Ezekiel 14 · Verse 15

Ezekiel 14:15

If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:
Ezekiel 14:15, King James Version

Ezekiel 14:15 in other translations

BSBOr if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts,
WEB“If I cause evil animals to pass through the land, and they ravage it and it is made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the animals—
ASVIf I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the beasts;
YLT‘If an evil beast I cause to pass through the land, and it hath bereaved, and it hath been a desolation, without any passing through because of the beast--
DARBYIf I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they bereave it, and it become a desolation, so that no one passeth through because of the beasts;
BBEOr if I send evil beasts through the land causing destruction and making it waste, so that no man may go through because of the beasts:
WebsterIf I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they lay it waste, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:

What does Ezekiel 14:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 14:15-21
15-21. The argument is cumulative. He first puts the case of the land sinning so as to fall under the judgment of a famine (Eze 14:13); then (Eze 14:15) "noisome beasts" (Le 26:22); then "the sword"; then, worst of all, "pestilence." The three most righteous of men should deliver only themselves in these several four cases. In Eze 14:21 he concentrates the whole in one mass of condemnation. If Noah, Daniel, Job, could not deliver the land, when deserving only one judgment, "how much more" when all four judgments combined are justly to visit the land for sin, shall these three righteous men not deliver it.

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 14:12-23

National sins bring national judgments. Though sinners escape one judgment, another is waiting for them. When God's professing people rebel against him, they may justly expect all his judgments. The faith, obedience, and prayers of Noah prevailed to the saving of his house, but not of the old world. Job's sacrifice and prayer in behalf of his friends were accepted, and Daniel had prevailed for the saving his…

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Ezekiel 14:15 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.

לֽוּ\־lu-ifH3863
חַיָּ֥הchai.Yahanimal[s]H2416
רָעָ֛הra.'AhwildH7451
אַעֲבִ֥יר'a.'a.VirI will cause to passH5674
בָּאָ֖רֶץba.'A.retzin the landH776
וְשִׁכְּלָ֑תָּהve.shi.ke.La.tahand it will make childless itH7921
וְהָיְתָ֤הve.ha.ye.Tahand it will beH1961
שְׁמָמָה֙she.ma.Maha desolationH8077
מִבְּלִ֣יmi.be.Libecause notH1097
עוֹבֵ֔רo.Ver[one who] passes byH5674
מִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.Nei<from> because ofH6440
הַחַיָּֽה\׃ha.chai.Yahthe animal[s]H2416

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 14:15

  • Ezekiel 5:17

    So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the Lord have spoken it.

  • Leviticus 26:22

    I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.

  • Jeremiah 15:3

    And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the Lord: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.

  • 2 Kings 17:25

    And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the Lord: therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which slew some of them.

  • 1 Kings 20:36

    Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
noisome.
5:17; Le 26:22; 1Ki 20:36; 2Ki 17:25; Jer 15:3
spoil. or, bereave.

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

Context

  • Ezekiel 14:14

    Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God.

  • Ezekiel 14:15

    If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:

  • Ezekiel 14:16

    Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.

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Ezekiel 14:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y si hiciere pasar malas bestias por la tierra, y la asolaren, y fuere desolada que no haya quien pase á causa de las bestias,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Si je fais passer les bêtes mauvaises par le pays, et qu’elles le dépeuplent, et qu’il soit devenu une désolation en sorte que personne n’y passe à cause de ces bêtes, –
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wenn ich böse Tiere in das Land bringe, damit sie es entvölkern und es eine Wüste werde, so daß wegen der Tiere niemand hindurchzieht:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quod si et bestias pessimas induxero super terram ut vastem eam, et fuerit invia, eo quod non sit pertransiens propter bestias: