Ezekiel 15:7

What does Ezekiel 15:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 15:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I set my face against them.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I set my face against them.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And my face will be turned against them; and though they have come out of the fire they will be burned up by it; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord when my face is turned against them.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And I have set My face against them, From the fire they have gone forth, And the fire doth consume them, And ye have known that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, In My setting My face against them.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And I will set my face against them: they shall go out from fire, and fire shall consume them: and you shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have set my face against them.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And I will set my face against them: they shall go forth from [one] fire, and [another] fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah when I set my face against them.

Context

v.6Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As the vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

v.7This passage

v.8And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Cross references

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

  • Jeremiah 21:10

    For I have set my face upon this city for evil, and not for good, saith Jehovah: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

  • Psalms 9:16

    Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. [Higgaion. Selah

  • Psalms 34:16

    The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

  • Jeremiah 48:43

    Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith Jehovah.

  • Leviticus 20:3

    I also will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.

  • Ezekiel 14:8

    and I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

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