Ezekiel 6:10

And they will be certain that I am the Lord: not for nothing did I say that I would do this evil to them.

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In The King James Version

And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.

In Context

9And those of you who are kept safe will have me in mind among the nations where they have been taken away as prisoners, how I sent punishment on their hearts which were untrue to me, and on their eyes which were turned to their false gods: and they will be full of hate for themselves because of the evil things which they have done in all their disgusting ways.

11This is what the Lord has said: Give blows with your hand, stamping with your foot, and say, O sorrow! because of all the evil and disgusting ways of the children of Israel: for death will overtake them by the sword and through need of food and by disease.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 44:28And those who get away safe from the sword will come back from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, a very small number; and all the rest of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt and are living there, will see whose word has effect, mine or theirs.

Ezekiel 6:7And the dead will be falling down among you, and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 22:14Will your heart be high or your hands strong in the days when I take you in hand? I the Lord have said it and will do it.

Zechariah 1:6But my words and my orders, which I gave to my servants the prophets, have they not overtaken your fathers? and turning back they said, As it was the purpose of the Lord of armies to do to us, in reward for our ways and our doings, so has he done.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 6:9-11

Mercy Promised to the Penitent; Effect of Repentance. ( b. c. 594.) 8 Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries. 9 And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves for the evils which they have… Read the whole commentary →

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