Ezekiel 12:10

What does Ezekiel 12:10 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 12:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel among whom they are.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel among whom they are.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

You are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: This word has to do with the ruler in Jerusalem and all the children of Israel in it.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

say unto them, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: `The prince <FI>is<Fi> this burden in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel who are in their midst.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: This burden concerneth my prince that is in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel, that are among them.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This burden [concerneth] the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them.

Context

v.9Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou?

v.10This passage

v.11Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them; they shall go into exile, into captivity.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 7:27

    The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

  • Jeremiah 38:18

    But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.

  • Jeremiah 21:7

    And afterward, saith Jehovah, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, even such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

  • Isaiah 13:1

    The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

  • Ezekiel 21:25

    And thou, O deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,

  • Malachi 1:1

    The burden of the word of Jehovah to Israel by Malachi.

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