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Sunday, August 17th, 2025
the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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Ezekiel 12:14

I will force the king's people to live in the foreign countries around Israel, and I will scatter his army to the winds. The enemy soldiers will chase after them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Instruction;   Zedekiah;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gestures;   Remnant;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Band;   Wind;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will also scatter all the attendants who surround him and all his troops to every direction of the wind, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.
Hebrew Names Version
I will scatter toward every wind all who are round about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
King James Version
And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
English Standard Version
And I will scatter toward every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops, and I will unsheathe the sword after them.
New American Standard Bible
"And I will scatter to every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops; and I will draw out a sword after them.
New Century Version
All who are around the king—his helpers and all his army—I will scatter in every direction, and I will chase them with a sword.
Amplified Bible
"I will scatter to every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops; and I will draw out a sword after them.
World English Bible
I will scatter toward every wind all who are round about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And I will scatter toward euerie winde all that are about him to helpe him, and all his garisons, and I will drawe out the sworde after them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I will scatter to every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops; and I will draw out a sword after them.
Legacy Standard Bible
And I will scatter to every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops; and I will draw out a sword after them.
Berean Standard Bible
I will also scatter to the winds all the attendants around him and all his troops, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.
Contemporary English Version
His own officials and troops will scatter in every direction, and the Lord will track them down and put them to death.
Complete Jewish Bible
I will scatter to every wind all who are in attendance on him to help him, along with all his troops; and I will pursue them with the sword.
Darby Translation
And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his troops; and I will draw out the sword after them.
George Lamsa Translation
And I will scatter towards every wind all that are about him to help him and give him strength; and I will draw out the sword after them.
Good News Translation
I will scatter in every direction all the members of his court and his advisers and bodyguards, and people will search for them to kill them.
Lexham English Bible
And all who are around him, his help and all of his troops I will scatter in every direction, and I will draw the sword behind them.
Literal Translation
And all who are around him, his help and all his bands, I will scatter to every wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for all his helpers, and all his hoostes that be aboute him: I will scatre them towarde all the wyndes, and drawe out a swearde after them.
American Standard Version
And I will scatter toward every wind all that are round about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
Bible in Basic English
And all his helpers round about him and all his armies I will send in flight to every wind; and I will let loose a sword after them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I will disperse toward every wind all that are round about him to help him, and all his troops; and I will draw out the sword after them.
King James Version (1611)
And I will scatter toward euery winde all that are about him to helpe him, and all his bands, and I wil draw out the sword after them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
As for all his helpers & all his bandes that be about hym, I wyll scatter them towarde all the wyndes, and drawe out a sworde after them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I will scatter to every wind all his assistants round about him, and all that help him; and I will draw out a sword after them;
English Revised Version
And I will scatter toward every wind all that are round about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y schal scatere in to ech wynd alle men that ben aboute hym, his help, and hise cumpenyes; and Y schal draw out the swerd aftir hem.
Update Bible Version
And I will scatter toward every wind all that are round about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
Webster's Bible Translation
And I will scatter towards every wind all that [are] about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
New English Translation
All his retinue—his attendants and his troops—I will scatter to every wind; I will unleash a sword behind them.
New King James Version
I will scatter to every wind all who are around him to help him, and all his troops; and I will draw out the sword after them.
New Living Translation
I will scatter his servants and warriors to the four winds and send the sword after them.
New Life Bible
I will divide all his helpers and all his army who are around him to the four winds and have the sword follow them.
New Revised Standard
I will scatter to every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops; and I will unsheathe the sword behind them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And all who are round about him to hell him. and all his tops, will scatter to every wind, - and a sword, will I make bare after them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And all that are about him, his guards, and his troops I will scatter into every wind: and I will draw out the sword after them.
Revised Standard Version
And I will scatter toward every wind all who are round about him, his helpers and all his troops; and I will unsheathe the sword after them.
Young's Literal Translation
`And all who are round about him to help him, and all his bands, I do scatter to every wind, and a sword I draw out after them.

Contextual Overview

1 Then the word of the Lord came to me. He said, 2 "Son of man, you live among people who refuse to obey me. They have eyes to see what I have done for them, but they don't see those things. They have ears to hear what I told them to do, but they don't hear my commands, because they are a rebellious people. 3 So, son of man, pack some things as if you are leaving on a trip. Pretend that you are a prisoner being taken far away. Do this during the day so that everyone can see you. Even though these people refuse to listen to me, maybe when they see you going away, they will understand what I have been trying to tell them. 4 "During the day, take your bags outside so that the people can see you. Then in the evening, pretend you are going away. Act as if you are a prisoner going to a faraway country. 5 While the people are watching, make a hole in the wall and go out through that hole in the wall. 6 At night, put your bag on your shoulder and leave. Cover your face so that you cannot see where you are going. You must do these things so that the people can see you, because I am using you as an example to the family of Israel." 7 So I did as I was commanded. During the day, I took my bags and acted as if I were going to a faraway country. That evening, I used my hands and made a hole in the wall. During the night, I put my bag on my shoulder and left. I did this so that all the people could see me. 8 The next morning, the word of the Lord came to me. He said, 9 "Son of man, did the people of Israel—those people who always refuse to obey—ask you what you were doing? 10 Tell them that this is what the Lord God said. This sad message is about the leader of Jerusalem and all the people of Israel who live there.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I will scatter: Ezekiel 5:10-12, Ezekiel 17:21, 2 Kings 25:4, 2 Kings 25:5

I will draw: Ezekiel 5:2, Ezekiel 5:12, Ezekiel 14:17, Ezekiel 14:21, Leviticus 26:33, Jeremiah 42:16, Jeremiah 42:22

Reciprocal: Psalms 68:1 - be scattered Jeremiah 49:32 - I will scatter Jeremiah 49:37 - I will send the sword Ezekiel 22:15 - scatter Zechariah 2:6 - spread Revelation 11:6 - have power over

Cross-References

Genesis 3:6
The woman could see that the tree was beautiful and the fruit looked so good to eat. She also liked the idea that it would make her wise. So she took some of the fruit from the tree and ate it. Her husband was there with her, so she gave him some of the fruit, and he ate it.
Genesis 39:7
After some time, the wife of Joseph's master began to pay special attention to him. One day she said to him, "Sleep with me."
Matthew 5:28
But I tell you that if a man looks at a woman and wants to sin sexually with her, he has already committed that sin with her in his mind.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I will scatter to every wind all that [are] about him to help him,.... Either his bodyguards, the men of war that were with him when he fled, Jeremiah 52:7; or his auxiliary troops, the Egyptians, whom he had taken into his pay for his assistance:

and all his bands: or "wings" w; the wings of his army. The Targum interprets it his army; these were all scattered from him when he was taken, Jeremiah 52:8;

and I will draw out the sword after them: which fled into Egypt, and other countries; so that they did not escape, though they went not into captivity; see Ezekiel 5:12.

w אגפיו "alas militum", Montanus; "alas ejus", Cocceius, Starckius; so Ben Melech.


 
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