Ezekiel 5 · Verse 17

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.
Ezekiel 5:17, King James Version

Ezekiel 5:17 in other translations

BSBI will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.”
WEBI will send on you famine and evil animals, and they will bereave you. Pestilence and blood will pass through you. I will bring the sword on you. I, the LORD, have spoken it.’”
ASVand I will 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, Jehovah, have spoken it.
YLTAnd I have sent on you famine and evil beasts, And they have bereaved thee, And pestilence and blood pass over on thee, And a sword I do bring in against thee, I, Jehovah, have spoken!'
DARBYAnd I will send upon you famine and evil beasts, which shall bereave thee of children; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee: I, Jehovah, have spoken.
BBEAnd I will send on you need of food and evil beasts, and they will be a cause of loss to you; and disease and violent death will go through you; and I will send the sword on you: I the Lord have said it.
WebsterSo 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.

What does Ezekiel 5:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. beasts--perhaps meaning destructive conquerors (Da 7:4). Rather, literal "beasts," which infest desolated regions such as Judea was to become (compare Eze 34:28; Ex 23:29; De 32:24; 2Ki 17:25). The same threat is repeated in manifold forms to awaken the careless. sword--civil war.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee - Wild beasts always multiply in depopulated countries. In England, wolves abounded when the country was thinly peopled, it is now full of inhabitants, and there is not one wolf in the land. Nebuchadnezzar and his Chaldeans may be called here evil beasts. He is often compared to a lion, Jer 4:7; Dan 7:14; on account of the ravages made by him and his Chaldean armies.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 5:5-17

The sentence passed upon Jerusalem is very dreadful, the manner of expression makes it still more so. Who is able to stand in God's sight when he is angry? Those who live and die impenitent, will perish for ever unpitied; there is a day coming when the Lord will not spare. Let not persons or churches, who change the Lord's statutes, expect to escape the doom of Jerusalem. Let us endeavour to adorn the doctrine of…

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Ezekiel 5:17 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.

וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֣יve.shi.lach.Tiand I will sendH7971
עֲ֠לֵיכֶם'A.lei.khemon youH5921
רָעָ֞בra.'AvfamineH7458
וְחַיָּ֤הve.chai.Yahand animal[s]H2416
רָעָה֙ra.'AhwildH7451
וְשִׁכְּלֻ֔ךְve.shi.ke.Lukhand they will make childless youH7921
וְדֶ֥בֶרve.De.verand pestilenceH1698
וָדָ֖םva.Damand bloodH1818
יַעֲבָר\־ya.'a.vor-it will passH5674
בָּ֑ךְBakhin you
וְחֶ֙רֶב֙ve.Che.revand swordH2719
אָבִ֣יא'a.Vi'I will bringH935
עָלַ֔יִךְ'a.La.yikhon youH5921
אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
דִּבַּֽרְתִּי\׃\ \פdi.Bar.tiI have spokenH1696

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 5:17

  • Ezekiel 38:22

    And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 33:27

    Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

  • 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?

  • Deuteronomy 32:24

    They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.

  • Ezekiel 30:12

    And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the Lord have spoken it.

  • Ezekiel 5:12-13

    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. Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the Lord have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.

  • Ezekiel 22:14

    Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the Lord have spoken it, and will do it.

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 14:19

    Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
and evil.
14:15,21; 33:27; 34:25-28; Ex 23:29; Le 26:22; De 32:24; 2Ki 17:25
Jer 15:3
and pestilence.
12; 14:19; 38:22
and I.
6:12; 21:3; 23:47
I the.
13,15; 17:21,24; 21:32; 22:14; 26:14; 30:12; 37:14; Mt 24:35

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Context

  • Ezekiel 5:16

    When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:

  • 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.

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Ezekiel 5:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Enviaré pues sobre vosotros hambre, y malas bestias que te destruyan; y pestilencia y sangre pasarán por ti; y meteré sobre ti cuchillo. Yo Jehová he hablado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et j’enverrai sur vous la famine et les bêtes mauvaises qui te priveront d’enfants, et la peste et le sang passeront sur toi, et je ferai venir l’épée sur toi. Moi, l’ Éternel, j’ai parlé.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich werde Hunger über euch senden und böse Tiere, daß sie dich der Kinder berauben; und Pest und Blut sollen über dich ergehen und das Schwert werde ich über dich bringen. Ich, Jehova, habe geredet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et immittam in vos famem et bestias pessimas, usque ad internecionem: et pestilentia et sanguis transibunt per te, et gladium inducam super te. Ego Dominus locutus sum.