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Contemporary English Version

Ezekiel 24:8

But I have seen that blood, and it cries out for me to take revenge.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ezekiel;   Instruction;   Sin;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Allegory;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bloodguilt;   Ezekiel;   Vengeance;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance,I have put her blood on the bare rock,so that it would not be covered.
Hebrew Names Version
That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood on the bare rock, that it should not be covered.
King James Version
That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
English Standard Version
To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance, I have set on the bare rock the blood she has shed, that it may not be covered.
New American Standard Bible
"So that it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood on the bare rock, So that it will not be covered."
New Century Version
To stir up my anger and revenge, I put the blood she spilled on the bare rock so it will not be covered.
Amplified Bible
"That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood [guilt for her children sacrificed to Molech] on the bare rock, That it may not be covered."
World English Bible
That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood on the bare rock, that it should not be covered.
Geneva Bible (1587)
That it might cause wrath to arise, & take vengeance: euen I haue set her blood vpon an high rocke that it should not be couered.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood on the bare rock, That it may not be covered."
Legacy Standard Bible
That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance,I have put her blood on the bare rock,That it may not be covered."
Berean Standard Bible
In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have placed her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.'
Complete Jewish Bible
So in order to rouse my fury and excite my vengeance, I have fixed her blood there on the bare rock, where it will not be covered.'
Darby Translation
That it might cause fury to come up to execute vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.
Easy-to-Read Version
I put her blood on the bare rock so that it would not be covered. I did this so that people would become angry and punish her for killing innocent people.
George Lamsa Translation
That it might cause my fury to come up, to take vengeance; I have set her blood on the top of a smooth rock, that it should not be covered.
Good News Translation
I have left the blood there, where it cannot be hidden, where it demands angry revenge."
Lexham English Bible
To stir up rage, to avenge myself through vengeance, I placed its blood on the barrenness of a rock, so that it may not be covered."
Literal Translation
In order to cause fury to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood on a shining rock, that it should not be covered.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And therfore haue I letten her poure hir bloude vpon a playne drye stony rocke, because it shulde not be hid, and that I might bringe my wrothfull indignacion and vengeaunce vpon her.
American Standard Version
That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.
Bible in Basic English
In order that it might make wrath come up to give punishment, she has put her blood on the open rock, so that it may not be covered.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
that it might cause fury to come up, that vengeance might be taken, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.
King James Version (1611)
That it might cause furie to come vp to take vengeance: I haue set her blood vpon the top of a rocke, that it should not be couered.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
That it might cause wrath to arise, and take vengeaunce: I haue set her blood vpon a high drye rocke, that it shoulde not be couered.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
that my wrath should come up for complete vengeance to be taken: I set her blood upon a smooth rock, so as not to cover it.
English Revised Version
That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that it mai be hilid with dust, that Y schulde bringe in myn indignacioun, and `a venge bi veniaunce; Y yaf the blood therof on a ful cleer stoon, that it schulde not be hilid.
Update Bible Version
That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood on the bare rock, that it should not be covered.
Webster's Bible Translation
That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
New English Translation
To arouse anger, to take vengeance, I have placed her blood on an exposed rock so that it cannot be covered up.
New King James Version
That it may raise up fury and take vengeance, I have set her blood on top of a rock, That it may not be covered."
New Living Translation
So I will splash her blood on a rock for all to see, an expression of my anger and vengeance against her.
New Life Bible
I have put the blood on the rock where it could not be covered, so that it would cause anger and punishment."
New Revised Standard
To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance, I have placed the blood she shed on a bare rock, so that it may not be covered.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
To bring up indignation to execute an avenging, have I set her blood upon the smooth face of the cliff, - that it may not be covered.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And that I might bring my indignation upon her, and take my vengeance: I have shed her blood upon the smooth rock, that it should not be covered.
Revised Standard Version
To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance, I have set on the bare rock the blood she has shed, that it may not be covered.
Young's Literal Translation
To cause fury to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood on a clear place of a rock -- not to be covered.

Contextual Overview

1 Nine years after King Jehoiachin and the rest of us had been led away as prisoners to Babylonia, the Lord spoke to me on the tenth day of the tenth month. He said: 2 Ezekiel, son of man, write down today's date, because the king of Babylonia has just begun attacking the city of Jerusalem. 3 Then tell my rebellious people: "Pour water in a cooking pot and set it over a fire. 4 Throw in the legs and shoulders of your finest sheep and put in the juicy bones. 5 "Pile wood underneath the pot, and let the meat and bones boil until they are done." 6 These words mean that Jerusalem is doomed! The city is filled with murderers and is like an old, rusty pot. The meat is taken out piece by piece, and no one cares what happens to it. 7 The people of Jerusalem murdered innocent people in the city and didn't even try to cover up the blood that flowed out on the hard ground. 8 But I have seen that blood, and it cries out for me to take revenge. 9 I, the Lord God, will punish that city of violence! I will make a huge pile of firewood, 10 so bring more wood and light it. Cook the meat and boil away the broth to let the bones scorch.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

it might: Ezekiel 5:13, Ezekiel 8:17, Ezekiel 8:18, Ezekiel 22:30, Ezekiel 22:31, Deuteronomy 32:21, Deuteronomy 32:22, 2 Kings 22:17, 2 Chronicles 34:25, 2 Chronicles 36:16, 2 Chronicles 36:17, Jeremiah 7:18, Jeremiah 7:20, Jeremiah 15:1-4

I have set: Ezekiel 16:37, Ezekiel 16:38, Ezekiel 23:45, Deuteronomy 29:22-28, Jeremiah 22:8, Jeremiah 22:9, Matthew 7:2, 1 Corinthians 4:5, Revelation 17:1-6, Revelation 18:5-10, Revelation 18:16

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 2:5 - put Isaiah 26:21 - also Jeremiah 4:4 - lest Jeremiah 21:12 - lest Jeremiah 36:7 - for Jeremiah 44:6 - my fury Ezekiel 26:4 - make Hosea 12:14 - therefore

Cross-References

Genesis 24:4
Instead, go back to the land where I was born and find a wife for him from among my relatives."
Genesis 24:6
"No!" Abraham answered. "Don't ever do that, no matter what.
Genesis 24:17
Abraham's servant ran to her and said, "Please let me have a drink of water."
Numbers 30:5
But if he hears about it and objects, then she no longer has to keep her promise. The Lord will forgive her, because her father did not agree with the promise.
Numbers 30:8
But if her husband hears about the promise and objects, she no longer has to keep it, and the Lord will forgive her.
John 8:32
You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
Acts 7:2
Stephen answered: Friends, listen to me. Our glorious God appeared to our ancestor Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he had moved to Haran.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance,.... Into the heart and mind of God, into his face, speaking after the manner of men; observing such gross and open wickedness, he determined within himself to show his resentment, manifest his wrath and displeasure, and take vengeance on such capital and impudent offenders:

I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it might not be covered; by way of just retaliation; that as her sin was publicly committed, and no repentance shown for it, so her punishment should be open and manifest to all the world, and no forgiveness should be granted her. The Targum is,

"I have revealed their sins, because they have shed innocent blood openly, that it might not be forgiven.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The top of a rock - The blood was poured upon a naked, dry, rock where it could not be absorbed or unnoticed.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 24:8. That it might cause fury — This very blood shall be against them, as the blood of Abel was against Cain.


 
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