Ezekiel 15:8
I will therefore give up the land as a desolation, —because they have committed treachery, Declareth My Lord., Yahweh.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 6:11Then said I—How long, My Lord? And he said—Until the time that Cities be wasted through having no inhabitant And houses—through having no men, And, the ground, be laid waste unto desolation;
Jeremiah 25:10And I will banish from among them—The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, The voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride,—The sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp:
Ezekiel 14:13Son of man, When a land, shall sin against me by committing treachery, and I shall stretch out my hand against it, And break for it the staff of bread, And send thereon famine, And cut off therefrom man and beast,
Ezekiel 33:29So shall they know that I, am Yahweh,— When I make the land a desolation and an astonishment, because of all their abominations which they have committed.
Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor yet their gold, shall be able to deliver them, in the day of the indignation of Yahweh, but, in the fire of his jealousy, shall the whole earth be consumed; For, a destruction, surely a terrible one, will he make, with all them who dwell in the earth.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 15:2-8
Jerusalem a Condemned Vine. ( b. c. 593.) 1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest? 3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? 4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work? 5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less… Read the whole commentary →