Ezekiel 6:10

And they will realize that I, Yahweh, have punished them. They will realize that when I threatened to punish them, I surely intended [LIT] to do that.

Translation for Translators

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

9When that happens, in those nations to which they have been forced to go, those who have escaped from being killed will think about me. They will remember that I was very grieved because of their turning away from me [IDM] with their inner beings, and because they very much desired [IDM] to worship their idols. They will ◄hate/be very displeased with► themselves because of the evil and detestable things that they have done.

11So this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say to you, Ezekiel: ‘Wring your hands and stamp your feet and cry out to show that you are distressed, and groan about what will happen to your Israeli people [MTY] because of all their wicked and detestable behavior. They will be killed by their enemies’ swords, they will die from hunger, and they will die from plagues.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 44:28Only a very few of you will not die, and will return to Judah. When that happens, all those who came to Egypt will find out whose words ◄were true/were fulfilled►, theirs or mine.’

Ezekiel 6:7Many of their people will be killed; and then they will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do the things that I say that I will do.

Ezekiel 22:14When I finish punishing you, you will no longer [RHQ] be courageous/brave [DOU]. I, Yahweh, have said what I will do to you, and I will do it.

Zechariah 1:6But I punished [IDM] the people for disobeying the commands and the decrees which I commanded my servants the prophets to tell to the people. Then they ◄repented/turned away from their evil behavior► and said, ‘The Commander of the armies of angels has done to us what we deserved for our evil behavior, just like he said that he would do.’”

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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