Ezekiel 12 · Verse 14

Ezekiel 12:14

And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
Ezekiel 12:14, King James Version

Ezekiel 12:14 in other translations

BSBAnd I will scatter to every wind all the attendants around him and all his troops, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.
WEBI will scatter toward every wind all who are around him to help him, and all his bands. I will draw out the sword after them.
ASVAnd I will scatter toward every wind all that are round about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
YLT‘And all who are round about him to help him, and all his bands, I do scatter to every wind, and a sword I draw out after them.
DARBYAnd I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his troops; and I will draw out the sword after them.
BBEAnd all his helpers round about him and all his armies I will send in flight to every wind; and I will let loose a sword after them.
WebsterAnd I will scatter towards every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.

What does Ezekiel 12:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. all ... about him--his satellites: his bodyguard. bands--literally, "the wings" of an army (Is 8:8). draw out ... sword after them--(See on Eze 5:2; Eze 5:12).

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 12:1-16

The approaching captivity. (Ezek 12:1-16) An emblem of the consternation of the Jews. (Ezek 12:17-20) Answers to the objections of scoffers. (Ezek 12:21-28) Verses 1-16 By the preparation for removal, and his breaking through the wall of his house at evening, as one desirous to escape from the enemy, the prophet signified the conduct and fate of Zedekiah. When God has delivered us, we must glorify him and edify…

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Ezekiel 12:14 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.

וְכֹל֩ve.Kholand allH3605
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.Sher[those] whoH834
סְבִיבֹתָ֥יוse.vi.vo.Tav[are] around himH5439
עֶזְר֛וֹez.rohelp hisH5828
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
אֲגַפָּ֖יו'a.ga.Pavtroops hisH102
אֱזָרֶ֣ה'e.za.RehI will disperseH2219
לְכָל\־le.kholto everyH3605
ר֑וּחַRu.achwindH7307
וְחֶ֖רֶבve.Che.revand a swordH2719
אָרִ֥יק'a.RikI will drawH7324
אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם\׃'a.cha.rei.Hemafter themH310

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 12:14

  • Ezekiel 5:2

    Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.

  • Ezekiel 17:21

    And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the Lord have spoken it.

  • 2 Kings 25:4-5

    And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain. And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.

  • Jeremiah 42:16

    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.

  • Ezekiel 5:10-12

    Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds. Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord God; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity. A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.

  • Jeremiah 42:22

    Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn.

  • Ezekiel 14:17

    Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

  • Ezekiel 14:21

    For thus saith the Lord God; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

  • Leviticus 26:33

    And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will scatter.
5:10-12; 17:21; 2Ki 25:4,5
I will draw.
5:2,12; 14:17,21; Le 26:33; Jer 42:16,22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 12:13

    My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.

  • Ezekiel 12:14

    And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.

  • Ezekiel 12:15

    And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.

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Ezekiel 12:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y á todos los que estuvieren alrededor de él para su ayuda, y á todas sus compañías esparciré á todo viento, y desenvainaré espada en pos de ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tout ce qui l’entoure, son secours, et toutes ses troupes, je les disperserai à tout vent; et je tirerai l’épée après eux.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und alle, die um ihn her sind, seine Hülfe und alle seine Scharen, will ich in alle Winde zerstreuen und das Schwert ziehen hinter ihnen her.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et omnes qui circa eum sunt, præsidium ejus, et agmina ejus, dispergam in omnem ventum, et gladium evaginabo post eos.