Ezekiel 6:11

Thus saith My Lord. Yahweh, Smite with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot and say, Alas! regarding all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel,—in that by sword, by famine, and by pestilence, shall they fall:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.

In Context

10Then shall they know that, I, Yahweh,—not in vain, had threatened to bring upon them this calamity.

12He that is far off by pestilence, shall die and He that is near by the sword, shall fall, and He that is left and is besieged by the famine, shall die; Thus will I make an end of mine indignation against them.

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Cross References

Isaiah 58:1Cry aloud, do not spare, Like a horn, lift high thy voice,—And declare To my people, their transgression, and To the house of Jacob their sins.

Jeremiah 9:10Over the mountains, will I take up a weeping and wailing, And over the oases of the desert, a dirge, For they have been burned, so that no man passeth through, Neither have men heard the lowing of cattle,—Both the bird of the heavens and the beast have fled, have gone their way:

Jeremiah 16:4Of deaths from diseases, shall they die, They shall not be lamented, Neither shall they be buried, As heaps of dung on the face of the ground, shall they serve,—Yea by sword and by famine, shall they be consumed, And, their dead bodies shall become, food—To the bird of the heavens, and To the beast of the earth.

Jeremiah 30:7Alas! for, great, is that day, so that none is like it,—Yea, a time of anguish it is for Jacob, But out of it, shall he be saved.

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 14:21For thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, How much less [should they avail] when my four calamitous judgments, sword and famine and mischievous wild beast and pestilence I have sent against Jerusalem,—to cut off therefrom man and beast?

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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