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Ezekiel 15:8

I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the sovereign 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.
Bible in Basic English
And I will make the land a waste because they have done evil, says the Lord.
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 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 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 "Son of man, of all the woody branches among the trees of the forest, what happens to the wood of the vine? 3 Can wood be taken from it to make anything useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on? 4 No! It is thrown in the fire for fuel; when the fire has burned up both ends of it and it is charred in the middle, will it be useful for anything? 5 Indeed! If it was not made into anything useful when it was whole, how much less can it be made into anything when the fire has burned it up and it is charred? 6 "Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Like the wood of the vine is among the trees of the forest which I have provided as fuel for the fire—so I will provide the residents of Jerusalem as fuel. 7 I will set my face against them—although they have escaped from the fire, the fire will still consume them! Then you will know that I am the Lord , when I set my face against them. 8 I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the sovereign 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
But Abram said, "O sovereign Lord , what will you give me since I continue to be childless, and my heir is Eliezer of Damascus?"
Genesis 15:4
But look, the word of the Lord came to him: "This man will not be your heir, but instead a son who comes from your own body will be your heir."
Genesis 15:9
The Lord said to him, "Take for me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon."
Genesis 15:10
So Abram took all these for him and then cut them in two and placed each half opposite the other, but he did not cut the birds in half.
Genesis 15:13
Then the Lord said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign country. They will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.
Genesis 15:14
But I will execute judgment on the nation that they will serve. Afterward they will come out with many possessions.
Genesis 15:17
When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking firepot with a flaming torch passed between the animal parts.
2 Kings 20:8
Hezekiah had said to Isaiah, "What is the confirming sign that the Lord will heal me and that I will go up to the Lord 's temple the day after tomorrow?"
Psalms 86:17
Show me evidence of your favor! Then those who hate me will see it and be ashamed, for you, O Lord , will help me and comfort me.
Isaiah 7:11
"Ask for a confirming sign from the Lord your God. You can even ask for something miraculous."

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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