Ezekiel 6:10

And they shall know that I the Lord have not spoken in vain that I would do this evil to them.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 they that are saved of you shall remember me amongst the nations to which they are carried captives: because I have broken their heart that was faithless, and revolted from me: and their eyes that went a fornicating after their idols: and they shall be displeased with themselves because of the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

11Thus saith the Lord God: Strike with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say: Alas, for all the abominations of the evils of the house of Israel: for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine and by the pestilence.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 44:28And a few men that shall flee from the sword, shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Juda: and all the remnant of Juda that are gone into the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall know whose word shall stand, mine, or theirs.

Ezekiel 6:7And the slain shall fall in the midst of you: and you shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 22:14Shall thy heart endure, or shall thy hands prevail ill the days which I will bring upon thee: I the Lord have spoken, and will do it.

Zechariah 1:6But yet my words, and my ordinances, which I gave in charge to my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers, and they returned, and said: As the Lord of hosts thought to do to us according to our ways, and according to our devices, so he hath done to us.

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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