Ezekiel 13 · Verse 21

Ezekiel 13:21

Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 13:21, King James Version

Ezekiel 13:21 in other translations

BSBI will also tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, so that they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
WEBI will also tear your veils and deliver my people out of your hand; and they will no longer be in your hand to be ensnared. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
ASVYour kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
YLTAnd I have torn your kerchiefs, And delivered My people out of your hand, And they are no more in your hand for a prey, And ye have known that I am Jehovah.
DARBYAnd I will tear your veils and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
BBEAnd I will have your veils violently parted in two, and will make my people free from your hands, and they will no longer be in your power for you to go after them; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
WebsterYour kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall no more be in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

What does Ezekiel 13:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. in your hand--in your power. "My people" are the elect remnant of Israel to be saved. ye shall know--by the judgments which ye shall suffer.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 Your kerchiefs - Nets, or amulets, as some think.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 13:17-23

It is ill with those who had rather hear pleasing lies than unpleasing truths. The false prophetesses tried to make people secure, signified by laying them at ease, and to make them proud, signified by the finery laid on their heads. They shall be confounded in their attempts, and God's people shall be delivered out of their hands. It behoves Christians to keep close to the word of God, and in every thing to seek…

Read the full comment on Ezekiel 13:17-23 →

Ezekiel 13:21 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.

וְקָרַעְתִּ֞יve.ka.ra'.Tiand I will tear awayH7167
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מִסְפְּחֹֽתֵיכֶ֗םmis.pe.cho.tei.Khemlong veils yourH4555
וְהִצַּלְתִּ֤יve.hi.tzal.Tiand I will deliverH5337
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עַמִּי֙'a.Mipeople myH5971
מִיֶּדְכֶ֔ןmi.yed.Khenfrom hand yourH3027
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יִהְי֥וּyih.Yuthey will becomeH1961
ע֛וֹדodagainH5750
בְּיֶדְכֶ֖ןbe.yed.Khenin hand yourH3027
לִמְצוּדָ֑הlim.tzu.Dah<into> preyH4686
וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ןvi.da'.Tenand you will knowH3045
כִּֽי\־ki-thatH3588
אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.weh[am] YahwehH3068

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 13:21

  • Psalms 91:3

    Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

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

Context

  • Ezekiel 13:20

    Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.

  • Ezekiel 13:21

    Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 13:22

    Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:

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Ezekiel 13:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Romperé asimismo vuestros veletes, y libraré mi pueblo de vuestra mano, y no estarán más en vuestra mano para caza; y sabréis que yo soy Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et je déchirerai vos voiles, et je délivrerai mon peuple de vos mains, et ils ne seront plus en vos mains pour les prendre au piège; et vous saurez que je suis l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich werde eure Kopfhüllen zerreißen und mein Volk aus eurer Hand erretten, damit sie nicht mehr zur Beute werden in eurer Hand. Und ihr werdet wissen, daß ich Jehova bin.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et dirumpam cervicalia vestra, et liberabo populum meum de manu vestra, neque erunt ultra in manibus vestris ad prædandum: et scietis quia ego Dominus.