Ezekiel 11 · Verse 6

Ezekiel 11:6

Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.
Ezekiel 11:6, King James Version

Ezekiel 11:6 in other translations

BSBYou have multiplied those you killed in this city and filled its streets with the dead.
WEBYou have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain.”
ASVYe have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.
YLTYe multiplied your wounded in this city, And filled its out-places with the wounded.
DARBYYe have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.
BBEYou have made great the number of your dead in this town, you have made its streets full of dead men.
WebsterYe have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled its streets with the slain.

What does Ezekiel 11:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. your slain--those on whom you have brought ruin by your wicked counsels. Bloody crimes within the city brought on it a bloody foe from without (Eze 7:23, 24). They had made it a caldron in which to boil the flesh of God's people (Mi 3:1-3), and eat it by unrighteous oppression; therefore God will make it a caldron in a different sense, one not wherein they may be safe in their guilt, but "out of the midst of" which they shall be "brought forth" (Jr 34:4, 5).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 11:1-13

Divine judgments against the wicked at Jerusalem. (Ezek 11:1-13) Divine favour towards those in captivity. (Ezek 11:14-21) The Divine presence forsakes the city. (Ezek 11:22-25) Verses 1-13 Where Satan cannot persuade men to look upon the judgment to come as uncertain, he gains his point by persuading them to look upon it as at a distance. These wretched rulers dare to say, We are as safe in this city as flesh in a…

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Ezekiel 11:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הִרְבֵּיתֶ֥םhir.bei.Temyou have multipliedH7235
חַלְלֵיכֶ֖םcha.lei.Khemslain [ones] yourH2491
בָּעִ֣ירba.'Irin the cityH5892
הַזֹּ֑אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063
וּמִלֵּאתֶ֥םu.mi.le.Temand you have filledH4390
חוּצֹתֶ֖יהָchu.tzo.Tei.hastreets itsH2351
חָלָֽל\׃\ \פcha.Lal[the] slainH2491

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 11:6

  • Ezekiel 7:23

    Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

  • Isaiah 1:15

    And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

  • Ezekiel 22:12

    In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.

  • Ezekiel 22:27

    Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

  • Ezekiel 22:2-6

    Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations. Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord God, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself. Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries. Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed. …

  • Hosea 4:2-3

    By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

  • Micah 3:2-3

    Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

  • Jeremiah 7:9

    Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;

  • Ezekiel 9:9

    Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth not.

  • Jeremiah 2:30

    In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

  • Zephaniah 3:3

    Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

  • Matthew 23:35

    That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
7:23; 9:9; 22:2-6,9,12,27; 24:6-9; 2Ki 21:16; Isa 1:15; Jer 2:30,34
Jer 7:6,9; La 4:13; Ho 4:2,3; Mic 3:2,3,10; 7:2; Zep 3:3; Mt 23:35

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Context

  • Ezekiel 11:5

    And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the Lord; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.

  • Ezekiel 11:6

    Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

  • Ezekiel 11:7

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.

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Ezekiel 11:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Habéis multiplicado vuestros muertos en esta ciudad, y habéis henchido de muertos sus calles.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Vous avez multiplié le nombre de vos tués dans cette ville, et vous avez rempli ses rues de tués.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ihr habt eurer Erschlagenen viele gemacht in dieser Stadt und ihre Straßen mit Erschlagenen gefüllt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Plurimos occidistis in urbe hac, et implestis vias ejus interfectis.