Ezekiel 28:23

So then I will send against her, pestilence and blood in her streets, And the wounded shall fall in her midst by the sword upon her from every side,— And they shall know that, I, am Yahweh.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her street; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

In Context

22and thou shalt say— Thus saith My Lord. Yahweh, Behold me! against thee, O Zidon, Therefore will I get myself glory in thy midst,— [And they shall know that, I, am Yahweh,] When I have executed against her judgments And hallowed myself in her.

24And the house of Israel shall no more have a stinging prickle or a wounding thorn, of any round about them who used to despise them,- So shall they know that, I, am The Lord Yahweh.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 5:12The third part of thee by pestilence, shall die, and by famine, be consumed in thy midst And the third part by the sword, shall fall round about thee,- And the third part to every wind, will I scatter, and a sword, will I make bare after them.

Ezekiel 21:14Thou, therefore, son of man, Prophesy, and smite thy hands together, And let the sword smite twice thrice the sword of the slain! the same is the great sword of the slain, that which hemmeth them in.

Ezekiel 25:7Therefore behold me! I have stretched out my hand over thee And will deliver thee for a prey to the nations, And will cut thee off from among the peoples, And will cause thee to perish from among the lands,— I will destroy thee, So shalt thou know that, I, am Yahweh.

Ezekiel 25:17And I will execute upon them great vengeance, with rebukes of indignation: shall they know that I am Yahweh, when I put forth mine avenging against them.

Ezekiel 30:4Then shall come a sword into Egypt, And there shall be a pang in Ethiopia When the deadly wounded one falleth in Egypt,- And they take away her multitude, and, her foundations, are broken down.

Ezekiel 38:22Then will I contend with him by pestilence and by blood,- And an overflowing downpour and hail-stones fire and brimstone, will I rain Upon him, and Upon his hordes, and Upon the many peoples who are with him.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 28:21-26

The Fall of Zidon. ( b. c. 588.) 20 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 21 Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it, 22 And say, Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the Lord , when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her. 23 For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the… Read the whole commentary →

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