de onde gjerningers skyld som de har gjort - for alle sine vederstyggeligheter,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 20:43
There you will remember your ways and all the deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evils you have done.
Read in contextIsaiah 7:13
Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?
Read in contextPsalms 78:40
How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!
Read in contextJob 42:6
Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
Read in contextIsaiah 43:24
You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.
Read in contextZechariah 10:9
Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return.
Read in contextEzekiel 20:7
And I said to them: ‘Each of you must throw away the abominations before his eyes, and you must not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:29–31
But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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