Ezekiel 11:8

You have dread the sword, and so I will lead the sword over you, says the Lord God.

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In The King James Version

Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.

In Context

7Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Your slain, whom you have placed in its midst, these are the meat, and this city is the cooking pot. And I will draw you out of its midst.

9And I will cast you out of its midst, and I will give you over to the hand of the enemies, and I will execute judgments among you.

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Cross References

Job 3:25for the terror that I feared has happened to me, and so has the dread befallen me.

Proverbs 10:24What the impious fear will overwhelm them. The just shall be given their desire.

Isaiah 30:16And you have said: “Never! Instead, we will flee by horseback.” For this reason, you will be put to flight. And you have said, “We will climb upon swift ones.” For this reason, those who pursue you will be even swifter.

Jeremiah 38:19And king Zedekiah said to Jeremiah: “I am anxious, because of the Jews who have crossed over to the Chaldeans, lest perhaps I may be delivered into their hands, and they may abuse me.”

Jeremiah 42:16the sword which you dread will overtake you there, in the land of Egypt, and the famine, about which you are anxious, will cling to you in Egypt, and there you shall die.

Jeremiah 44:12And I will take the remnant of Judah, who had set their faces so that they would enter into the land of Egypt and live there, and they will all be consumed in the land of Egypt. They will fall by the sword and by famine. And they will be consumed, from the least, even to the greatest. By sword and by famine shall they die. And they will be an oath, and a wonder, and a curse, and a disgrace.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 11:2-14

Message of Wrath to Jerusalem; Presumption of the Princes; Awakening Predictions. ( b. c. 593.) 1 Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the Lord 's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: 3 Which say, It is not near; let us… Read the whole commentary →

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