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Ezekiel 14:17
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“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.
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;
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:
"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,
"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,
"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.
"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,'
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;
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,
"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,'
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,'
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,
Or suppose I send an enemy to attack a sinful nation and kill its people and livestock.
"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;
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,
"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.
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;
"Or I might bring war on that country and send destructive weapons to wipe out people and animals alike,
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.
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;
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,
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;
Or if I send a sword against that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, cutting off from it man and beast:
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;
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:
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,
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:
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;
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;
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:
"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.
"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,
"Or suppose I were to bring war against the land, and I sent enemy armies to destroy both people and animals.
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,'
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;
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,
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:
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;
`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 --
"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
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
Forsothe whanne Jepte turnede ayen in to Maspha, his hows, his oon gendrid douyter cam to hym with tympanys and croudis; for he hadde not othere fre children.
Forsothe whanne Dauid turnede ayen, whanne `the Filistei was slayn, and bar the heed of `the Filistei in to Jerusalem, wymmen yeden out of alle the citees of Israel, and sungen, and ledden queris, ayens the comyng of king Saul, in tympans of gladnesse, and in trumpis.
Forsothe Absolon, while he lyuyde yit, hadde reisid to hym a memorial, which is in the valey of the kyng; for he seide, Y haue no sone, and this schal be the mynde of my name; and he clepide `the memorial bi his name, and it is clepid the Hond, `that is, werk, of Absolon `til to this dai.
A pore man schal be hateful, yhe, to his neiybore; but many men ben frendis of riche men.
Richessis encreessen ful many freendis; forsothe also thei ben departid fro a pore man, whiche he hadde.
And this Melchisedech, king of Salem, and preest of the hiyeste God, which mette with Abraham, as he turnede ayen fro the sleyng of kyngis, and blesside hym;
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.
