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Ezekiel 15:8

And I will make the land a waste because they have done evil, says the Lord.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - War;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Vine;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Vine, Vineyard;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.
Hebrew Names Version
I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, says the Lord GOD.
King James Version
And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord God .
English Standard Version
And I will make the land desolate, because they have acted faithlessly, declares the Lord God ."
New American Standard Bible
'So I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,'" declares the Lord GOD.
New Century Version
So I will make the land empty, because the people have not been loyal, says the Lord God ."
Amplified Bible
'I will make the land desolate (ruined, deserted), because they have acted unfaithfully [through their idolatry],' says the Lord GOD."
World English Bible
I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, says the Lord Yahweh.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when I make the lande waste, because they haue greatly offended, saith the Lord God.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,'" declares the Lord GOD.
Legacy Standard Bible
Thus I will give over the land to desolation because they have acted unfaithfully,'" declares Lord Yahweh.
Berean Standard Bible
Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the Lord GOD.'"
Contemporary English Version
I will make their country an empty wasteland, because they have not been loyal to me. I, the Lord God, have spoken.
Complete Jewish Bible
I will make the land desolate because they have dealt so treacherously,' says Adonai Elohim ."
Darby Translation
And I will make the land a desolation, because they have wrought unfaithfulness, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
I will destroy that country because the people left me to worship false gods ." This is what the Lord God said.
George Lamsa Translation
And I will make the land desolate and a horror because they have committed iniquity, says the LORD God.
Good News Translation
They have been unfaithful to me, and so I will make the country a wilderness." The Sovereign Lord has spoken.
Lexham English Bible
And I will make the land a desolation because they acted very unfaithfully!" declares the Lord Yahweh.
Literal Translation
And I will give the land to be desolate because they have done treachery, declares the Lord Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and make the londe waist: because they haue so sore offended, saieth the LORDE God.
American Standard Version
And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord Jehovah.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I will make the land desolate, because they have acted treacherously, saith the Lord GOD.'
King James Version (1611)
And I will make the land desolate, because they haue committed a trespasse, saith the Lord God.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when I make the lande waste, because they haue so sore offended, saith the Lorde God.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I will give up the land to ruin, because they have utterly transgressed, saith the Lord.
English Revised Version
And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and schal yyue the lond with out weie and desolat, for thei weren trespassours, seith the Lord God.
Update Bible Version
And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, says the Lord Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.
New English Translation
I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the sovereign Lord ."
New King James Version
Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have persisted in unfaithfulness,' says the Lord GOD."
New Living Translation
And I will make the land desolate because my people have been unfaithful to me. I, the Sovereign Lord , have spoken!"
New Life Bible
I will lay waste the land, because they have not been faithful,'" says the Lord God.
New Revised Standard
And I will make the land desolate, because they have acted faithlessly, says the Lord God .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I will therefore give up the land as a desolation, - because they have committed treachery, Declareth My Lord., Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I shall have made their land a wilderness, and desolate, because they have been transgressors, saith the Lord God.
Revised Standard Version
And I will make the land desolate, because they have acted faithlessly, says the Lord GOD."
Young's Literal Translation
And I have made the land a desolation, Because they have committed a trespass, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'

Contextual Overview

1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any branching tree which is among the trees of the woods? 3 Will its wood be used for any work? do men make of it a pin for hanging any vessel on? 4 See, it is put into the fire for burning: the fire has made a meal of its two ends and the middle part of it is burned; is it good for any work? 5 Truly, before it was cut down, it was not used for any purpose: how much less, when the fire has made a meal of it and it is burned, will it be made into anything? 6 For this cause the Lord has said: Like the vine-tree among the trees of the woods which I have given to the fire for burning, so will I give the people of Jerusalem. 7 And my face will be turned against them; and though they have come out of the fire they will be burned up by it; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord when my face is turned against them. 8 And I will make the land a waste because they have done evil, says the Lord.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I will: Ezekiel 6:14, Ezekiel 14:13-21, Ezekiel 33:29, Isaiah 6:11, Isaiah 24:3-12, Jeremiah 25:10, Jeremiah 25:11, Zephaniah 1:18

committed a trespass: Heb. trespassed a trespass, 2 Chronicles 36:14-16

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 12:20 - General Ezekiel 33:28 - I will lay

Cross-References

Genesis 15:2
And Abram said, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have all my wealth after me.
Genesis 15:4
Then said the Lord, This man will not get the heritage, but a son of your body will have your property after you.
Genesis 15:9
And he said, Take a young cow of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a sheep of three years old, and a dove and a young pigeon.
Genesis 15:10
All these he took, cutting them in two and putting one half opposite the other, but not cutting the birds in two.
Genesis 15:13
And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years;
Genesis 15:14
But I will be the judge of that nation whose servants they are, and they will come out from among them with great wealth.
Genesis 15:17
Then when the sun went down and it was dark, he saw a smoking fire and a flaming light which went between the parts of the bodies.
2 Kings 20:8
And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What is to be the sign that the Lord will make me well, and that I will go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?
Psalms 86:17
Give me a sign for good; so that my haters may see it and be shamed; because you, Lord, have been my help and comfort.
Isaiah 7:11
Make a request to the Lord your God for a sign, a sign in the deep places of the underworld, or in the high heavens.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I will make the land desolate,.... The land of Judea uncultivated, men and beast being cut off; see Ezekiel 14:15;

because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord God; acted a treacherous and perfidious part; apostatized from God, having committed idolatry, which was the cause of their ruin; and therefore it was not without a cause that the Lord did what he did, in it; see Ezekiel 14:23.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 15:8. They have committed a trespass — They have prevaricated; they are the worst of sinners, and shall have the heaviest of punishments. Can men suppose that it is possible to hide even their dark hearts from God?


 
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