Ezekiel 14:17

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,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

16[Were] these three men in the midst thereof, As I live, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, Surely neither sons nor daughters, should they deliver, They alone should be delivered, But the land, should become a desolation.

18Were these three men in the midst thereof, As I live! Saith My Lord Yahweh, They should deliver neither sons nor daughters,— For they alone, should be delivered.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:25And will bring in upon you a sword that shall inflict the covenanted avenging: So shall ye be gathered into your cities,—Then will I send a pestilence into your midst, And ye shall be delivered into the hand of an enemy.

Jeremiah 33:12Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Again, shall there be in this place—Which is deserted without man or even beast—And all the cities thereof,—The home of shepherds, causing flocks to lie down.

Jeremiah 47:7How, can it be quiet, when, Yahweh, hath given it a charge,—against Ashkelon and against the shore of the sea? There, hath he appointed it!

Ezekiel 5:17So will I send upon you famine and mischievous beast and they shall bereave thee,—and pestilence and blood, shall pass through thee,—and a sword, will I bring in upon thee, I Yahweh, have spoken.

Ezekiel 21:3Thou shalt say then to the soil of Israel Thus saith Yahweh, Behold me against thee, Therefore will I bring forth my sword out of its sheath,—and will cut off from thee the righteous and the lawless.

Ezekiel 21:9Son of man, Prophesy and thou shalt say, Thus saith My Lord,— Say, A sword! a sword! Sharpened moreover also furbished:

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 14:13-23

Destruction of the People Determined; The Variety of the Divine Judgment; A Remnant Preserved. ( b. c. 593.) 12 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying, 13 Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it: 14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness,… Read the whole commentary →

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