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Ezekiel 7:15

Judgment

13 The seller will surely not recover what he sold while both remain alive. For the vision concerning the whole multitude will not be revoked, and because of their iniquity, not one of them will preserve his life.

14 They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but no one goes to war, for My wrath is upon the whole multitude.

The sword is outside; plague and famine are within. Those in the country will die by the sword, and those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague.

16 The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.

17 Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water.

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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.

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BSB
The sword is outside; plague and famine are within. Those in the country will die by the sword, and those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague.
KJV
The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
WEB
“‘The sword is outside, and the pestilence and the famine within. He who is in the field will die by the sword. He who is in the city will be devoured by famine and pestilence.
ASV
The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword: and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
DARBY
The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die by the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
BLB
The sword [is] is outside, and pestilence and famine inside the house. The one who [is] in the field will die by the sword, and the one who [is] in the city, famine and pestilence will devour him.
ÅB
Sverdet utenfor og pesten og hungeren innenfor; den som er ute på marken, skal dø ved sverdet, og den som er inne i byen, ham skal hunger og pest fortære.
OTB
Sverdet er utenfor byen, og pest og hungersnød er innenfor. De som er på marken vil dø ved sverdet, mens hungersnød og pest vil fortære dem i byen.
B1930
Sverdet utenfor og pesten og hungeren innenfor; den som er ute på marken, skal dø ved sverdet, og den som er inne i byen, ham skal hunger og pest fortære.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 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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  • Jeremiah 14:18

    If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”

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  • Lamentations 1:20

    See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.

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  • Jeremiah 15:2–3

    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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  • Deuteronomy 32:23–25

    I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.

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  • Ezekiel 6:12

    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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