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Ezekiel 14:17

Or, a sword, I should bring upon that land, and should say. O sword! thou shalt go through the land, and so I should cut off therefrom, man and beast,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Animals;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Sword, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Reconciliation;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Job;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Crimes and Punishments;   Ezekiel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Daniel;   Job;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Judgement;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Salvation;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Media;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Or suppose I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I wipe out both man and animal from it.
Hebrew Names Version
Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and animal;
King James Version
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
English Standard Version
"Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, Let a sword pass through the land, and I cut off from it man and beast,
New American Standard Bible
"Or if I were to bring a sword on that country and say, 'A sword is to pass through the country,' and I eliminated human and animal life from it,
New Century Version
"Or I might bring a war against that country. I might say, ‘Let a war be fought in that land,' in this way destroying its people and its animals.
Amplified Bible
"Or if I were to bring a sword on that land and say, 'Let a sword go through the land and cut off man and animal from it,'
World English Bible
Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and animal;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Or if I bring a sworde vpon this land, and say, Sword, go through the land, so that I destroy man and beast out of it,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Or if I should bring a sword on that country and say, 'Let the sword pass through the country and cut off man and beast from it,'
Legacy Standard Bible
Or if I should bring a sword on that country and say, ‘Let the sword pass through the country and cut off man and beast from it,'
Berean Standard Bible
Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, 'Let a sword pass through it,' so that I cut off from it both man and beast,
Contemporary English Version
Or suppose I send an enemy to attack a sinful nation and kill its people and livestock.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Or if I bring the sword down on that land, saying, ‘Let the sword pass through the land,' so that I eliminate both its humans and its animals;
Darby Translation
Or [if] I bring the sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, so that I cut off man and beast from it,
Easy-to-Read Version
"Or I might send an enemy army to fight against that country. The soldiers would destroy that country—I would remove all the people and animals from that country.
George Lamsa Translation
Or if I should bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through that land, and I destroy man and beast from it;
Good News Translation
"Or I might bring war on that country and send destructive weapons to wipe out people and animals alike,
Lexham English Bible
Or, if I bring a sword over that land, and I say, ‘Sword, let it cross over into the land!' And I will cut off from it both human and animal.
Literal Translation
Or if I bring a sword on that land and say, Let a sword go through the land, and I will cut off man and beast from it;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Or, yf I bringe a swearde in to the londe, and charge it to go thorow the londe: so that I slaye downe man and beest in it,
American Standard Version
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast;
Bible in Basic English
Or if I send a sword against that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, cutting off from it man and beast:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say: Let the sword go through the land, so that I cut off from it man and beast;
King James Version (1611)
Or if I bring a sword vpon that land, and say, Sword, goe through the lande, so that I cut off man and beast from it:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Or if I bryng a sworde vpon this lande, and say, sworde go through the lande, so that I slay downe man and beast in it,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Or again if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Let the sword go through the land; and I cut off from them man and beast:
English Revised Version
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Ethir if Y brynge in swerd on that lond, and Y seie to the swerd, Passe thou thorouy the lond, and Y sle of it man and beeste,
Update Bible Version
Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast;
Webster's Bible Translation
Or [if] I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
New English Translation
"Or suppose I were to bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through the land,' and I were to kill both people and animals.
New King James Version
"Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, "Sword, go through the land,' and I cut off man and beast from it,
New Living Translation
"Or suppose I were to bring war against the land, and I sent enemy armies to destroy both people and animals.
New Life Bible
If I bring a sword against that country and say, ‘Let the sword pass through the country and cut off man and animal from it,'
New Revised Standard
Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, "Let a sword pass through the land," and I cut off human beings and animals from it;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Or if I bring the sword upon that land, and say to the sword: Pass through the land: and I destroy man and beast out of it:
Revised Standard Version
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Let a sword go through the land; and I cut off from it man and beast;
Young's Literal Translation
`Or -- a sword I bring in against that land, and I have said: Sword, thou dost pass over through the land, and I have cut off from it man and beast --
THE MESSAGE
"Or, if I bring war on that country and give the order, ‘Let the killing begin!' leaving both people and animals dead, even if those three men were alive at the time, as sure as I am the living God, neither sons nor daughters would be rescued, but only these three.

Contextual Overview

12 And the word of Yahweh came unto me saying: 13 Son of man, When a land, shall sin against me by committing treachery, and I shall stretch out my hand against it, And break for it the staff of bread, And send thereon famine, And cut off therefrom man and beast, 14 Then should these three men be in the midst thereof, Noah, Daniel, and Job, they by their righteousness should deliver their own lives - Declareth My Lord, Yahweh. 15 If a mischievous wild beast, I suffer to pass through the land, and that beast bereave it, so that it become too desolate for any man to pass through, by reason of the wild beast, 16 Were these three men in the midst thereof, As I live, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, Surely neither sons nor daughters, should they deliver, They alone should be delivered, But the land, should become a desolation. 17 Or, a sword, I should bring upon that land, and should say. O sword! thou shalt go through the land, and so I should cut off therefrom, man and beast, 18 Were these three men in the midst thereof, As I live! Saith My Lord Yahweh, They should deliver neither sons nor daughters, - For they alone, should be delivered. 19 Or pestilence, I, should send into that land, - and should pour out mine indignation thereon in blood, to cut off therefrom man and beast 20 Were Noah, Daniel and Job n the midst thereof, As I live, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, Surely neither son nor daughter, should they deliver, They, by their righteousness should deliver only their own lives. 21 For thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, How much less should they avail when my four calamitous judgments, sword and famine and mischievous wild beast and pestilence I have sent against Jerusalem, - to cut off therefrom man and beast?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I bring: Ezekiel 5:12, Ezekiel 5:17, Ezekiel 21:3, Ezekiel 21:4, Ezekiel 21:9-15, Ezekiel 29:8, Ezekiel 38:21, Ezekiel 38:22, Leviticus 26:25, Jeremiah 25:9, Jeremiah 47:6

so that: Ezekiel 14:13, Ezekiel 25:13, Jeremiah 33:12, Hosea 4:3, Zephaniah 1:3

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:6 - shall the sword Isaiah 65:12 - will I Jeremiah 5:10 - ye up Jeremiah 9:16 - and I Jeremiah 12:12 - the sword Jeremiah 21:6 - I will Jeremiah 25:29 - I will Jeremiah 34:17 - to the sword Jeremiah 47:7 - the Lord Ezekiel 12:14 - I will draw Ezekiel 14:21 - my four Ezekiel 21:16 - Go Ezekiel 33:2 - When I bring the sword upon a land Matthew 8:9 - Go Matthew 24:6 - ye shall hear

Cross-References

Judges 11:34
Then came Jephthah towards Mizpah, unto his own house, and lo! his daughter, coming forth to meet him, with timbrels, and with dances, - and, she, was none other than his only child, he had not, besides her, either son or daughter.
1 Samuel 18:6
But so it was, when they came in on the return of David from the smiting of the Philistine, that the women went forth out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet Saul the king, - with timbrels, with rejoicing, and with instruments of three strings.
2 Samuel 18:18
But, Absolom, had taken, and raised up for himself, in his lifetime, the pillar that is in the king's vale, for he said, I have no son, to keep in remembrance my name, so he called the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absolom's monument unto this day.
Proverbs 14:20
Even by his neighbour, is poor man hated, but, the lovers of the rich man, are many.
Proverbs 19:4
Wealth, addeth many friends, but, the poor man, from his own friend, is parted.
Hebrews 7:1
For, this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him, -

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Or [if] I bring a sword upon that land,.... The land which had grievously sinned; the same land into which a famine should come, and through which evil beasts should pass; to which, if the Lord should add, as he would, a third judgment, the sword; suffer a foreign enemy to come in among them, and destroy them. So the Targum,

"or if those that slay with the sword I should bring upon that land;''

the Chaldean army, as he did; the sword has its commission from God; war is not by chance; the invasion of a foreign enemy is from the Lord; and all the mischiefs and ravages of a tumultuous army are all by divine order:

and say, sword, go through the land; not only enter the borders of it, or proceed far in it, but even go through it; which is terrible indeed! but if the Lord bids it go, it must go, and does; it is a servant of his, and punctually obeys his commands; that is, such are those that use it, however profane and wicked they may be in themselves, as generally armies consist of dissolute persons; yet these are under a divine direction, and are obedient to the will of God, though they may know it not. So the Targum,

"and I say that they that kill with the sword pass through the land:''

so that I cut off man and beast from it; by the sword; the one being destroyed as an enemy, the other for food.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 14:0; Jeremiah 15:0 is a remarkable parallel to this prophecy. Here, as elsewhere, Ezekiel is commissioned to deliver to the exiles the same message which Jeremiah conveys to the inhabitants of Judaea. The answer discovers the nature of the questions which had been expressed or implied.

(1) Can God cast out a people who are holy unto Himself?

(2) Is it just to punish them with utter desolation?

The prophet answers:

(1) That when a people is so corrupt as to call down national judgment, individual piety shall save none but the individuals themselves.

(2) The corrupt condition of the people shall be made so manifest, that none will question the justice of God in dealing thus severely with them.

Ezekiel 14:12

Or, “When a land” - the case is first put in a general form, and then ism brought with increased force home to Jerusalem - “sinneth against me by trespassing grievously,” and I stretch out “mine hand upon it,” and break the staff of bread “thereof,” and send famine “upon it and” cut off “man and beast: though these three men” etc.

Ezekiel 14:14

Noah, Daniel, and Job - Three striking instances of men who, for their integrity, were delivered from the ruin which fell upon others. Some have thought it strange that Daniel, a contemporary, and still young, should have been classed with the two ancient worthies. But the account of him Daniel 2:0 shows, that by this time Daniel was a very remarkable man (compare Ezekiel 28:3), and the introduction of the name of a contemporary gives force and life to the illustration. There is in the order in which the names occur a kind of climax. Noah did not rescue the guilty world, but did carry forth with him his wife, sons, and sons’ wives. Daniel raised only a few, but he did raise three of his countrymen with him to honor. To Job was spared neither son nor daughter.

Ezekiel 14:22, Ezekiel 14:23

Ye shall be comforted ... - By a truer estimate of the dispensations of the Almighty. This visitation will be recognized as inevitable and just.


 
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