Ezekiel 11:8
Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord God.
Ezekiel 11:8 in other translations
| BSB | You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you, declares the Lord GOD. |
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| WEB | You have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword on you,” says the Lord GOD. |
| ASV | Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword upon you, saith the Lord Jehovah. |
| YLT | A sword ye have feared, And a sword I bring in against you, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah. |
| DARBY | Ye have feared the sword, and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord Jehovah. |
| BBE | You have been fearing the sword, and I will send the sword on you, says the Lord. |
| Webster | Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD. |
What does Ezekiel 11:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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…
Ezekiel 11:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 11:8
- Proverbs 10:24
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
- Isaiah 66:4
I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.
- Job 3:25
For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
- Isaiah 24:17-18
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
- Jeremiah 38:19-23
And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me. But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the Lord, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the Lord hath shewed me: And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back. …
- Jeremiah 42:14-16
Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: And now therefore hear the word of the Lord, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
- Jeremiah 44:12-13
And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach. For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:
- John 11:48
If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
- Isaiah 30:16-17
But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15-16
Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
- Amos 9:1-4
I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them: And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
- Job 20:24
He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
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Context
- 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.
- Ezekiel 11:8
Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord God.
- Ezekiel 11:9
And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
Ezekiel 11:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cuchillo habéis temido, y cuchillo traeré sobre vosotros, dice el Señor Jehová. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Vous avez eu peur de l’épée; et je ferai venir l’épée sur vous, dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ihr fürchtet das Schwert; und das Schwert werde ich über euch bringen, spricht der Herr, Jehova. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Gladium metuistis, et gladium inducam super vos, ait Dominus Deus. |