Ezekiel 39:24

What does Ezekiel 39:24 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 39:24 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions did I unto them; and I hid my face from them.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions did I unto them; and I hid my face from them.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

In the measure of their unclean ways and their sins, so I did to them; and I kept my face covered from them.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

According to their uncleanness, And according to their transgressions, I have done with them, And I do hide My face from them.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

I have dealt with them according to their uncleanness, and wickedness, and hid my face from them.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I did unto them, and I hid my face from them.

Context

v.23And the nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they trespassed against me, and I hid my face from them: so I gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they fell all of them by the sword.

v.24This passage

v.25Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Now will I bring back the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name.

Cross references

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

  • Jeremiah 2:19

    Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

  • Isaiah 59:17

    And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.

  • 2 Kings 17:7

    And it was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against Jehovah their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,

  • Isaiah 1:20

    but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.

  • Ezekiel 36:19

    and I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.

  • Jeremiah 2:17

    Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, when he led thee by the way?

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